Daniela Papi wrote a great post the other day giving advice to a young lady interested in volunteering overseas. Her very first point was to consider volunteering locally first. It is a valid point and one that comes up frequently. Why travel across the world when you can volunteer in your own community?

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According to a report in allafrica.com many northern Ugandan farmers converted their farms to grow organic cotton. Apparently many were “forced” to do this. Regardless, the decision to follow what was seen as a trend towards organic cotton…