Volunteer Service Trips Abroad

By this time, I was eager to start teaching sports and English. I had no idea what to expect from our first visit to Escuela La Palma. I was ready to help out however I could. My initial reaction was shock at how understaffed the school was and how much more could be done to help the kids achieve their full potential. Of course some of them desired nothing more than to play soccer.

My first placement was in the surgical ward, it was hands on, I started learning right way because the doctors explained the cases and treatment plan to me. I was let to draw blood and set up IV lines under the supervision of a doctor and with the permission of the patient. There were also lecture series that I attended. Attending theater was the best part, I was able to watch and ask question on the procedures being done.

I started looking into volunteer organisations and comparing them price wise and program wise, mainly looking into those that offered computer based programs - that is where I came across uVolunteer. As soon as I contacted uVolunteer I was given a very clear picture of how the organisation worked...