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The stories below are open and honest, written by our volunteers - while away and once they have returned.
And there are lots of photos!
You can also call us for e-mail addresses of past volunteers, and chat to them yourself!
- Teaching
- Haneef Abdulrehman (in Argentina)
- Eleonore Van Wonterghem (in Argentina)
- Valeria Mariani (in Argentina)
- Jennifer Way (in Bolivia)
- Kari Franklin (in Bolivia)
- Michiel Kemeling (in China)
- Paula Weale (in China)
- Shaun Passey (in China)
- Ruediger Koch (in Costa Rica)
- Kassandra Earls (in Costa Rica)
- Anna Dailey (in Ethiopia)
- David Ruff (in Ethiopia)
- Amy Bell (in Ghana)
- Jan van Hovell (in Ghana)
- Mark Braude (in Ghana)
- Michelle Cadby (in Ghana)
- Ruth Bowling (in Ghana)
- Susanna Mullard (in Ghana)
- Kevin Emery (in India)
- Fiona Campbell (in India)
- Jessica Hills (in India)
- Jonathan Galton (in India)
- Andrea Martins (in Mexico)
- Robert Johnson (in Mexico)
- Sarah Reid (in Mexico)
- Tessa Adamson (in Mexico)
- Derek Sola (in Mongolia)
- Andrew Fryer (in Nepal)
- Caspar Erskine (in Nepal)
- Chris Rae (in Nepal)
- David Firth (in Nepal)
- Anna Keenlyside (in Peru)
- Ben Peers (in Peru)
- Joanna King (in Peru)
- John Keane (in Peru)
- Katherine Shirtcliffe (in Peru)
- Richard Bartlett (in Peru)
- Susan Keane (in Peru)
- Tom Bennett (in Peru)
- Lara Hogg (in Romania)
- Paula Willars (in Romania)
- Alex Midha (in Senegal)
- Alice Harvey (in Senegal)
- Anna Reed (in Senegal)
- Danielle Paffard (in Senegal)
- Leila Mulloy (in Senegal)
- Sushant Mukherjee (in Senegal)
- Adam Kessler (in Sri Lanka)
- Ash Morton (in Sri Lanka)
- Claire Blakemore (in Sri Lanka)
- Claire Fuller (in Sri Lanka)
- Fiona Whyte (in Sri Lanka)
- Helen Poole (in Sri Lanka)
- Rosanne van Herksen (in Sri Lanka)
- Victoria Plume (in Sri Lanka)
- Judith Reid (in Thailand)
- Care
- Celine Haynes (in Argentina)
- Melissa Jarrell (in Argentina)
- Michela Steet (in Argentina)
- Chris Turner (in Bolivia)
- Diana Jones (in Bolivia)
- Katy Fraser (in Bolivia)
- Gemma Morgan (in Cambodia)
- Heledd Jones (in Cambodia)
- Jacqueline Gunn (in Cambodia)
- Laura Stonehouse (in Cambodia)
- Lisa Jung (in Ethiopia)
- Alyssa Jones (in Ghana)
- Helen Baines (in Ghana)
- Peter Gwilliam (in Ghana)
- Rachel Macklin (in Ghana)
- Rebecca McKeown (in Ghana)
- Sarah Foley (in Ghana)
- Susanna Mullard (in Ghana)
- Tracy Maryan (in Ghana)
- Heena Gudka (in India)
- Hannah Headden (in India)
- Eleanor Smith (in Mexico)
- Francesca de Felice (in Mexico)
- Laura Bradford (in Mexico)
- Morgan Hoder (in Mexico)
- Stacy Edwards (in Mexico)
- Kate Watkins (in Moldova)
- Christien de Kruif (in Moldova)
- Steven Wrench (in Moldova)
- Derek Sola (in Mongolia)
- Rachel Gates (in Nepal)
- Marie Pillar (in Nepal)
- Addison Fickas (in Romania)
- Chris Wyatt (in Romania)
- Jo Cope (in Romania)
- Laura Parker (in Romania)
- Richard Edney (in Romania)
- Amy Montgomery (in Senegal)
- Michelle Krech (in Senegal)
- Katie Finlay (in Sri Lanka)
- Patricia Bardin Dit Courageot (in Sri Lanka)
- Ruth Malthouse (in Sri Lanka)
- Christine Williams (in Thailand)
- Kevin Eadie (in Thailand)
- Rosemary Yates (in Thailand)
- Conservation And Environment
- Brock Phillips (in India)
- Charlotte Forsdick (in Mexico)
- Jim Kelly (in Mexico)
- Sophie Woodard (in Mexico)
- Zoe Carrol (in Mexico)
