What areas did you like about our website?
Easy to navigate and clear information about programs

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?
The staff and booklet were very helpful and enabled me to know what to expect and what to bring.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Very much. The kids were very fun and willing to learn. The educator also makes my stay very enjoyable and had good plans for lessons. Overall thoroughly enjoyed seeing the non-tourist side of Cusco.

Accommodation and meals
Also great!
I got along really well with my family and they made me feel part of it. The meals were also fantastic and I truly enjoyed entry traditional food.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
I think that volunteers are needed for 2 reasons it is exciting for the kids and can spur them on. Also it gives a break for the normal educators to relax a little. It can help as well to educate the kids about the world and about another country with the kids I taught English (older ones) Maths and to read in Spanish to those who couldn´ t. I would recommend volunteers to be very creative tolerant and open-minded.

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

What areas did you like about our website?
It is very user-friendly.

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?
The pre-departure booklet was very helpful in preparing for my trip. The staff especially Sahil and Jenny were very courteous professional and source-ful in answering all my questions

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Yes I enjoyed working at my project very much. It was very meaningful to my personal and professional life.

Accommodation and meals
I could not ask for a better host family than Elizabeth and her two kids. She really took us in as her own family and were very warm loving and welcoming. She made me feel at ease and comfortable right away. The meals were excellent. The experience of staying with them was so remarkable that I will definitely come back to visit them one day and I have considered them as my own family as well.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
I can say that the highlight of my volunteering experience was working with the elders with no families . I learned from the doctor that I worked with some new things that I never even do here in the US as a healthcare professional. I actually worked as the doctor\' s assistant. The highlight of my trip overall was all the amazement I felt going to all the Inca ruins and learning a but about the Inca culture. There was so much spirituality I gained from the whole experience. I also felt like I have gained a new family. Elizabeth and her two children (my host family) made me feel belong and most welcomed there

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

Any comments and suggestions
Everything was excellent. The program was very organized. Jenny' s support was excellent and tremendously helpful. She made sure she was available at all times if we need her

What areas did you like about our website?
All were equally good.

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?
Staff were prompt to reply and all questions answered as soon as possible. Very good service.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Yes very much. Didn' t want to leave. Everyone very friendly.

Accommodation and meals
The family accommodation was very good and comfortable. A home away from home. The food was very good - Never hungry and very well looked after.

Coordinator
The coordinator was always a phone call away if needed. He also rang to check how things were going.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
So many highlights to choose from. The Elephants people of Sri Lanka and staying with a family made this a special time frame.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
YES. Have already done so to the visitors of the orphanage.

Any comments and suggestions
A wonderful experience not to be forgotten.

What areas did you like about our website?
Testimonials from past volunteers photos and detailed information about placements.

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 and informative. I also felt that all of my questions were answered in a timely manner. This helped me relax a bit as i was preparing for India.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Very much. The women at the organization are so excited to have you there and many of them are eager to learn English. Some days will feel more productive than others but you make a difference just by being there.

Accommodation and meals
The accommodation was comfortable and had everything I needed ( a bed flush toilets hot showers).The meals were FANTASTIC ! I think I put on a few pounds because I ate so much delicious food.

Coordinator
The coordinator and staff are extremely helpful and will go our out of their way to help you if you need it. Everyone is kind and approachable.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
Meeting amazing people who were also volunteering here seeing the Taj Mahal trying all kinds of new Indian foods and learning some Hindi !

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

Any comments and suggestions
If you are thinking of coming to India do it. You wont regret it.

What areas did you like about our website?
It was clear and the pictures were nice.

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?
The staff were very swift and thorough in answering any questions I had. The booklet was helpful.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Yes very much.

Accommodation and meals
The meals were excellent although lacking in fiber a bit. The accommodation was fine and the host family was great.

Coordinator
Michael gave me a warm welcome and was generous and helpful throughout.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
Enthusiasm of the pupils sights of the southern coast of Sri Lanka and the food was great too.

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

What areas did you like about our website?
It is very easy to navigate and straight forward to find information on programs. When looking at programs it shows you where else you might be interested in around the world.

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 to know who the people you can contact are and to prepare yourself for the place you are going to with the background information on the country.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
The Placement was so much fun. Working with Street children is hard work but so rewarding to see their English and Maths improve. We also did a play and it was great to see the children enjoying themselves and sharing potential for acting and dancing giving them something to put their energy into.

Accommodation and meals
The accommodation is lovely. Sharing with others in the program so you built great friendships. Meals are lovely and if you want anything different or like anything it will be made more regularly as you wish.

Coordinator
Very helpful and friendly. Full of helpful information and always has time to talk or answer questions.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
Puting on the play seeing the children grow and getting to know them. Giving the children something to work towards + showing we had faith in their capabilities and cared about them.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
YES. they are very safe helpful and put you up with organizations that need your help. My program was so rewarding as long as you are not afraid of hard work.

What areas did you like about our website?
It was easily accessible and user friendly. Most useful was the volunteer feedback.

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?
All necessary information was given to me to properly prepare for the trip. I felt well informed.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Working with the children at the orphanage and school was very enjoyable.

Accommodation and meals
I felt very much at home at the orphanage and the three Nepalese meals per day were excellent.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
The children became very attached just by your presence.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
YES. Anyone interested in this program is welcome to email me with questions.

What areas did you like about our website?
The volunteering fee was affordable. The pictures from other volunteers had drawn me more to be a part of it.


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?
The pre-departure booklet was concise and straight to the point. The English-Spanish translation helped a lot.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
I enjoyed it very much. The people are very warm polite and caring. The kids are amazing. Cusco is very cultured and laid back and the nature of the surrounding/environment helped me relax at the same time.

Accommodation and meals
My host family (Luisa Jorge Jenny and Samy) are wonderful. I LOVE THEM! Mommy cooked the BEST Peruvian dishes. They always made sure that we were well accommodated comfortable and safe. They gave us suggestions and briefing about the city which helped a lot. The house is very clean. I feel very safe staying with them and I will never ever forget how much much of a family they are to me even in so little time. I WILL MISS THEM!!

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
The highlight would be taking care of the kids in the day-care. They brought so much joy in me. To see them laugh and the smile in their faces were priceless. And most importantly sharing my blessings to them the best was I know. I feel much supported by the local organization in Cusco and also for my host family.

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

What areas did you like about our website?
I liked the easy navigation and easy access to contact info. Most of my questions were answered right on the website.

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?
The Pre departure Packet was right on and very informative. It answered most of my questions.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
I did. It was an incredible learning experience and I was pleased with where I was placed.

Accommodation and meals
The accommodation was wonderful and the hosts ( Mercy Felicia and Ester) were the best and very helpful. The meals were incredibly delicious.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
The highlight was getting to interact with the children and learn from them. It was great connecting with the children and being a positive person in their lives for the short time I had. The kids were great !

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
YES. I would definitely recommend this to others and would like to come back myself.

Any comments and suggestions
Unforgettable experience - Truly eye opening and enjoyable.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
Meeting other volunteers working with the kids and staying with a host family. I really enjoyed my time in Quito. Staying at the host family was a fantastic experience. Accommodation was great safe comfortable and in a convenient location. Meals were good but could have been a bit better. However overall accommodation and meals were better than I had expected.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
YES. The Organization was brilliant. Value for money and offers just as much as the other companies out there who charge double.

What areas did you like about our website?
Comments from previous volunteers and descriptions of the program.

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. Answered all my questions very promptly.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Absolutely ! The children were wonderful. They responded to me very well. By the second day even the hesitant ones were friendly. I loved being in the middle of the village and getting a sense of what village life is like. I loved how friendly all the people who stopped by were. I feel that the children actually benefited from my being there.

Accommodation and meals
Couldn' t have been better. Bobby and his whole family were wonderful and welcoming. I especially appreciated how Bobby spent time with us every evening giving us a really good understanding of India. Wonderful conversations ! The family was wonderful as well. They took us to a tailor and to the tea factory as well.

Coordinator
Bobby is fantastic. I felt very cared about and welcomed. Evening conversations with him were wonderful and very much appreciated. The trip to Manali with Amit was great. He had so much knowledge about and love for his country. They both were extremely helpful enthusiastic and lots of fun.

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

Any comments and suggestions
I have done 3 volunteering trips with two other organizations before this one. I hope to do one or two more every year and will definitely go with Volunteering Solutions. You are doing a great job. I look forward to more trips with you.

What areas did you like about our website?
I liked the way it was presented - how you could click on any country on the map and have a wealth of information at your finger tips.

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?
The Pre departure information was handy. It gave me a lot of information that I required. Any email inquiries I had ( and there were a few ! ) were answered promptly. Thank you Sahil..

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Yes I really enjoyed my placement at the orphanage. Getting to know the other volunteers was also good. The children are so warm and friendly that I felt welcomed straight away.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
I can' t just pick one ! Making momos for New Years. Having a birthday party for Sujan. Playing ludo again was like having a second childhood myself. The experience of the mountain flight was truly awesome..

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

Any comments and suggestions
I would just like to say huge thanks you to Uma and Nabina for making my stay in Nepal so pleasant.

