With these eight emotional words, Ken Budd embarks on a quest to help others—from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to a special needs school in China, from climate change research in Ecuador to projects in Kenya, Costa Rica, and the West Bank. A moving memoir of sacrifice and
self-discovery, The Voluntourist is part love story, part travel tale; a book about losing your father and finding your destiny; and a wry yet wise treatise on changing lives—including your own. Learn more
For a limited time, Ken Budd’s award-winning memoir, The Voluntourist, is available as a $1.99 e-book. You’ll find the special price wherever e-books are sold, including: Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-A-Million […]
Read moreA story focusing on Ken Budd’s volunteer work in China won gold on Friday in the annual North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) awards competition, which honors outstanding work in […]
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Ken Budd has written for The Washington Post, Smithsonian, Stuff, McSweeney’s, Might, Worldview, and many more publications. After volunteering in New Orleans and Costa Rica, Ken volunteered in four countries in nine months—China, Ecuador, Palestine, and Kenya—for his memoir, The Voluntourist. Read More
- Publishers Weekly“In this sincere and subtly written memoir, Budd gracefully—and often humorously—records how he changes ‘emotionally, physically, spiritually’ as he travels to work with ‘people with real problems and different perspectives.”