Could someone provide more evidence/guide me to find more evidence regarding the claim that a good deal of volunteering is useless or even harmful? I’m curious about this but can’t seem to find much when I google online. Thank you!
A starting point for this view is that volunteering isn’t free for the charity you want to help: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/6uXZc2QqHXsHKaLy9/volunteering-isn-t-free
This Guardian article gives an overview of the most common criticisms of volunteering overseas, including links to articles that go into more depth: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/13/the-business-of-voluntourism-do-western-do-gooders-actually-do-harm
Could someone provide more evidence/guide me to find more evidence regarding the claim that a good deal of volunteering is useless or even harmful? I’m curious about this but can’t seem to find much when I google online. Thank you!
A starting point for this view is that volunteering isn’t free for the charity you want to help: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/6uXZc2QqHXsHKaLy9/volunteering-isn-t-free
This Guardian article gives an overview of the most common criticisms of volunteering overseas, including links to articles that go into more depth: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/13/the-business-of-voluntourism-do-western-do-gooders-actually-do-harm