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SUMMARY:Voluntourism? Gap Year / Crap Year? - Oxford University's Centre f
 or the Environment\, VSO\, Azfady\, Madventurer\, Humanitarian Centre (Cam
 bridge)
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DTEND:20080212T210000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Thinking of volunteering overseas (this summer\, or in the fut
 ure)? Will it be worthwhile? Can you really make a difference?\n\nCome and
  join us in a discussion on the value of overseas volunteering with Dr Jam
 ie Lorimer (Lecturer at Oxford University)\, Marion O’Donnell (VSO)\, Ma
 l Mitchell (Azafady)\, John Lawler (Madventurer) and Ian Steed (Cambridge 
 Humanitarian Centre).\n\n- Are badly planned and supported ‘voluntourism
 ’ schemes having a negative impact on young people and they communities 
 they work with?\n- Is the volunteering sector catering to the needs of vol
 unteers\, rather than the communities they claim to support?\n- Would youn
 g people who want to make a difference through volunteering be better off 
 travelling and experiencing different cultures\, rather than wasting time 
 on projects that have no impact and can leave a big hole in their wallet?\
 n- What do you think about the value of overseas volunteering?\n\nDr Lorim
 er will start by outlining some recent developments in the volunteering se
 ctor. Each of the speakers will briefly explain their organizations’ pol
 icies and philosophies on volunteering. We will then have an extended disc
 ussion\, with points of information and questions from the floor.\n\nAfter
 wards\, there will be a chance to speak to Cambridge students who have vol
 unteered with some of the organizations in the past to find out about thei
 r experiences of overseas volunteering.\n
LOCATION:Queens Building Auditorium\, Emmanuel College\, CB2 3AP
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