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Excellent post that everyone should read before considering volunteering in Haiti (or any other developing nation, for that matter). Makes the important point that "by working for free volunteers undercut the local labor market. For the cost of a round trip plane ticket a local construction worker could be paid months worth of work."
thanks! mèsi!
I like the first comment best:
http://informationincontext.typepad.com/good_intentions_are_not_e/2010/01/how-to-evaluate-volunteer-opportunities-in-haiti.html?cid=6a01156f1433ae970c01287735902c970c#comment-6a01156f1433ae970c01287735902c970c
There’s a lot of truth in that comment that a lot of people could afford to understand better.