Volunteer Vacations

CNBC just had a segment on people taking vacations where they go help others. One example they discussed was going to the Gulf Coast to help build houses with Habitat for Humanity. Although a nice piece overall, the very first example they gave just made me want to spit out my diet coke -- travelling overseas to help women with "women's empowerment".

Somehow that just didn't seem to rank right up there with feeding the hungry, building shelters, and teaching better farming techniqes.