Cambodia & Vietnam

Jan 16, 2011 Before starting school again, my roommates and I decided to volunteer in Cambodia and then tour some of SE Asia. Our landlord in Australia and his family are major supporters of New Hope Cambodia. This organization has a health clinic, school and farm located in one of the…

Voluntourism: My experience in Cambodia

Voluntourism is “the conscious, seamlessly integrated combination of voluntary service to a destination and the best, traditional elements of travel — arts, culture, geography, history and recreation — in that destination.” Source: http://www.voluntourism.org   In 2011, I guest-lectured at the University of Queensland for an undergraduate Tourism class on my experience with…