Paying To Volunteer
Am I alone in finding the idea of paying to volunteer to be just plain wrong? There are many organizations out there that call themselves non-profits and they match a volunteer with a volunteer opportunity. Sounds good, right? Well, they charge for that service and that just seems wrong.
It seems like many of these companies are solely interested in making money off of gullible volunteers. If there is any doubt of this, take a look at how many volunteer organizations exist to put teachers into classrooms in China. The volunteer organization makes money from the school they are sending the volunteer to as well as money from the volunteer themselves. The volunteer accepts a much lower stipend which lowers wages for other teachers.
Just something to think about….
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