Charity attacks gap-year voluntourism | UK | Reuters

Charity attacks gap-year voluntourism | UK | Reuters: "LONDON (Reuters) - Gap year students should go backpacking rather than waste time and money on 'spurious' voluntary work, an international development charity said on Tuesday. Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) said many 'voluntourism' trips to developing countries are expensive, poorly planned and unlikely to help local people."