I graduated in December 2016 with my Bachelors of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Instead of starting my Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology immediately, I wanted to take a break and do something worthwhile that could benefit others and help me
My placement was at the National Hospital of Traditional Medicine (NHTM) in Hanoi, Vietnam. I have just finished my second year of studying medicine at the University of Manchester, England. I have always been interested in paediatrics and I love to travel and experience differen
After three challenging and exhausting years at university, I felt more than ready to move on to a new adventure and finally put all the skills I had learned into practice. After many months of searching the internet for occupational therapy volunteer projects abroad, I was confi
Summer was edging closer and closer and I still hadn’t decided how to spend it. I didn’t want to just sit around and do nothing, I wanted to do something productive with the time I had away from school.I have always been interested in helping people and concerned about the he
This is my volunteering story of my time in Peru with Projects Abroad. I was doing a Sports placement in the Cusco area which I thought would help give me a head start at University since I am doing a sports coaching and development degree. Fortunately with Projects Abroad, they
I went on the 2 Week Care & Community Special in the Akuapem Hills, Ghana in July, and it turned out to be two of the best weeks of my life. I don’t know what drew me to choose Ghana, but I’m very glad I went!First impressions of GhanaI arrived in Ghana with no real idea
I left London in the middle of January with no idea of what to expect, as I had never been to South America before, could hardly speak any Spanish and had never been away for so many months by myself before. However, I was very much looking forward to embracing a completely diffe
Whilst on my gap year, I knew that I wanted to teach English abroad. When researching organisations that could help me achieve this at fairly short notice, I found Projects Abroad. Having never travelled to Asia before, Hanoi seemed like a suitable fit. I wanted to do my project
As we drove from the border to camp, everything began to sink in. I couldn’t quite believe how remote the country was. Dirt roads and the entire bush surrounding us. We entered the road into Wild at Tuli, where the Motswiri Camp is based and it felt like an eternity to get ther
For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated by developing countries and how different their lifestyles are to ours in the western world. I visited Kenya a few years ago on a tourist package, but this time around I wanted to experience real life as a local person.So as a
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