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Ethical volunteering with refugees

Guide to Ethical Volunteering with Asylum Seekers: A Trauma-Informed Approach


🫂Volunteering with refugees and asylum seekers, whether abroad or in your own community, is powerful, meaningful work.

💡But good intentions aren’t enough. This guide is designed to help travelers and volunteers approach this work with cultural humility, a trauma-informed mindset, and a commitment to ethical, decolonial practices.

Whether you're preparing for an overseas trip or engaging with displaced populations closer to home, this guide offers practical tools to ensure your support is respectful, responsible, and truly impactful. 💛

➡️ Download it now and join us in rethinking how we engage with some of the world’s most vulnerable communities

ethical volunteering with refugees

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