whar are the main criteria for responsible volunteer programmes - what should volunteers look for and how does people and places design its support for volunteer projects abroad

2. responsible volunteering
“making better places
for people to live in
and
better places
for people to visit.”
Krippendorf
responsible travel

3. responsible volunteering
Having the following characteristics, responsible tourism:
• minimises negative economic, environmental, and social impacts;
• generates greater economic benefits for local people
and enhances the well-being of host communities,
• involves local people in decisions that affect their lives and life chances;
• makes positive contributions to the conservation of natural and cultural heritage,
to the maintenance of the world's diversity;
• provides more enjoyable experiences for tourists through
more meaningful connections with local people,
and a greater understanding of local cultural, social and environmental issues;
• provides access for physically challenged people; and
• is culturally sensitive, engenders respect between tourists and hosts
and builds local pride and confidence.

4. responsible volunteering
Responsible tourism
seeks to
maximise positive
impacts and to
minimise negative
ones.
Cape Town Declaration 2002

5. responsible volunteering
Responsible volunteering
seeks to
maximise positive
impacts and to
minimise negative ones.
Cape Town Declaration 2002

6. responsible volunteering
it’s
SIMPLE!

7. responsible volunteering
SIMPLE priorities
Safety
Informed Consent
Matching
Purpose
Legacy
Economics

8. responsible volunteering
Safety
protection of the community
•preparation
•Codes of Conduct and
•Child Protection Policies
protection of the volunteers
•preparation
• programme Code of Practice
__________
Due Diligence – Risk Analyses
Warning signal : –no policies available

9. responsible volunteering
Informed Consent
Warning Signal :– quick booking process
community
•preparation
•no volunteer placed without consultation
•agreed goal for the volunteer
volunteers
•preparation
• details of where, how and with whom
volunteer working before they commit
•agreed goal for the volunteer

10. ??? responsible volunteering ???
“our record time for
arranging
a project
is a mere 24 hours! ”
“Projects that are easiest
to set up on short notice
are care projects”
Volunteer with Cusco Kids – Book Now
“Last minute volunteering in Kenya.
pre-school which acts as a day care
orphanage..
Type of help Babysitting / child care,”

11. responsible volunteering
Matching
Putting the right people in the right places
is a
2 way process
what does community need
what does volunteer need
Warning Signal: - would you be allowed to
do it in your country?

12. responsible volunteering
Purpose
needs of the community are paramount
BUT
must recognise volunteer expectations
Challenge :– these don’t always match!

13. responsible volunteering
Legacy
is the project appropriate
and of
value to proposed beneficiaries ?
needs assessments
Warning Sign:- no documentary
evidence probably means no goals

14. responsible volunteering
Economics
•who gets-what-where
•is it fair?
•replacing local employment
Warning sign:-pie charts and mud pies

15. It’s not enough to ask how the money is
spent
Ask where it is spent.
Best practise would be to
show how and where
the money is spent for
each
volunteer project

16. Taking Responsibility

17. responsible volunteering
people and places
• who
• why
• how
• where
•the goal

18. responsible volunteering
who
Harold the theorist
Sallie the facilitator
Dianne the verifier Kate the matchmakerAdama and Lisong –
representing local partners
Nigel the News Ed

19. responsible volunteering
why
Volunteers
and
local
communities
deserve
better

20. responsible volunteering
How
•no community to subsidise volunteers-a fair price for all
•safe experience for volunteers and community
•informed consent
•no replacement of local employment
•leave the knowledge behind
•enable people to build the future they want for themselves
•a meaningful experience for volunteers
•honesty and respect

21. responsible volunteering
How do we do our how
•local partners
•programmes are as well as not instead of
•bespoke matching
•development plans, questionnaires and reports
•costs
•honesty and respect

22. responsible volunteering
where
Peru
South Africa
The Gambia
India
Cambodia
Morocco
Swaziland
Saint Lucia
Kenya
(Nepal)

23. how people and places design programmes
• Working with the projects, we formalise their needs into a
list of aims, with some suggested ways in which volunteers
may help to achieve them
• The plan is used to match and brief volunteers
appropriately – and inform the discussions with the project
• Volunteers get a copy of the plan so they can see how their
contribution fits into the bigger picture – they are also
available as downloads on our site
• The plan is reviewed and updated regularly informed by
project questionnaires and volunteer reports

24. responsible volunteering
Our goal
to enable volunteers
and
local communities
to achieve their goals