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we have to learn before we can help Learning Service vs. Service Learning By Daniela Papi
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we have to learnbefore we can help
Learning Service vs. Service Learning
By Daniela Papi
WHYare weHERE
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HOWmatters
Impact on…
Travelers
Non-profit partner, the issue, or the
program
Local community or
ecosystem
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rmTravelers
Non-profit partner, the issue, or the
program
Local community or
ecosystem
Long term
We can’t know our actual impact unless we follow up, do research, and stay open to learning the realities of the impact we had.
note
What went wrong on the “voluntourism” trip?
EVERYTHING that could have gone wrong!
EVERYTHING that could have gone wrong!
All of it
Poor implementation
Bad planning
An evil guy
Lies and corruption
List of things that could possibly go wrong
EVERYTHING that could have gone wrong!
All of it
List of things that could possibly go wrong
Poor implementation
Bad planning
An evil guy
Lies and corruption
Poor pre-planning
Poor pre-planning
Poor pre-planning
!
!!!
No transparency
No transparency
$$$
No transparency
$$$
Ineffective project
Ineffective project
Little to notraveler education
Little to notraveler education
The WRONG people were let in
The WRONG people were let in
The WRONG people were let in
So… how can we prevent this?
service learningonly looks one way
learning service= trips where you are learning to serve AFTER you leave
Voluntourism: Predicting rain
1) Band-aid “solutions”2) Forgetting volunteers are NOT free3) Focusing on “things” to solve
problems4) Poor monitoring5) Skilled jobs to the unskilled6) Forgetting the REST of the trip7) Fostering moral imperialism
1) Band-aid “solutions”
Just Say NO to Orphanage Tourism
a. Orphanages are not a tourist attraction.
b. It’s not a zoo. No, you can’t pet or feed them.
c. Ask yourself: Would this be okay if this was happening in my community?
2) Volunteers are not FREE
things aren’t the solution
but byinvesting time inpeople instead
people have the capacity and connections to reach theirown goals
4) Poor monitoring can = poor impact
5) Skilled jobs take skills
6) Fostering Moral Imperialism
7) What about the REST of the
trip?
RESEARCH: Giving your money$ You vote with your money
Do you want more kidson the street?
Poverty voyeurism is voting for poverty.
Let’s avoid the long-
neck-women phenomenon.
RESEARCH: Giving your money
At
we have made many mistakes.
Schools don’t teach kids.
Neither do pens,books, or t-shirts.
We learned we needed to invest in people to put
those things to use.
RESEARCH: Giving your money
At
we have made many mistakes too.
it’s not how we can save the world in a week
It’s what we can do
the other 358
days of the year
PEPY Tours is designed to inspire people to improve the way they
GIVE, TRAVEL & LIVEafter they leave us
and, with a two-part fee, the donation requirement from the tour goes straight to our NGO programs
5 Steps to Creating Successful
Learning Service Trips
Voluntourism: Building a boat
1#
BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS!
Research & Follow Up
2#
Invest in people…including the travelers
3#
Travel with us an make a difference!
Come support this organization!
Traveling with us means you are
HELPING THE WORLD!
Join our SERVICE trip! Come help them!
Buy our trip and help this orphanage! .
HONEST MARKETING!!!
4#
A large part of what people “know” about “developing” countries comes from fundraising
campaigns& travel
advertising
5#Sell based on LEARNING and FIT not traveler demand
Help them put their GOOD INTENTIONS to good use
Sometimes we create
aid projectsjust to let people feel they are helping.
You know, Americans always want to paint things. They want to paint buildings, so we have a building we let them paint. Usually we have to repaint the walls after the Americans leave because they don’t do a very good job.”
“-- Remarks from an African leader who felt that letting visiting Americans paint allowed them to feel like they accomplished something even though it was unnecessary (excerpt from Rethinking Short-Term Missions for Long-Term Impact by Mary Faultds)
Are we selling what people “want”?
Or do people “want” what we are selling?
OtherRESOURCESto consider
www.voluntourism101.com
www.voluntourism101.com
Child Safe
Travelers Philanthropy Handbook
Photo CreditsPhotos from Flickr@martyn@nebarnix@lara604@mithril@alancleaver@simulacraofmi@press the b[o]tton@claudiasnell@hrdrck@kristabrath@tormods@tamer_shabaneh@beth19@divemasterking2000@jurvetson@looking4poetry@garryknight@sandvand@Zoriah@Visions Service Adventure
Photos of PEPY class and schoolPhotographer: Mathieu Young
