An Insider’s Thoughts on Voluntourism in Orphanages and Schools

Voluntourism. A word that is thrown around quite a bit in the travel world these days.I left Portugal for what I thought would be three months of volunteering in Argentina. I had no idea what voluntourism was. I wanted to help and I wanted to go abroad. My online searches led me to a certain company (which may not be named as per the terms of my contract).