Poorly executed work that may need to be redone by the people that were supposed to receive help, according to an anonymous source interviewed by Vice who worked in voluntourism for a decade. That’s not to say that people on mission trips don’t genuinely connect with those they meet. This can be referred to as a “savior” complex: the desire to save others and the need to be in a role that fixes their problems. More specifically, this could be viewed as propagating a “white savior” complex, where white people feel they need to save poor, darker-skinned people from poverty, according to BlackEqualityResources.com. You may find that you have more work to do before you can claim to be helpful.

Source: The Guardian September 29, 2022 01:24 UTC