Sarah Horton is volunteering in our Media and Arts Project in Bolivia. She gets to spend the whole day surrounded by beautiful art and helps the local staff organize exhibitions and develop their website.
Read about her first two weeks in Santa Cruz, Bolivia:
Our local coordinator Camilo accompanied volunteers Tarquin and Megan on their first day of their environmental conservation project in Costa Rica.
Here is his report from their volunteer project:
Six new volunteers arrived in San Ramon, Costa Rica last weekend and one of the new teaching English volunteers, Jessica, filled the spots of Nikki and Moritz, who left us a few weeks ago, at a rural school in San Ramon. The teacher there and all of the kids are extremely appreciative of volunteers, especially because our volunteers help out the teacher with proper pronunciation so she can give more individual support to her students.
As is customary with all new volunteers, our coordinator Laura brought Jessica on her first day volunteering and this is what she reported from their trip:
I posted Samuel Condon’s experiences from his first two weeks teaching English in Kathmandu and after reading his week 3 report, I’ve almost decided I need to pack up and catch a flight to volunteer there. He is building bonds with the monks, immersing himself in their way of life and he’s really dedicated to his teaching project, which is certainly paying off.
Read Samuel’s full week 3 report:
Charlotte Dieteren is volunteering teaching physical education in Ghana. She is living in a homestay in the beautiful coastal city of Kokrobite, about 30 km from Accra. She has been volunteering for two weeks and has three more to go.
Read about her first two weeks volunteering with school children Ghana:
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Samuel Condon just finished his second week volunteering in a monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is teaching English but also learning a lot about Buddhism and the monks’ way of life. Through getting to know the monks outside of class he is experiencing truly rich cultural immersion and exchange, which are often the most exciting parts of our volunteer trips.
Read about his first two weeks of volunteer life in the monastery:
Moritz volunteered teaching English at Escuela Bolivar in San Ramon last year and on Monday returned to the school to cheering and applauding children. He feels great to be back with so many of the same kids and the same teachers, and happy that he could keep his promise to return that he made last summer. Camilo accompanied him on his first day back to volunteering and according to Camilo, Moritz is like a “rock star” in the school.
Read Camilo’s full report:
Jen Paskach has been volunteering in our teaching English project in Cusco for the past three weeks. She is volunteering at a local after school program that provides academic support and extracurricular activities to underprivileged children.
Read an update from the first half of her trip:
Della Adams is volunteering with our orphanage project in Bolivia on her second uVolunteer trip. Last year, she volunteered in our orphanage project in Costa Rica and enjoyed it so much that she wanted to do it again; this time in a new country. She is living in a homestay in Santa Cruz and working with the children at the Luz del Mundo orphanage.
Read her weekly updates from the first half of her trip:
Aaron recently finished teaching English with uVolunteer in Thailand. He lived in Phon Phisai in a homestay with Jack, our local coordinator, and traveled around Thailand on weekends. Read weekly highlights from his trip, including traditional Thai food, motorcycle riding around a tropical island, and meeting the Thai Minister of Education.
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