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'Voluntourism' Vacations Taking Off

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 11:36:25 PM
By DAVE CARPENTER

This photo released by John Witkowski shows Witkowski holding Jorge Luis, 7, outside the Hogar Rafael Ayau orphanage during his trip to Guatemala City, Guatemala, in May, 2006. Witkowski and his wife use vacation time that was spent with their now grown children on what is becoming an annual trip to an orphanage, where they and other church members stay in gender-separated quarters at the facility run by nuns in Guatemala City. (AP Photo/John Witkowski)CHICAGO (AP) - Mike Wood spent his recent vacation in rural Honduras, visiting Mayan ruins but mostly building latrines and pig pens.

That isn't exactly most people's idea of a glorious week in the sun. But it was thoroughly enjoyable for the assistant high school principal — and he apparently has growing company.

"It's fun to see how 80 or 90 percent of the people live in this world and try to help them out," said the Deer Isle, Maine, resident, who was on a trip organized by the group Sustainable Harvest International.


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