From the first time she set foot on the beach in St Louis teaching volunteer Danielle Paffard wondered what could be done to help clear the litter that spoils an otherwise idyllic spot. Having decided to extend her placement by a month at the end of January, she set about finding a way to organise [...]
Medical volunteers in Bolivia, at the same time as doing their main work at the Burns Unit of Viedma Hospital and the Centro de Salud Sarcobamba, have taken part in important community projects. These have included vaccination programmes and dental hygiene campaigns. The vaccination campaign was organised by the Head Doctor at the Centro [...]
Schools separated by over 5000 miles have been brought together by two Projects Abroad volunteers in a pen-pal story that has captured the imaginations and even the hearts of the students involved. Students from Secundaria 45 in Mexico and Selkirk High School in Scotland began emailing each other back in January as part of [...]
Assistant Country Manager, Jo Walton, has been working in our Cambodian team after working for us in Sri Lanka for one year. Jo coordinated regular âDirty weekendsâ in Sri Lanka â a concept where a big group of volunteers generally get messy whilst helping one of our projects by cleaning, painting and numerous other activities. [...]
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