Guide Outline

• I. Partner Organizations and Host Communities
  • 1. Responsibly identify partner organization
  • 2. Build relationships based on collaborative project management and assessment with the partner organization
  • 3. Ensure beneficial relationship for partner organization and host community
• II. Volunteer Projects
  • 4. Design projects based on local needs and input as well as volunteer sustainability
  • 5. Provide on-site project management to ensure a safe, educational, and successful volunteering environment
  • 6. Consider the impact of giving ‘things’
  • 7. Prioritize child safety
• III. Participants
  • 8. Provide information and clear expectations for participants
• IV. Marketing
  • 9. Be honest marketers
• V. Resposible Tourism
  • 10. Exemplify, educate about, and promote responsible tourism
• VI. Responsible Development
  • 11. Exemplify, educate about, and promote development best practices