What areas did you like about our website?
Testimonials Pictures My account information about the countries and FAQ section.

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 good. Mails were answered very quickly and accurately. The Pre departure guide was very helpful.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
I enjoyed working at my placement. It was very nice to see how the clinics function in Kenya and I learned more about medicine.

Accommodation and meals
The accommodation was fantastic. Me and my friends really loved Mercy' s meals. In the evening it was very cosy to be with other volunteers and the hosts.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
The highlight of my volunteering trip was assisting in a delivery which I had never done before. It was good that I had the opportunity to do lab work as well and assisting the doctors as well as nurses. Another highlight was to see the amazing landscape of Masai land and the amazing people there.

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

What areas did you like about our website?
It is a very nice website. It' s very good that you have your own account after you have applied.

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 very nice ! When we sent an email we always got a quick response. The Pre - departure booklet gave us more information and an image for what we can expect.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
I worked in Nairobi Language school as a teacher and I am happy that I was in this school. It was nice to help the teachers in the school in Kawangware. I enjoyed my time !

Accommodation and meals
Mercy Esther and Felicia are so friendly. We could ask anything and they answered us politely. The food was OK. Mercy and Felicia cook very well. I also stayed at host family house in Masai land and there was very good service there as well.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
The children of the school the nice people here in Kenya especially in the Masai land the landscape in Masai land and the warmth of the people.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
YES. There was nothing to worry about. Everything was good. Also the safari Joe had everything there for us.

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 info was great. I knew what to bring a bit about the culture and a bit about what I would be doing.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
My work was certainly challenging but I think that is the way it should be. The work with disabled kids was really FANTASTIC for me. It was very difficult at times but I learned so much. The staff was really kind and full of great people. They needed my help and also appreciated a lot. Also although I worked for a short time I grew very fond of children.

Accommodation and meals
Really did not know what to expect but my accommodation and meals were really luxury.

The house had everything that I could ask for and more. Comfy bed bathrooms cleaner than my house! The meals were incredible. Nice bread and tea every morning and then delicious lunches and dinners everyday. The family was really great.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
-Being with the family especially for meals
-Working with disabled children
-Getting a taste of independence


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

What areas did you like about our website?
Good overview.

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?
Pre departure Booklet was very helpful and detailed. Staff always helpful and quick in responding e-mails.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Yes very much. The kids and the women in the day care were very sympathetic and open to our inputs games etc.

Accommodation and meals
Very nice house felt very secure room always very clean. delicious and a nice overview of Peruvian food.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
Many highlights..... living in a Peruvian family contact with the kids nice sightseeing Macchu Picchu and so on.

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

Any comments and suggestions
Working with kids is my passion now I am convinced and this might influence my future career.

What areas did you like about our website?
Easy to navigate.

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 very helpful. The booklet helped us to prepare and the staff were all willing to help. It made trip a lot easier.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Yes very much so. It was something I always wanted to do and I am glad that I chose to do it here.

Accommodation and meals
Enjoyed very much staying at the volunteer house. It was more fun than living in a hotel. You get to meet more people. The food was also amazing :)

Coordinator
Always willing to answer questions if we needed help. Funny and easy to get along with.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
Helping the kids play and learn. Nothing makes you feel as good as that.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
YES. Most definitely. Perfect Choice!

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.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
I thoroughly enjoyed my placement at Qy Kwang Pagoda. It will be an experience I will never forget.

Accommodation and meals
All good and over and above my expectations. The cook at volunteer house was very caring and attentive.

Coordinator
Approachable Helpful thoughtful and organized. Also has a good sense of humor to go with all of the above.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
The Vietnamese people are intriguing and beautiful. The children at the Pagoda were the best.

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

What areas did you like about our website?
Easy to navigate and very anesthetically pleasing !

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 very useful and answered most of my questions. Its a useful packet.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Very very much. Working at the hospital was very educational and eye opening to the spectrum of medicine in Ghana and its differences to other parts of the world. It also further strengthened my desire to work in this field.

Accommodation and meals
My host mother and brother were unbelievably friendly and hospitable. The room I was given was very comfortable and the meals prepared were delicious.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
Being able to spend my time in various activities - in the orphanage at the hospital and with children in the village allowed me to experience Ghana first hand.

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

What areas did you like about our website?
Very clear and makes me feel that the organization is reliable.

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?
They were willing to answer my question and actively gave me lots of information. The Pre departure booklet is really informative.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
I really enjoyed working at the placement.

Accommodation and meals
I was provided with a nice room with a comfortable bed. There were super delicious Tanzanian foods every day as well. I wish I can eat that well at home.

