Going Beyond Voluntourism In The Eastern Cape

An initial response of resistance was felt in my guts as soon as I heard the term Voluntourism. Whether wanted or not, this word triggers a small inner storm of reactions, for having been associated, especially in recent decades, with a few bad practices worldwide, built on fake humanitarian projects . Regardless of those unconscious […]

Intro – Welcome to East Africa

My Easter break this year took me to a fascinating country, for a long-awaited trip that I had postponed since December 2018.   Happy to finally visit the country that in my childhood was referred to as ‘the mysterious land of Abyssinia’, linked to my grandfather’s memories, but also, unfortunately, to a dark period in […]