An act undertaken with the intention of “doing good”, can sometimes have inadvertent side effects or even the opposite result. The publication provides a critical evaluation on the subject of donations within the framework of voluntary service. The booklet is divided into two parts. The first part contains more specialised articles by experts from the sciences and civil society, which include various somewhat theoretical approaches to the issue. In the second part former volunteers, assignment projects as well as host and sending organisations voice their opinions through reports and statements based on their own experiences. The aim is to help the opinion-forming process of all those who are involved in voluntary service in countries of the Global South. Available on ICJA’s website in English, Spanish and German.
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