Self Magazine Features PEPY

The PEPY Team Journal

This months issue of Self Magazine includes a quick introduction to volun-tourism opportunities across the world. We are delighted that Self found us and decided to feature the upcoming PEPY Ride IV in their listings.  To see a copy of the article click read more.

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ABC Features PEPY

The PEPY Team Journal

The PEPY Team Journal

ABC gives a brief run down of the attractions of going on a voluntourism trip and talks to PEPY veteran Dominic Giuliani, who was part of the first PEPY volunteer trip. Click here to read the article.

Do What Makes You Feel Alive

The PEPY Team Journal

Aileen Cameron, a PEPY participant on the recent Golden Week tour to northern Cambodia, conducted interviews and wrote a piece about the origins of PEPY. She is publishing the article for i-News, a bilingual magazine in Imabari-shi, Ehime-ken, Japan. Thanks Aileen!

Do What Makes You Feel Alive
An Interview with Daniela Papi

by Aileen Cameron

Cambodia is a country with a heart-wrenching history. As a result of frequent invasion and civil conflict, poverty is rampant and approximately 35% of Cambodians now live below the poverty line. Because many teachers were killed under the communist regime of the 1970s, the educational situation in Cambodia is equally troubled. While 98% of children are enrolled in primary school, only 26% make it to secondary school. This is a far cry from Japan, where one woman working as an ALT found herself questioning what she could do to help those who really needed it. I spoke to PEPY (Protect the Earth Protect Yourself) founder Daniela Papi about her journey from internationalisation in Japan to grassroots education in rural Cambodia.

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Give-away, Get-away

The PEPY Team Journal

This month's edition of Long Island City Magazine features an article by Wynne Boelt, who offers a critical perspective on the growing business of voluntourism. It profiles PEPY as an example of a responsible tour operator and includes some thoughtful commentary on voluntourism from past participant and intern Adam Vaught. We've included the full text of the article here - click read more to see it all!

Give-away, Get-away
by Wynne Boelt

This article was originally published in the May edition of Long Island City Magazine.

The waves are calm, the sun is refreshing, the beach is stunning
– but the true beauty of this vacation is in the smiles we exchange.

Colleen Meigher, a school psychologist in Boston, traveled to the Dominican Republic as a "voluntourist" with Orphanage Outreach, a group that works with abandoned and otherwise disadvantaged children. As part of the tourist experience, volunteers saw the island countryside and learned about Dominican culture. While volunteering, Meigher discovered a rare joy as she provided the orphans with help in English, Spanish and math, and engaged them in games and activities.

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