<p>StickerShock, It’s not all about the money. I know two teens (17 and 18) who returned to Africa last year (both had been several times before) with no adult supervision, other than being picked up at the airport by African support staff and dropped off at a remote village. For three weeks they ran half-day camps for 300 children. These “well-meaning, unskilled teens” required no supervision. Their work was valid, needed and appreciated. The organization they volunteered with provides one meal a day for children orphaned by AIDS, helps pay for their schooling and provides basic clothing. So, by many African standards their physical needs are taken care of. But the kids have other needs - love, affection, playing time, language skills, sex education, instruction in basic first aid, and on and on…</p>