left prospective travelers struggling to understand the difference between each organizations and the programs they offered. Organizations like International Volunteer Programs Association and travel experts like CBS News' Peter Greenberg objectively critique and recommend programs for travelers. Globe Aware has been featured in publications including the Huffington Post, Condé Nast Traveller, and the Wall Street Journal. Globe Aware’s Cambodia program was featured in a documentary that aired on PBS called “Journeys for Good” that won three Emmy Awards. The documentary can be viewed here and here. The organization was profiled on the NBC Today show by Kathie Lee and Hoda in June 2012. Globe Aware volunteers and their projects, inspirations and experiences were also profiled on April 4, 2014 in Newsday: LI volunteers share their hearts, experience abroad Controversies Many controversies have arisen over the effectiveness and helpfulness of voluntourism. Frequent objections question the ability for volunteers to make a sustainable difference in as short of a time as one week. 6. Another ongoing controversy with voluntourism includes orphanage tourism, the act of traveling as a volunteer to an orphanage overseas to spend a short period of time working directly with the children. Accusations against orphan operators include “keeping children in abject living conditions to generate continued foreign donations and lax or non-existent background check for potential volunteers.”. Globe Aware maintains a stance of not supporting Orphanage Tourism. References Organizations based in Dallas International charities International sustainability organizations Charities based in Texas