International volunteering

International volunteering is when volunteers contribute their time to work for organisations or causes outside their home countries. International volunteering has a long association with international development or environment, with the aim of bringing benefits to host communities.[1] It can include a range of services, from healthcare advancement to economic development to governance.

Trends show that international volunteering has become increasingly popular across many countries over the past few decades.[2] International volunteering is a broad term which is used to capture multi-year, skilled placements as well as short term roles. The term voluntourism has become common to describe certain types of volunteering organised by governments, charities and travel agents.[3]

  1. ^ Thompson, Stephen; Sparrow, Karen; Hall, Jonathan; Chevis, Nicola (2020-10-02). "Volunteering for development: what does best practice look like?". Development in Practice. 30 (7): 972–978. doi:10.1080/09614524.2020.1787351. ISSN 0961-4524. S2CID 225532077. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Anheier, H. K., & Salamon, L. M. (1999). Volunteering in cross-national perspective: Initial comparisons. Law and Contemporary Problems, 43-65.
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