Hoping to Help by Judith N. Lasker PAPERBACK 9781501700101

Hoping to HelpThe Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering\nAuthor(s): Judith N. Lasker\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: ILR Press\nISBN-13: 9781501700101, 978-1501700101\nSynopsis\nOverseas 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 book to offer a comprehensive assessment of global health volunteering, based on research into how it currently operates, its benefits and drawbacks, and how it might be organized to contribute most effectively. Given the enormous human and economic investment in these activities, it is essential to know more about.