VOTE: Doing Good On Vacation in a Developing Country
04:21, 21 October 2006
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I made an entry into Lonely Planet's Blue List: my entry is a list of things you can do to "help" while vacationing in a developing country. Please visit the list and rate the article -- highly, I hope. As I noted in a previous blog entry, Lonely Planet, which produces my favorite travel guides, features lots of information about volunteering abroad, on its web site and in its Career Break Book. In addition, the topic of volunteering abroad is a perpetual hot topic on the Lonely Planet Thorn Tree forum, particularly the branches called "Responsible Travel" and "The Gap Year & RTW travel." If you place and support volunteers in developing countries, or, if you have volunteered in a developing country, you should definitely join the conversation (I spend a day or two each month on these two branches defending nonprofits who charge to place and support short-term volunteers from the "West" in the developing world). Also see its section on Responsible Travel (different from the aforementioned forum).