- Alex Prior (in Peru)
- Ben Lane (in Peru)
- Catherine Turner (in Peru)
- Claire Elphick (in Peru)
- Laura Poe (in Peru)
- Richard Breakspear (in Peru)
- Margaret Holding (in South Africa)
- Anna Wemyss (in Thailand)
- Chris Wood (in Thailand)
- Jane Thompson (in Thailand)
- Liam Farncombe (in Thailand)
- Sarah Breedon (in Thailand)
- Culture And Community
- Cambodia Khmer Project
- Max Strong (in Cambodia)
- Ghana Community Building Project
- Catherine Hughes (in Ghana)
- Sarah Miller (in Ghana)
- It Project In Sri Lanka
- Gemma Morgan (in Sri Lanka)
- Lee Mallon (in Sri Lanka)
- Roland Eikenroth (in Sri Lanka)
- Mongolia Nomad Project
- Ellen de Jongh (in Mongolia)
- Peru Inca Project
- Dave Rogers (in Peru)
- Duncan Hewitt (in Peru)
- Eleanor Fry (in Peru)
- Jasper Oshun (in Peru)
- Tsunami Recovery In Sri Lanka
- Jessica Bailey (in Sri Lanka)
- Mick Gillies (in Sri Lanka)
- Simon Cawley (in Sri Lanka)
- Drama Romania
- Sam Lasman (in Romania)
- Sports
- Elliott Poynter (in Costa Rica)
- Alice Wonnacott (in Ghana)
- Peter Gwilliam (in Ghana)
- Scott McQuarrie (in Ghana)
- Melissa Kroslak (in South Africa)
- Medicine And Healthcare
- Medicine
- Ying Liu (in Argentina)
- Chris Jones (in Bolivia)
- William Richter (in Bolivia)
- Kyle Floyd (in China)
- Melissa Tan (in Ghana)
- Reuben Shin (in Ghana)
- Sarah Lownsbrough (in Ghana)
- Sarah Miller (in Ghana)
- Shayan Shakeraneh (in Ghana)
- Claudia Raperport (in India)
- Jenna Pyper (in India)
- Laura Nicell (in India)
- Lianna Hulbert (in India)
- Michael Rowe (in India)
- Reesa Simmonds (in India)
- Erica Munoz-Fitch (in Mexico)
- Olivia Raglan (in Mexico)
- Edward Chien (in Mongolia)
- Alexandra Grundy (in Sri Lanka)
- Physical Therapy
- Siobhan Ni Cheidigh (in Bolivia)
- Ruth Malthouse (in Ghana)
- Anna Lena Sandersfeld (in Nepal)
- Dorothy Hudson (in Nepal)
- Melanie Wright (in Nepal)
- Sarah Wilson (in Nepal)
- Tom Goom (in Sri Lanka)
- Nursing And Midwifery
- Karen Slevin (in India)
- Michelle Terheege (in India)
- Electives
- Louise Darvill (in Ghana)
- Claire Bailey (in India)
- Adam Spong (in Mongolia)
- Journalism
- Jon Mcleod (in China)
- Gary O'Neal (in Ethiopia)
- Cassandra Zoro (in Ghana)
- Guy Bloembergen (in Ghana)
- Sinead Garvan (in Ghana)
- Steven Poulton (in Ghana)
- Victoria Warr (in Ghana)
- James Taylor (in Moldova)
- Sarah Rajabalee (in Mongolia)
- Amelie Schlingmann (in Romania)
- Amy Sable (in Romania)
- Kayleigh Moore (in Romania)
- Rebecca McKeown (in Romania)
- Sophie Warnes (in Romania)
- Harry Bradwell (in Senegal)
- Business
- Arti Krishna (in China)
- Dom Elliot (in China)
- Dorothee Garth (in China)
- Trevor Archer (in China)
- Ian Bromage (in Mongolia)
- Valerie Van Den Brule (in Mongolia)
- Law And Human Rights
- Law
- Thomas Henry (in China)
- Human Rights
- Danica Mullarkey (in Ghana)
- Archaeology
- Bea Ramsay (in Romania)
- Linda Vonken (in Romania)
- Louise Benson James (in Romania)
- Veterinary Medicine And Animal Care
- Veterinary Medicine
- Rosie Akester (in Mongolia)
- Language Courses
- Spanish
- Violet Alvarez (in Costa Rica)
- French
- Cliff Lewis (in Senegal)
- 2 Week Specials
- Medicine In Mongolia
- Krishna Chauhan (in Mongolia)
- Rebecca Ko (in Mongolia)
- Care And Community In Ghana
- Anna Marianetti (in Ghana)
- Ansh Johri (in Ghana)
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