SELFISH SAVIOR?
It’s peak ‘voluntourism’ season—but does dropping into a foreign country for a few weeks to ‘help others’ actually do anything?
Judith Lasker is a professor in the departments of sociology and anthropology at Lehigh University. Her most recent book was Hoping to Help: The Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering, published in 2016.
It’s peak ‘voluntourism’ season—but does dropping into a foreign country for a few weeks to ‘help others’ actually do anything?