Comments on: To Pay, Or Not To Pay: That Is The Volunteer’s Question http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/to-pay-or-not-to-pay-that-is-the-volunteer%e2%80%99s-question/ Newsletter on-line commentary and discussion about tourism in South Africa Wed, 16 May 2012 11:10:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Cecil Grafton http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/to-pay-or-not-to-pay-that-is-the-volunteer%e2%80%99s-question/comment-page-1/#comment-1418 Cecil Grafton Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:15:43 +0000 http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/to-pay-or-not-to-pay-that-is-the-volunteer%e2%80%99s-question/#comment-1418 I’d come to accede with you here. Which is not something I typically do! I really like reading a post that will make people think. Also, thanks for allowing me to comment! I’d come to accede with you here. Which is not something I typically do! I really like reading a post that will make people think. Also, thanks for allowing me to comment!

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]]> By: Ibrahim Jadoon http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/to-pay-or-not-to-pay-that-is-the-volunteer%e2%80%99s-question/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 Ibrahim Jadoon Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:32:55 +0000 http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/to-pay-or-not-to-pay-that-is-the-volunteer%e2%80%99s-question/#comment-1051 I'm a bit late to the bandwagon, but I am actually another volunteer with Edge of Africa. Just got back after a month in Knysna working with their HIV/TB Awareness project. I was pretty apprehensive about paying to volunteer, too. I was like, wait...I'm doing someone else a favor, but I'm also paying for it? It didn't make sense to me back then, but I see the bigger picture now. Some of the money obviously goes to housing, food, and transportation [all which directly affected me], but then I realized that EoA is a business in itself. It has some overhead, it has employees, it has advertising, but most of all, it has tons of projects, too! My money was, in a way, being donated to the organization to fund some its amazing work: building schools, buying books, organizing community events, and the other projects EoA works so hard on. Edge of Africa isn't a charity (as far as I know), but the work it does is sustainable development, not a handout. I would rather my money go to them; a place where I know my money wasn't spent, but invested. I’m a bit late to the bandwagon, but I am actually another volunteer with Edge of Africa. Just got back after a month in Knysna working with their HIV/TB Awareness project.

I was pretty apprehensive about paying to volunteer, too. I was like, wait…I’m doing someone else a favor, but I’m also paying for it? It didn’t make sense to me back then, but I see the bigger picture now. Some of the money obviously goes to housing, food, and transportation [all which directly affected me], but then I realized that EoA is a business in itself. It has some overhead, it has employees, it has advertising, but most of all, it has tons of projects, too! My money was, in a way, being donated to the organization to fund some its amazing work: building schools, buying books, organizing community events, and the other projects EoA works so hard on.

Edge of Africa isn’t a charity (as far as I know), but the work it does is sustainable development, not a handout. I would rather my money go to them; a place where I know my money wasn’t spent, but invested.

]]> By: martin http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/to-pay-or-not-to-pay-that-is-the-volunteer%e2%80%99s-question/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 martin Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:45:30 +0000 http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/to-pay-or-not-to-pay-that-is-the-volunteer%e2%80%99s-question/#comment-1023 Thank you all for your long and detailed replies - you might like to watch the Edge of Talent video that my business partner and our assistant filmed earlier this year: http://www.motionmag.co.za/hot-happening/edge-of-talen/ Thank you all for your long and detailed replies – you might like to watch the Edge of Talent video that my business partner and our assistant filmed earlier this year: http://www.motionmag.co.za/hot-happening/edge-of-talen/

]]> By: Melissa http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/to-pay-or-not-to-pay-that-is-the-volunteer%e2%80%99s-question/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Melissa Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:17:59 +0000 http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/to-pay-or-not-to-pay-that-is-the-volunteer%e2%80%99s-question/#comment-1022 I volunteered with Edge of Africa as well with Jamie, and shes completely right with this program you really feel like your making a difference for these children. I've volunteered with this program twice now, both years at Sinethemba and I can;t wait to get back again next year. I went there to try and make some kind of impact on these children but the inpact they made on me is indescribable. They have become my family, and I feel that any costs I paid was little to none for what I got out of it. I volunteered with Edge of Africa as well with Jamie, and shes completely right with this program you really feel like your making a difference for these children. I’ve volunteered with this program twice now, both years at Sinethemba and I can;t wait to get back again next year. I went there to try and make some kind of impact on these children but the inpact they made on me is indescribable. They have become my family, and I feel that any costs I paid was little to none for what I got out of it.

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