I did a charity trip like this.
Local guys who knew what they were doing re: wildlife protection took their time to train us to do a shitty job at what they could do easily. We were there for a couple weeks, kinda got a hang of it a little, then left, so they could do the same thing over with another group of paid volunteers.
I guess maybe that's just the cost of business to keep the money coming in? They have to consistently waste their time showing us how to feel useful in order to get those donations. God knows I wouldn't have "donated" a couple thousand dollars just out of the goodness of my heart.
Local guys who knew what they were doing re: wildlife protection took their time to train us to do a shitty job at what they could do easily. We were there for a couple weeks, kinda got a hang of it a little, then left, so they could do the same thing over with another group of paid volunteers.
I guess maybe that's just the cost of business to keep the money coming in? They have to consistently waste their time showing us how to feel useful in order to get those donations. God knows I wouldn't have "donated" a couple thousand dollars just out of the goodness of my heart.