The Reason Why You Shouldn’t Volunteer in an Orphanage

What I learned from my time volunteering in Ghana

Anne Bonfert
Age of Awareness
Published in
9 min readNov 16, 2021

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Credit: Anne Bonfert

Volunteering. A big word with a strong meaning. You’re doing something voluntarily. Nobody forces you. Nobody pays you for what you do. Without volunteers, a lot of things on this planet wouldn’t be existing.

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Anne Bonfert
Age of Awareness

I am a traveler. Photographer. Writer. Teacher. Skydiving instructor. Adventure enthusiast. Nature lover. And fell in love with the African continent.