What areas did you like about our website?
The descriptions of the each program

Any recommendations to improve the website
Past volunteers e-mails for more info

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?
Great! Help prepare + settle my nervousness.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
I loved it. The kids were very responsive. I always felt well needed.

Accommodation and meals
Jenny´ s house is incredible. From the start I felt right at home. The meals prepared by Luisa are better than most North American meal standards. They were nutrition fresh. Being a vegetarian + very vigilant about what to eat I feel that the meals served a healthy well balanced diet.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
Being with the kids discussing things from politics to traditions with Jenny and Jorge

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

Any comments and suggestions
I would like comment about Jenny´ s work she solved all of my problems as well as prevented many others. She was great!

What areas did you like about our website?
The whole thing felt very professional.

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?
Both were very helpful and in depth information was provided. There was a slight error in the Pre departure packet. Overall in the end I was very happy with my experience.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
YES

Accommodation and meals
They were spectacular.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
Getting to know Tamale and its people. I loved being immersed in the culture and ended up falling in love with the culture. I learnt so much.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
YES and I would specifically recommend being placed in Tamale.

Any comments and suggestions
Keep it up !! You guys are great and I always glad to spread the word or advise those who are still deciding.

What areas did you like about our website?
Lots of Information and the testimonials were very helpful as well.

Any recommendations to improve the website
No. Very helpful. Glad I chose this program.

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. I asked a lot of questions via email and all of them were answered efficiently and thoroughly. the support in Peru was wonderful. Jenny took such good care of us and gave us helpful tips for navigating through the city.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
I loved it. The children stole my heart instantly. Between drying tears and wiping noses I felt completely in love with my class. Their smiles alone made this whole trip worthwhile.

Accommodation and meals
Jenny and Luisa are the sweetest people I have ever met. It is rare in this world to find genuinely good hearted people. I know I have found that in Jenny and Luisa. The meals were the best food that I have ever eaten.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
EVERYTHING. The children stole my heart instantly. I loved watching them learn and grow and the love that I felt in Jenny' s home is something I will never forget. Despite its poverty Cusco is an absolutely breathtaking city.

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

What areas did you like about our website?
I like the ability to message other people in the program the details about each program and the ability to pay online.

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?
The booklet was helpful. The email communication with Sahil was excellent. He emailed me quickly and answered all the questions.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Yes. I loved the tea plantation and hope it continues to grow as a program. The childcare was great too though I was surprised with the amount of responsibility at the day care since the teachers followed my lead.

Accommodation and meals
House was comfortable and great. TV hot water internet and facilities were great.

Meals- tons of food and really good. I love Indian food !

Coordinator
Bobby was very accommodating. He did a great job being patient and answering all my questions.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
I loved seeing what life at the tea plantation and loved seeing the enthusiasm the kids have to learn English. I loved being outside and hiking each day.

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

What areas did you like about our website?
I liked the layout and the details about each volunteering program.

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?
The Pre departure information and office contact were all complete.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Yes working at the clinic has helped me in learning medical procedures and more about Peruvian culture.

Accommodation and meals
The accommodation was comfortable and the meals were delicious.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
YES. Thank you for everything.

What areas did you like about our website?
Everything was designed and described well. Excellent site.

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?
Information was very useful. Staff is excellent! Very helpful and informative. Couldn' t ask for more. All of our needs and questions were met and answered immediately.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Immensely. The children at the Orphanages in Delhi were delightful. I would certainly go back.

Accommodation and meals
Excellent. Ms. Asha was a warm hostess and an amazing cook.

Coordinator
Extremely helpful. We were escorted to the orphanage on our first day and was called on to make sure everything was well.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
Interacting with the children at the orphanage.

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

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?
The information for our Pre-departure was very easily accessible. It was very informative. Sahil was great. Mr. Rajiv was great upon arrival.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Very much so.

Accommodation and meals
The home was very comfortable. The meals prepared by the host mother were tremendous.

Coordinator
Very helpful.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
Meeting all the children and seeing them enjoy the gifts we brought coloring paper and pens Uno other card games)

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
YES. I like the fact that we were able to volunteer for a short period of time. Not everyone has extended vacations to be able to stay for a month or longer and you were accommodating to allow us to do so.

What areas did you like about our website?
I thought the project descriptions were very helpful and that the testimonial section really was helpful to the process of deciding where to go.

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?
Extremely helpful. It was all very appreciated. Charles was a great coordinator and was always around to help with anything people needed.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
I did. The staff was very welcoming and helpful at St.Elizabeth' s.

Accommodation and meals
Were absolutely wonderful.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
Going to a Masai village and being able to observe surgeries while working at the hospital.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
Yes and already have.