Today is Victory Over Genocide Day in Cambodia, a day that marks the end of the Khmer Rouge regime in 1979. The following is an excerpt from ‘It’s Not About Me’ by Sally Hetherington OAM, our CEO. She interviewed a survivor of the Khmer Rouge and shared her story to shed some light on the […]
Volunteering is widely known as an act of selflessness, an act of helping those in need. When Sally Hetherington moved to Cambodia to volunteer, she didn’t realise her beliefs around volunteering would change. While she was in Cambodia she noticed what was called ‘voluntourism’, which for those who don’t know is a form of volunteering […]
Guest post by Kate Sunners, HHA Inc. Social Media Manager Having been a development studies student, I was familiar with voluntourism and the side-effects of ‘development’ when done to communities by outsiders, rather than by and with locals. I’ve also known many well-intentioned folks who have had a voluntourist experience as a student, and […]
Development is intrinsically human, so much so that every aspect of development involves human lives. “It’s Not About Me” is a book that itself is wholly about being human, and one that highlights the humanity that is right at the centre of development work. This book is the self-authored memoirs of Sally Hetherington, HHA Inc’s […]