Coordinator
Very nice and friendly. Frequently visited us and cared for us. He gave me lots of help.

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

After spending 3 weeks at the Orphanage Placement in Bangalore I can honestly say that my whole experience was wonderful. Kissy the Pastors Geeta Kala and all the children did nothing but make us feel welcome. It was such a pleasure spending so much time with them all getting to know them and the good hearts behind the organization. I would love to come back one day.

We enjoyed talking doing homework playing balls games singing dancing and being creative with art supplies. I definitely learnt a lot from everyone and I am sure they learnt a lot from us too alongside many happy memories.

The food and accommodation was great too. It was nice to stay within the orphanage.

Mr. Naidu our coordinator has also been very kind and helpful throughout our trip collecting us and dropping us places. He has also been advising us on our trip and ensuring our safety which is very reassuring.

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 very helpful and Sahil answered all my questions through email before I left home.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
I loved the house I was placed in. Most of the girls studied very hard and were always happy to see me. Their stories and questions about my life seemed to enrich us both.

Accommodation and meals
It is very comfortable here with the bedrooms and baths there is plenty of space. It was wonderful having home cooked meals.

Coordinator
Dheeraj and Sahil have been so helpful with my online queries and made me feel safe before I even came.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
The small private talks I had with my girls. They want a big sister so much & I felt so lucky that I could be an ear to them.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
YES. Its been an amazing experience. So glad I could volunteer with this group.

Any comments and suggestions
Thank you so much Priya for all your hard work and meals. Thank you very much Rajiv for all the tips and advice you have given.

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 communication was very effective. Sahil responded to any queries in a speedy and diligent manner helping to deal with any pre departure concerns.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
The Project was fantastic. Teaching and playing with the kids learning Bollywood songs and dances and all the while improving my Hindi ever so slightly has been memorable. Wherever you go in India you are made to feel like family.

Accommodation and meals
The house was in a nice and great location in south Delhi. The hosts Rajiv and Priya really look after all their guests. Volunteering Solutions is a great insight into living with a normal Indian family.

Coordinator
Rajiv was the perfect host and coordinator. Always willing to answer any queries about culture language religion etc. The orientation week was also a good introduction.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
Amongst all the sights smells and sounds of India it will be the sweet natured people I will remember the most.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
YES. I think Volunteering Solutions program is a very good value for money.

Any comments and suggestions
Immerse yourself in Indian culture and language whilst here. Consider what you want to get out of the experience so you can be a better person when you get back home. Know that you are making a difference just by being here with the kids.

What areas did you like about our website?
I liked how easy the site was to navigate the organization made it very easy to find the answer to a question whenever I needed one.

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 booklet was very helpful I would include a little more information regarding the schools though.

How did you find the general service of the staff in regards to answering your questions and helping you prepare?
Sahil was enormously helpful before and during our stay.

Accommodation and meals
The accommodation was perfect. Just enough space hot water and a soft bed. The meals were very good although we had to buy a lot of extra food because the portions were so small.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
The highlight of our trip was when our kids were able to repeat back to us phrases we had taught them three days beforehand that we never even expected them to remember. It was so touching.

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

What areas did you like about our website?
The website was easy to navigate. It provided me with all the necessary information so that I could make an informed decision about the Kenya Orphanage 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 booklet was great. It contained everything from a suggested packing list to what Kenya culture is like. It even included pictures of my accommodations in Kenya.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
I loved working with the children at the Destined children' s home. In the morning I helped in the daily chores and in the afternoons we played - often going to a field to play football.

Accommodation and meals
The volunteer house was great. The beds were comfortable the meals were hot and the meals were simply out of this world. Mercy and Esther became my second family and made me feel very comfortable in the volunteer house.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
I loved spending every second I could with the children. I think I ended up learning more from them than they did from me. They have had such an impact on me. I hope to be back soon.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
I would definitely recommend this program to anyone. It is an amazing experience. I wish I could have stayed longer.

Any comments and suggestions
Volunteering Solutions is a great organization. Don' t hesitate to book your volunteer adventure through them. Their fees are very reasonable which is a bonus!

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 booklet was great it gave all the information I could need which was was very reassuring. The staff were great any queries I had were answered quickly.

About the Project
I loved working at the high school it was so encouraging to have children so eager to learn and the orphanage was very rewarding I felt like I could make a difference and learnt a lot. I felt in good hands throughout my trip and I am already planning to use this company again!

Accommodation and meals
The accommodation was ideally located very simplistic and true to the Ghanaian lifestyle. The meals were delicious and very traditional which took some getting used to.

