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Newer posts →. May 25, 2011 · 5:38 AM. So, does helping really help? This unit has taught us how to critically analyse volunteering and aid organisations, and further, to think a little harder about global development. We gave discussed the many good and bad attributes a volunteer/NGO might posses: mutual respect, communication open-mindedness, flexibility, reliable income sources, transparency, capacity building, sustainability etc, and these have formed a useful checklist in my search for a placement n...

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Journal #4: Benefits and Challenges of Volunteering | volunteeringinasia

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Journal #3: Culture Shock. Reflection #2 →. May 24, 2011 · 3:31 AM. Journal #4: Benefits and Challenges of Volunteering. While researching our group project, I was exposed to a range of organisations, some of which seemed to legitimately serve a community, whilst others appeared no more than poorly disguised travel agents. Yet, it can not be denied, that it is the benefits to be gained through the. The challenge of ethical volunteering is to ensure that you are reciprocating and giving back to the commun...

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India- Week Three | volunteeringinasia

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India 2011- Week Two. Week Four →. December 18, 2011 · 11:48 AM. It often feels like it’s the moment that you beginning to truly relax in a new place, to fall into some kind of routine, that the contrast between your new environment and the place you call home are most pronounced. And now to school…. India 2011- Week Two. Week Four →. One response to “. January 5, 2012 at 1:50 AM. Thanks Magz – good to see you are getting the odd moment at least. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. You a...

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Week Five | volunteeringinasia

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Week Six →. January 2, 2012 · 2:57 AM. Another dramatic week at the farm, and I am exhausted! I’ve learnt that mediating between strong personalities can be quite difficult when there is no clear-cut chain of authority. On top of this, caste/class and gender inequality muddy the waters significantly. The result- Archana and Sushil are at loggerheads in what appears to be a contest of disrespect. Teacher, and she is not)! Another grumble- I really haven’t been able to spend much time with the women, this ...

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Week Four | volunteeringinasia

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Week Five →. December 26, 2011 · 4:21 PM. Pinky in the Fog. Shokeen, Shamsad, Samshad and I. My two favourite students. The new week started with a dramatic change in the weather, it is cold! As school was cancelled, I threw my energy into organising the Christmas party, making decorations with the teachers and the odd student who still showed up to school, and planning games. Archana arrived on Thursday night, and she agreed to help out. I was also disappointed that Shakti and Ila only dropped in on the...

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Journal #3: Culture Shock | volunteeringinasia

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Does Helping Still Help? Journal #4: Benefits and Challenges of Volunteering →. May 4, 2011 · 12:57 AM. Journal #3: Culture Shock. Dhanyavad, Ji. Of course the hotel manager laughed at me, the crazy memsahib, but called the police anyway, probably just to humor me. I don’t know what I expected from the local police, probably an Indian version of CSI Miami; red tape and blue plastic suits. Instead. Four and a half hours later,. I felt sick. What kind of people acted this way? Does Helping Still Help?

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Reflection #2 | volunteeringinasia

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Journal #4: Benefits and Challenges of Volunteering. India 2011- Week One →. May 25, 2011 · 5:38 AM. So, does helping really help? This unit has taught us how to critically analyse volunteering and aid organisations, and further, to think a little harder about global development. We gave discussed the many good and bad attributes a volunteer/NGO might posses: mutual respect, communication open-mindedness, flexibility, reliable income sources, transparency, capacity building, sustainability etc, and these...

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Week Six | volunteeringinasia

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Week Seven →. January 10, 2012 · 4:31 PM. On Wednesday we all went to have dinner and watch Sherlock Holmes, it was awesome! It was really good to have a night off from farm/school politics. And it was nice to hang out with Shakti and Ila when they weren’t fighting, which is happening more and more regularly. Week Seven →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new comments via email. Non-govern...