Why do organisations need foreign volunteers when there must be thousands of local people in SA/CA who can help?
Many volunteer organisations do actually have local people working with them, usually on a long-term basis. A mix of local & foreign volunteers does work well in most situations and I have given some reasons why organisations actively recruit foreigners below. But first, a comparison I want to make: In the UK, in March 2009, there were ~2 million unemployed people, yet despite those numbers, everyday a plane-load of Aussies & Kiwi’s arrives in London and those guys find work within a fortnight… Foreigners can find volunteer work in SA/CA ahead of locals for the same reason that Aussies/Kiwis can find jobs in a tight job market in the UK. Volunteers in South/Central America tend to be high calibre individuals. When I was a volunteer coordinator (Ecuador 2007) we had students from some of the top US & UK universities work with us, we had Medical students, Officers in the British Army, skilled artists, team leaders, trades-people with good jobs and good work records. We also had ‘ordina
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