Coordinator
The coordinator in Ghana was amazing he was always there to help you out and organize trips as well.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
The highlight was definitely the children. They were wonderful and full of life they took nothing for granted and were the happiest kids I have ever met! I learnt a lot from them. It was great to meet to meet so many new people - both the other volunteers and the locals in Ghana everyone was so friendly.

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

What areas did you like about our website?
I liked the private account the testimonials it was very professional and 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?
Very very helpful. The booklet was full of information and what I needed and all my questions were answered.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Very very much. The children were delightful and loving. The staff was very nice. It was a bit of a culture shock as well but overall a very positive and wonderful experience.

Accommodation and meals
Excellent private bathroom big meals three time a day. Lots of rice in Peru!

Coordinator
The coordinator in Cusco was excellent. All necessary information provided.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
Being in the beautiful city of Cusco walking up every day and taking the combi (mini bus) to the placement and around town. Just the experience of living and exploring a new place and of course the beautiful loving children at day care.

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 Pre departure booklet had everything and more that I needed to know. The staff got back to me quickly if I had any questions and they were helpful.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
My placement was truly amazing. The children there were absolutely wonderful and the staff there was also amazing. I was greeted with a smile every morning.

Accommodation and meals
The accommodation was comfortable and not too cramped for space. The meals that were provided were excellent every day.

Coordinator
The staff was amazing. Staying at the home for volunteers was not once felt uncomfortable. Our host family has been wonderful.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
The highlight of my volunteer experience was definitely working with the kids at my center. I also met some other amazing volunteers here at the volunteer home.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
Yes. The organization is amazing. I cant say enough nice things. I would recommend this program.

Any comments and suggestions
I can only say thank you for such an amazing experience ! I have had such a lovely time and such fond memories. Thank you and keep doing what you are doing.

What areas did you like about our website?
I really liked how easy it was to find information about all the different 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 Pre departure booklet pretty much covered any questions I had when I did have a question I got an email reply right away.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
This was a life changing experience and I am so lucky I got the opportunity to spend so much time with such amazing kids. Overall I would say I enjoyed it very much and I am so sad to leave.

Accommodation and meals
The meals were amazing. I am going to miss the food so much. I really felt at home and everyone was so welcoming. I met some of the most amazing people on this trip.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
I do not think I can pick out just one experience. Not only did I get to meet such great people. I also got to see many amazing things.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
YES. I would recommend this program to anyone wanting to volunteer.

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 information and support was 100% perfect both from main office and the coordinator in Ghana. All questions were speedily answered. Knowing how hard Fred works I am impressed with his diligence to volunteers before they arrive.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Yes very much so. In fact I wish I could have made my trip longer ! I arrived thinking that teaching sewing skills would be an afternoon project. I was delighted that I could be immersed in it for the mornings.

Accommodation and meals
Anita was an excellent hostess and comes with full recommendation from me. She is warm friendly and quite welcoming. Our food was delicious and plentiful.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
I was encouraged to be a self starter with the sewing students and therefore created a project whereby within the three weeks I was with them. I taught them how to make souvenirs with their indigenous fabrics.

Would you recommend this program and our organization to others? yes/no
Yes. I have volunteered with another organization in South Africa however Volunteering Solutions gave me more value for money and as the fee was very reasonable it made travel from Hawaii to Ghana possible.

Any comments and suggestions
All in all it was a terrific month in Ghana. Thanks to everyone.

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 extremely helpful and made me feel completely at ease coming to India. It was very informative.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
Yes the project was great ! The children made my time so enjoyable. The coordinators tried to incorporate my usual occupation i. e. medicine into the placement by holding health camps for the neighboring community.

Accommodation and meals
Accommodation was comfortable. Meals were good ! Great for vegetarians like myself.

Coordinator
Very approachable and helpful.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
Participating in three health camps in the community as well as spending time with the children and helping them learn.

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

Any comments and suggestions
Continue the program as it is. It is a fantastic experience.

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?
My overview was thorough enough to get me started and gave me as much idea as possible before arriving. It made me feel comfortable.

Did you enjoy working at your project / placement?
This was definitely one of the best experiences of my life. I met fantastic people both local and other volunteers. Even though my stay was short I was given the opportunity to do a lot of work and even squeeze in two trips to see some of Ghana' s natural beauty.

Accommodation and meals
I have zero complaints about my accommodation and meals. It was definitely very different than what I am used to in New York but it was safe comfortable and the food was delicious.

What was the highlight of your volunteering experience and your trip?
The highlight at village school was when they all came up to me and said a farewell in English. It was very touching. At the local school I was able to score on a header in a football match and at the orphanage just getting some of the kids to do their homework was a highlight.

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