Hoping to Help: The Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering

by Judith N. Lasker

Book Overview

Overseas volunteering has exploded in numbers and interest in the last couple of decades. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people travel from wealthier to poorer countries to participate in short-term volunteer programs focused on health services. Churches, universities, nonprofit service organizations, profit-making "voluntourism" companies, hospitals, and large corporations all sponsor brief missions. Hoping to Help is the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501700103
• ISBN13: 9781501700101
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher