A typical day began to wake the children for the school to prepare to make them a little morning exercise and then Breakfast.



Around 9 AM I take the children to the school and had the opportunity to teach English. If I was not in school I have the staff helping me with the food preparation for kids or in the construction of water filtration systems. Around 4 PM the children would return from the school and I have helped them with their homework and learn English. Then they had some free time and I played until dinner (9 PM) with them and I also organized some painting classes for them. On weekends the children had more free time so during weekend I did more recreational activities such as organized sports games.



I was happy with the food and accommodation. I had my own room in the same project in which I was employed. Rations were also as expected very healthy. The staff was very helpful and I could them call at any time for anything. The highlight of my stay was a trip to Ooty which is very nice place located 2000 meters high surrounded by many tea plantations. It was very relaxed and a great destination for hiking.



I would surely recommend this program to friends and family.

I worked with kids aged between 8 months to 2-5 years old. I used to provide them love and care which they would be missing. We also used to give those babies class about give bottle change diapers play comfort help others. We used to teach them organize painting classed read stories for them and also provide them supervision in their daily routine tasks.



The accommodation and meals were good. I have felt very well. Our coordinator Sam was always very helpful and reliable. I felt very safe and welcome. I had many highlights from the project. During my work in the hostel I made many new experiences. I made really great friends with hostel staff and I also enjoyed other things such as Safari Skydiving Township etc.



I am very happy to have chosen this program. Thank you!

What areas did you like about our website?
I liked all the areas especially the parts where I could view testimonies and videos of past volunteers and the My Account Page that let me get in touch with the volunteers that I would be traveling with.

How did you find the pre departure booklet given to you and the service of the staff in regards to answering your questions and helping you prepare?
Excellent ! I was amazed at all the information given to me beforehand. It made me feel relieved while traveling by myself outside of the country.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Yes. I cant wait to come back again. It was nice having one project in the morning and another in the afternoon in case I preferred one over the other.

Accommodation and meals
I liked living with my host family. My host mom tried her best to prepare meals for me that would both teach me about Ghanaian culture but also meet my dietary needs.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
YES. The amount of detail provided provided to you before you leave and the wonderful program coordinator - Frederick who takes care care of you every step of the way.

Any comments and suggestions
I researched so many organizations before I chose VS and discovered that this is the most well organized structured accessible and affordable volunteering organization. I am so happy with my journey and have a whole new outlook on life!

What areas did you like about our website ?
It was organized-easy to allocate different areas. Volunteers feedback and testimonials were especially helpful in picking the placement.

How did you find the pre departure booklet given to you and the service of the staff in regards to answering your questions and helping you prepare?
Very helpful-gave a lot of options with respect to contact. A very explained details & programs.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
I really loved working with the children at the Kindergarten. As the weeks progressed I felt I had a greater positive impact with the encouragement at our project supervisor. It felt very accomplishing when teaching them English. Our placement teacher as also very kind and supportive with us and the kids she set a great example to follow. Also the children were just really adorable and fun to work with. Always put a smile on my face.

Accommodation and meals
WOW!! I did not expect the meals to be so delicious and nutritious! It was a privilege to stay at this home stay. They spoiled us with great cooking and warm hospitality. They always taken care of us-made sure we were not cold when sleeping had enough to eat. Also the accommodation is very clean and comfortable and privacy is also respected. I loved staying here :)

Coordinator
I am happy to say that Jenny' s work is great and she was very supportive with us. Thanks!!!!

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
Going to placement and seeing the kids smile at me every morning. Teaching them English and seeing the kids grow in knowledge was also very rewarding.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
YES!

I like that the website has a lot of pictures and that it has very easy menu. I also like the distributions of subject. The service is excellent and Sahil answered all my questions. The pre-departure booklet is very complete and easy to understand.

I Love Love Love working with the elephants. It is an amazing place and the Jungle is beautiful. The elephants are amazing and Jin the supervisor is best. My highlight from the trip was to meet Thai people they are so loving and warm hearted. Also to have the opportunity to be living with elephants is an experience I won' t forget.

I really liked the accommodation they are simple but nice. Meals are amazing vegetarian options are delicious. Our coordinator was very helpful and he know a lot about elephants. He is very polite and makes you feel like home.

I would surely recommend Elephant program as it has been the most amazing experience of my life.

I thought the description of the programs on website was very nice and I also liked the quick overview of different programs. I got very fast response of my emails and pre departure booklet was helpful too.

I enjoyed working at my placement. The highlight of my volunteering experience was meeting and becoming friends with the other volunteers along with becoming friends and playing with the kids at Uma' s house.

The accommodation was very nice and meals were nice too better than I expected. I had a very good experience with Volunteering Solutions so I would recommend this program to anyone.

I liked My Account because you can find a lot of information about your destination and you know which things you suppose to do before the departure. It' s my favorite area but the other area are nice too. The pre departure booklet is useful and provided many program related and country specific information.

I liked my placement at the government hospital. The people were nice and helpful. The highlight from the volunteering trip were the meetings with people come from different countries. :) Nepal Spain USA China Italy Sweden Denmark Singapore etc. and it was amazing.

The host family is perfect and the accommodations too. The meals were good too. I would recommend this program as it' s an amazing experience! I will never forget this trip and the people! :)

I liked that the website was regularly updated as the application process was going through. It was very clear on what was needed to be done and what was done. The pre departure booklet was very helpful and the staff were very responsive when I emailed them with the questions.

I liked my program placement. The children were a joy to work with and it was a very enriching experience. The highlight of my volunteering experience was to live with a local family and learn about their culture and way of living. Interaction with the family and the bond created will be something I will never forget.

Our home stay mother cooked extremely delicious food. The meals will be one of the things that I will miss terribly. The accommodation was very clean and had all the basic necessities. I enjoyed staying at the home stay.

I will surely recommend this program to anyone.

I like the structure of the site. It was easy to navigate and the description of the program was very helpful as well. The pre departure booklet was very helpful. It gave me first information about everything. The culture the people and the things which were important for this time.

I had a great time at the placement. It was a great time to learn new things but also the time to share how the things are working in my home country.

Some of the highlights from my volunteering trip to Ghana were: -


Singing with children at the school and village.

Feeding babies and love them.

Kakum national park I guess everybody should go there. It' s amazing.

The place of staying was good. Water was there Light too. And the family was amazing. Meals were very tasty and good. I think Volunteering Solutions is an organization who really wants to help people and this is what volunteers want to do so I would recommend this program to everyone.

The pictures. testimonials and the videos from past volunteers on website were helpful. The pre departure booklet was good and very helpful.

I very enjoyed working at my placement and I just wish I had some more time. The highlight of my volunteering trip was the first day when I went to the village and it was just amazing. The way the children were happy because of our visit was overwhelming. Another highlight was the cultural show at the village and my trip to the monkey village and the waterfall all were just amazing.

I stayed in a host family. They received me with arms wide open and I enjoyed my time a lot. I had my own room I had everything I needed. The food was good. My host mother tried to prepare the best for me. I would definitely recommend this program to anyone.

Information about all the programs around the world on website was very helpful. My Account section was very helpful and it was really useful. Facebook page of Volunteering Solutions was also very helpful as we were able to contact other volunteers about their views on the program and Ghana. The pre departure booklet was very informative and helpful.

We very much enjoyed working at our placements. We were able to get a nice mix of working at the Tamale Central Hospital as well as teach at a small village school and at the girls school. All placements provided opportunities to do productive work and make a difference.

The highlight from our trip were the children that we taught at the village. Also seeing medical conditions that we don' t see in the USA (Malaria and Measles). On the weekend we enjoyed holding the crocodile tail and siting on one.

Fred and Rose did a great job making us feel welcome and the accommodation was perfect. Rose is a great cook and we enjoyed our meals. Ghana is a very friendly community and we always felt safe.

This is our second volunteer experience with Volunteering Solutions. We have enjoyed tremendously. Appreciate the commitment to making the volunteer experience meaningful.

The website was very easy to navigate to where you wanted to look which was nice. I liked how all the countries and their programs were listed separately so you could look at each place individually. I found the pre departure booklet to be excellent. I received very good information to read about where I will be going and it helped me a lot.

I loved working at my placement and it was such a wonderful experience. Along with working with orphans I also taught English at a local government school which was excellent. I am very happy with what I did.

The highlight for me was being able to get to know the children that I worked with. They are all very special. It was also a highlight of mine to meet all the other volunteers from other countries and form friendships. My whole experience was a highlight.

The host family and place was perfect such great people. The meals were very good as well. We ate what local people eat so it was really very nice. I would recommend this program and organization to others for sure.

I have appreciated all the description providing on our My Account page. It is easy to know what stuff you need to provide. Good illustrations and information about the country you want to visit on website as well as My Account. The pre departure booklet was complete good information about cultural aspect of the country climate restrictions story of the country and political evolution.

I appreciate the wards and clinics we have volunteered in. The nursing staff was opened to us and they were ready to explain us their ways of working. To meet Nepalese people and experiencing their culture was for me the highlight of my trip.

Accommodations and meals were perfect. The hosts was attentive to our need and we have been well received all long our trip. I will surely recommend this program as anyone who is looking to gain some true international experience should volunteer abroad.

There are a lot of information and you can do many questions and to find the information there. The pre departure booklet was also quite good.

I liked the program placement and enjoyed working with the kids. I realized that these children need care and love and I enjoyed playing with them and giving them what they needed which is truly satisfying and my highlight from the trip.

The host family people are very nice and welcoming and I loved the food as well. I would live to come back again with the group of friends volunteers and do this program again with Volunteering Solutions.

The website had loads of information and it was easy to navigate. The pre departure booklet was very helpful and had interesting information especially in items of packaging.

I loved working with disabled children and they all were full of life. The highlight was to know a new country and culture from local home. I have enjoyed living with local people instead of in a hotel.

The accommodation and meals were good and the people were quite friendly as well so I would recommend this program to people who are looking to volunteer.

The pre departure booklet was really informative well developed and easy to read. I really enjoyed my work at the hospital in Kathmandu. Even though I opted for 2 weeks program option I can still say that I learned quite a lot of skills which are important for my future work.

The highlight of my trip were the nice people I met while in Nepal. They all were very friendly open-minded and interested in discussion.

The accommodation was fine and it was an interesting experience to me with other people. The Nepalese food was perfect for me since I am a vegetarian and people here don' t have so much meat.

Thank you so much. I had a great time and also giving me the chance to learn interesting new culture so I would recommend this program to anyone.

I like the photos and videos on website. The pre departure booklet was fine and it helped me to prepare myself for the project.

I enjoyed working at my program placement and I also learned a lot from Peruvian culture. The highlight of my volunteering experience in Peru was to practice nursing in different culture. It is completely different from my country.

My accommodation and meals were great. I like my host family. My Bed was comfortable and I could watch TV during free time. Our country coordinator also worked very well and she informed me everything about the clinical activities the way to go to the clinic and answered everything we asked.

I would recommend this program and organizations to others because it is well done and it is not expensive as other organizations.

The website was easy to navigate My Account was excellent Past volunteers feedbacks were good and list of activities volunteers could do in Peru was some of the major things I liked on the webpage. The pre departure booklet was good and helped very much. The staff responded very quickly and in very efficient manner.

I liked the placement and we learned a lot about Peruvian culture and their healthcare aspects. I learned a lot while I was there. I was able to communicate with patients and give them vaccinations. Volunteers here make an impact on the Peruvian people and show them that people from around the world are friendly and caring.

The host family was super nice and accommodating and welcoming. Food was also good. Our coordinator Jenny did a great job of preparing us for the week ahead.

I would recommend this program option as it is well organized affordable and welcoming.

The website was easy to navigate and My Account was very nice feature on the website. The pre departure booklet was very useful.



I liked my program placement. It was a good experience and even there was language barrier I was still able to help doctor and nurses. At the clinic I enjoyed working with the children and mothers and seeing how the clinic run and the other highlight was the host family alot felt very comfortable and well taken care of.



The accommodations were perfect! Family very nice welcoming food was very good and house was clean. Very nice family. Would enjoy staying with them again. Jenny was also very helpful.



I would recommend this organization as I felt everything was organized and well planned pre departure information.

The description of the program pictures were very helpful and website was very easy to navigate. The pre departure booklet was great and very informative.



I very much enjoyed working at my program placement. The classroom experience was amazing and the host family were my highlights from volunteering trip. I managed the class room very well got kid pay attention and that was also one of the acievement.



The accommodation and meals were just amazing. The family was extreamly attention and every meal was prepared with care and love. Our coordinator Jenny was helpful as well.



I felt I helped out kids and I would recommend this program to everyone.