One of the most important things we can do while travel is to give back, which can happen in a variety of ways. You can buy and stay locally instead of in chain hotels or restaurants. You can volunteer in a community, which is called Voluntourism. International development can be helped greatly by voluntourism, which brings tourist dollars (and help) directly to the community.

Some young people are unbelievably generous with their time, are almost born altruists. Meet Samm Coffin, a study abroad student at Stellenbosch University, outside of Cape Town, South Africa. While adjusting to a foreign country and taking a full load of courses Samm immediately volunteered to help make a difference including working at an afterschool program and taking hundreds of pictures for Dog Meets World (DMW) at Kayamandi.