The previous chapter tracked the overwhelmingly enthusiastic coverage enjoyed by development volunteers in the mass media of the Global North. But how were volunteers and their organizations regarded in recipient nations? This chapter charts the view from the other side by analyzing press reports from two pairs of volunteer-receiving nations: Indonesia and Malaysia, and Ghana and Nigeria, from the early 1950s until the mid-1960s. Both pairs of countries were geographical neighbors who underwent divergent political, economic and social trajectories during decolonization. Yet, there were marked similarities in media reports about development volunteering. In contrast to the mainstream media of the Global North, the press of many receiving nations was not in thrall to young volunteers. Rather, Western development intervention was often assessed through the critical lens of anti-colonialism. Where volunteers’ good intentions had drawn enthusiastic praise at home, people in countries with recent colonial histories were just as likely to regard Western volunteers with caution, if not outright suspicion.