Voluntourism is the current practice of young people coming from first world countries to volunteer in third world nations - often paying large amounts of money to do so, but in the process probably doing more harm than good. Journalist and travel writer Martin Stevenson, who is the author of the book 'More Than Footprints? How Backpacking Lost Its Way' is with us today to explain what it is all about.

<p>Voluntourism is the current practice of young people coming from first world countries to volunteer in third world nations - often paying large amounts of money to do so, but in the process probably doing more harm than good. Journalist and travel writer Martin Stevenson, who is the author of the book 'More Than Footprints? How Backpacking Lost Its Way' is with us today to explain what it is all about.</p>

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