UN Volunteers—through the UNWTO Volunteers Programme—have been promoting the MDGs through tourism. Since 2007, the UNWTO's aim has been to provide young professionals with practical training in tourism as a tool for poverty alleviation and development. Here, individual volunteers from countries such as Guatemala, Mexico, Ghana and Colombia tell their own stories of working together with local communities. Despite the challenges and frustrations, all of them in the end have conveyed positive and constructive feelings in terms of their own unique experiences.
