Volunteers and their stories
Morgan Shortt writes about her experience arriving in Kallar, Sri Lanka, one week after the Tsunami hit, and how she volunteered there cleaning up and building temporary shelters, and her experiences living with people right after the disaster.
Feedback from various volunteers on the Statia Conservation Project, Netherlands Antilles Caribbean - doing sea turtle monitoring, trail work and botanical garden work.
Feedback from Kan Tan Volunteers in Costa Rica working in the indigenous reserve of Boruca constructing traditional ranchos and doing ecological work.
Some feedback from Anna Davison who volunteered with Casa Abierta in the Ecuadorian Amazon basin
Catherine Antrobus accounts her experience volunteering in South Africa with Cheetah Outreach
A reflection from Linda Smith working with Wild at Heart in South Africa
Matt Astill tells of his experience volunteering in Honduras with Global Vision and how that changed his life
Stephanie Roschi from Switzerland worked as a research assistant in Costa Rica on a conservation project with marine turtles for three months and had the experience of a lifetime!
Oliver Wilson, from Southampton, UK, spent an interesting month working in Togo on a AIDS awareness programme.
Kaia Friedli, aged 22, from the USA, recounts her experience volunteering for 4 months with the Little Children of the Philippines
An Indian Experience, by Alex Roger, a recent media volunteer with i-to-i International Projects - also some great hints for first time volunteers going to India !!
Soiya Gecaga worked with Nyumbani, in Nairobi, Kenya in a hospice with children with AIDS and HIV - the most rewarding experience of her life.
Michel Roger, from France, writes about working in Cape Town with the South African Environment Project
Gerald Plissart working with CTRD reports on his two visits in Narasingpur village, Orissa, India, after the devastation of the October cyclone
Loren Dobkin, who taught English in rural Bihar, India with Dakshinayan, recounts her experience - a good read for those travelling to India !
Marion Grimm, from Switzerland, who volunteered for YPSA in Bangladesh recounts her impressions and experiences