I should point out; I’m not the expert. Sure, I’ve had the incredible opportunity of joining local disaster relief efforts and volunteering abroad, but it took a lot of time, energy and resources. Its not a glamorous job really. The hours are long and hard. You learn to laugh about terms like “bucket shower” or “presumably editable.” It’s an emotional roller coaster that never quite ends. You miss things back home, and put personal and (sometimes) professional lives on hold while you travel to a place that is foreign and scary. You don’t speak the language, you don’t know where you’re going, and sometimes…. you loose some understanding of who you are. It’s a personal evolution.