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Volunteer Stories
- What's it really like to be a volunteer with Projects Abroad?
- Where can you go travelling and what's the food like?
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
Eleonore Van Wonterghem (in Argentina)
Valeria Mariani (in Argentina)
Jonathan Goetz (in China)
Shaun Passey (in China)
Matt Lim (in Costa Rica)
Amy Bell (in Ghana)
Isobel Towse (in Ghana)
Jan van Hovell (in Ghana)
Kim Brereton (in Ghana)
Michelle Cadby (in Ghana)
Ruth Bowling (in Ghana)
Samantha Barlow (in Ghana)
Victoria Murray (in Ghana)
Fiona Campbell (in India)
Sarah Reid (in Mexico)
Tessa Adamson (in Mexico)
Caspar Erskine (in Nepal)
Chris Rae (in Nepal)
David Firth (in Nepal)
Anna Keenlyside (in Peru)
Ben Peers (in Peru)
Ike Crews (in Peru)
Chris Dominey (in Peru)
Joanna King (in Peru)
Richard Bartlett (in Peru)
Tom Bennett (in Peru)
Josh Fellerman (in Romania)
Lara Hogg (in Romania)
Alex Midha (in Senegal)
Danielle Paffard (in Senegal)
Joe Leather (in Senegal)
Leila Mulloy (in Senegal)
Fleur Harris (in South Africa)
Katie Jennings (in South Africa)
Natalie King (in South Africa)
Vicky Higgs (in South Africa)
Adam Kessler (in Sri Lanka)
Ash Morton (in Sri Lanka)
Claire Fuller (in Sri Lanka)
Fiona Whyte (in Sri Lanka)
Sinead Watt (in Sri Lanka)- Care
Celine Haynes (in Argentina)
Eleanor Updegraff (in Argentina)
Chris Turner (in Bolivia)
Katy Fraser (in Bolivia)
Heledd Jones (in Cambodia)
Rachael Jewitt (in Cambodia)
Daniel Tewkesbury (in Ethiopia)
Emily Smith (in Ethiopia)
Lisa Jung (in Ethiopia)
Alice Wang (in Ghana)
Alyssa Jones (in Ghana)
Ashleigh Walton (in Ghana)
Breanna McGowan (in Ghana)
Hannah Simmons (in Ghana)
Helen Baines (in Ghana)
Isobel Towse (in Ghana)
Julia Simone (in Ghana)
Laura McKenzie-Wynne (in Ghana)
Liam Goulding (in Ghana)
Margot Le Neveu (in Ghana)
Melanie Dane (in Ghana)
Michelle Hertel (in Ghana)
Natalie Raperport (in Ghana)
Netta Beardsmore (in Ghana)
Oliver Birch (in Ghana)
Rachel Macklin (in Ghana)
Rebecca McKeown (in Ghana)
Victoria Murray (in Ghana)
Diane Flowers (in Jamaica)
Meriel Anderson (in Jamaica)
Peter Cooper (in Jamaica)
Eleanor Smith (in Mexico)
Francesca de Felice (in Mexico)
Laura Bradford (in Mexico)
Morgan Hoder (in Mexico)
Stacy Edwards (in Mexico)
Amelia Stevens (in Moldova)
Elizabeth Miller (in Moldova)
Kate Watkins (in Moldova)
Rebecca Pitt (in Moldova)
Steven Wrench (in Moldova)
Marie Pillar (in Nepal)
Rachel Gates (in Nepal)
Hannah Burd (in Peru)
Pete Morrow (in Peru)
Addison Fickas (in Romania)
Chris Wyatt (in Romania)
Jo Cope (in Romania)
Richard Edney (in Romania)
Georgina Lambton (in Senegal)
Hannah Keenleyside (in Senegal)
Juliet Raperport (in Senegal)
Juliette Chausson (in Senegal)
Kayleigh Buckingham (in Senegal)
Rachel Behrend (in Senegal)
Morgan Mahdavi (in Senegal)
Kirsten Macdonald (in Sri Lanka)
Ruth Malthouse (in Sri Lanka)
Christine Williams (in Thailand)
Grace Mitchell (in Thailand)
Kevin Eadie (in Thailand)
Rosemary Yates (in Thailand)
Laura Doughty (in Tanzania)- Conservation and Environment
Brock Phillips (in India)
Sophie Woodard (in Mexico)
Alex Prior (in Peru)
Ben Lane (in Peru)
Christopher Woodfield (in Peru)
