Never do volunteer work overseas without checking these seven things

By Ben Groundwater
Updated September 28 2017 - 12:48am, first published 12:37am

It's understandable that you, as a traveller, would see problems in the world and want to lend a hand. You witness some pretty disturbing things when you travel - poverty and isolation and tragedy that you just wish you could fix. And that's an admirable thing.

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