7 Things I Wish I Knew About International Volunteering Before Spending a Year Doing It

a 2.5 minute read… In 2010, I left a great company that I co-founded to spend a year traveling and volunteering with social enterprises around the world. Here are the 7 things I wish I knew before I left. 1. Never pay an organization on the ground to volunteer Most international volunteer opportunities cost a lot of money .