Volunteering ≠ posturing: how to take photos of boys and girls during your solidarity trip
Example of a photo taken at one of our partner projects in Kenya. This summer it happened: social networks were filled with photos of celebrities together with black and Latino boys and girls. Many people who took solidarity trips posted images with adorable babies in their arms. Photos where the volunteer is the protagonist. Photos showing "how good or good we are". Photos that show neither reality nor dignity. Consequences of irresponsible photos At Tumaini we take the photos taken by volunteers very seriously.
Elisa in Kenya: "It is the most precious life experience in the world"
Elisa in the reception center in Kenya. She was the first international volunteer. Elisa already knew Kenya. She had taken an organized trip in 2017. It had such an impact on her that, when she was landing in Madrid, she promised herself that she would return the following year. But he did not return from tourism, but with a solidarity trip, through Tumaini. Thanks to volunteering, he has known "the essential, the authentic and the impressive" of the country, he says. The experience has been so beautiful that he says he would repeat it "a thousand more times and each time