I can agree about the cost charged by this volunteer group to travel to
Ecuador, seems ridiculously expensive. Also I know for a fact, having
volunteered, all the efforts go to waste when the people who are
supposed to benefit from the volunteer work have no education and hence
they end up not even comprehending how those services can benefit them.
They cannot care about the environment when they don't even know what
it is and what the gringos are dong in their forest. I tell you, a
school I saw being built in S. America 2 years ago, sadly, is now a
"prostibulo"; so now I go personally to the countries and teach
individuals one person at a time and live in Peru, for example with
about $500.00 of my own money for 6 months, no kidding. Honestly it
takes about 2 months for an individual to learn the alphabet because
there is no exposure to it. The greatest part is I learn the best
things in life are free of charge. The people I teach give me a roof
and feed me. Maybe I am the exception because I am a warrior.
Volunteering and paying some company money up front is like a scam to
me. I learned that in the long run. You really cannot expect people who
are starving and have no shoes to care about the school you bulit for
them or the environment you are protecting when they don't even have
the basics. Yes, the children should come before the environment!
Reforestation is a farse, although I wish it were true. Where does all
the money go?
TT wrote:
> > > With all the starvation, malnutrition and general lack of care of
> > > children, I can't understand how people can get involved with
> > > environmental causes in corrupt countries which are almost certainly
> > > doomed to failure, simply because neither the government, the rich
> > > people who control the government or the middle class who control
> > > everything else, simply don't care.
> >
> > You forgot about the low class people, who, honestly, don't care
> > either.
>
> Low class? Don't know what you mean by that in this context. Taking
> care of the environment is showing respect for what you've been given
> responsibility over for the time being - but it might be prudent to take
> care of starvation first. Hopefully environmental respect can also be
> worked into the education curriculum so the next generation thinks twice
> before dumping garbage and toxic waste into the ground, water and into
> the air. Such a shame to look at a once nice vista and remark, "If
> only....."
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