Eilidh Southren (in Peru)
Laura McKenzie-Wynne (in Peru)
Laura Poe (in Peru)
Leora Winkler (in Peru)
Hannah Burd (in Peru)
Chris Wood (in Thailand)
Marc Fruitema (in Thailand)
Robert Owen (in Thailand)- Culture and Community
- Cambodia Khmer Project
Max Strong (in Cambodia)- Ghana Community Building Project
Sarah Miller (in Ghana)- Disaster Management
Chris Jefferies (in Jamaica)- Peru Inca Project
Dave Rogers (in Peru)
Duncan Hewitt (in Peru)
Eleanor Fry (in Peru)
Ike Crews (in Peru)
Jasper Oshun (in Peru)- Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka
Jessica Bailey (in Sri Lanka)- Drama Romania
Morven Montgomery (in Romania)
Sam Lasman (in Romania)- Sports
Matt Lim (in Costa Rica)
Alice Wonnacott (in Ghana)
Craig Bannerman (in Peru)
Pete Morrow (in Peru)- Medicine and Healthcare
- Medicine
Chris Jones (in Bolivia)
Elizabeth Leith (in Bolivia)
Melissa Tan (in Ghana)
Robin Middleburgh (in Ghana)
Sarah Lownsbrough (in Ghana)
Sarah Miller (in Ghana)
Shaakir Hasan (in Ghana)
Caitlin Meyer (in India)
Claudia Raperport (in India)
Emma Gordon (in India)
George Couch (in India)
Laura Nicell (in India)
Lianna Hulbert (in India)
Michael Rowe (in India)
Erica Munoz-Fitch (in Mexico)
Kathleen Joseph (in Nepal)- Physical Therapy
Ruth Malthouse (in Ghana)
Anna Lena Sandersfeld (in Nepal)
Camilla Durie (in Nepal)
Sarah Wilson (in Nepal)- Nursing and Midwifery
Karen Slevin (in India)
Michelle Terheege (in India)- Dentistry
Kristina Kefalas (in Argentina)- Journalism
Lydia Green (in Argentina)
Holly Graham (in China)
Iolo Cheung (in China)
Guy Bloembergen (in Ghana)
Sinead Garvan (in Ghana)
Steven Poulton (in Ghana)
James Taylor (in Moldova)
Amelie Schlingmann (in Romania)
Amy Sable (in Romania)
Kayleigh Moore (in Romania)
Rebecca McKeown (in Romania)
Harry Bradwell (in Senegal)
Craig Ferriman (in South Africa)- Business
Arti Krishna (in China)
Dom Elliot (in China)
Richard Goodrum (in China)- Law and Human Rights
- Law
Natasha Wilson (in China)- Human Rights
Clare Taylor (in Ghana)
Julia Squire (in Mongolia)
Moe Suzuki (in South Africa)- Archaeology
Louise Benson James (in Romania)- Language Courses
- Spanish
Violet Alvarez (in Costa Rica)- French
Hannah Keenleyside (in Senegal)- 2 Week Specials
- Medicine in India
Caitlin Meyer (in India)
Emma Gordon (in India)
George Couch (in India)- Medicine in Mongolia
Krishna Chauhan (in Mongolia)
Rebecca Ko (in Mongolia)- Medicine in Nepal
Kathleen Joseph (in Nepal)- Care and Community in Ghana
Akash Dey (in Ghana)
Alice Wang (in Ghana)
Anna Marianetti (in Ghana)
Ansh Johri (in Ghana)
Breanna McGowan (in Ghana)
Hannah Simmons (in Ghana)
Liam Goulding (in Ghana)
Julia Simone (in Ghana)
Margot Le Neveu (in Ghana)
Michelle Hertel (in Ghana)- Care and Community in Jamaica
Meriel Anderson (in Jamaica)- Care and Community with French in Senegal
Hannah Keenleyside (in Senegal)- Care and Community in Sri Lanka
Kirsten Macdonald (in Sri Lanka)- Conservation in Peru
Leora Winkler (in Peru)- Conservation in Thailand
Robert Owen (in Thailand)- Law in China
Natasha Wilson (in China)- Human Rights
Moe Suzuki (in South Africa)
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