Gap year: the pros and cons of voluntourism

By Eliza Edwards
Updated December 27 2014 - 10:13am, first published December 21 2014 - 8:35pm
Helping hand: Nathan Bennett, from Melbourne, shaves a boy's head  during his  time as a volunteer at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Helping hand: Nathan Bennett, from Melbourne, shaves a boy's head during his time as a volunteer at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Giving back: Megan Speer, from Newcastle, is preparing to volunteer in a children's shelter in the Philippines for two months. Photo: Dean Osland
Giving back: Megan Speer, from Newcastle, is preparing to volunteer in a children's shelter in the Philippines for two months. Photo: Dean Osland
Giving back: Megan Speer, from Newcastle, is preparing to volunteer in a children's shelter in the Philippines for two months. Photo: Dean Osland
Giving back: Megan Speer, from Newcastle, is preparing to volunteer in a children's shelter in the Philippines for two months. Photo: Dean Osland
Giving back: Megan Speer, from Newcastle, is preparing to volunteer in a children's shelter in the Philippines for two months. Photo: Dean Osland
Giving back: Megan Speer, from Newcastle, is preparing to volunteer in a children's shelter in the Philippines for two months. Photo: Dean Osland
Giving back: Megan Speer, from Newcastle, is preparing to volunteer in a children's shelter in the Philippines for two months. Photo: Dean Osland
Giving back: Megan Speer, from Newcastle, is preparing to volunteer in a children's shelter in the Philippines for two months. Photo: Dean Osland

It should have taken Nathan Bennett 15 minutes to walk along the dirt track towards the school in Tanzania where he recently volunteered.

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