Volunteer Stories
- What's it really like to be a volunteer with Projects Abroad?
- Where can you go travelling and what's the food like?
The stories below are open and honest, written by our volunteers - while away and once they have returned.
And there are lots of photos!
You can also call us for e-mail addresses of past volunteers, and chat to them yourself!
Volunteer stories written in UK-English
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Bianca Alvarado
(in Argentina)Celine Haynes
(in Argentina)Dylan Quinn McMahon and David Lennon
(in Argentina)Eleanor Updegraff
(in Argentina)Georgina Redfern
(in Argentina)Karen Keiser
(in Argentina)Marjorie Harris
(in Argentina)Megan Short
(in Argentina)Melissa Jarrell
(in Argentina)Michela Steet
(in Argentina)Nathalie Harris
(in Argentina)Nicole Redsell
(in Argentina)Rosemary Rees Jones
(in Argentina)Gabrielle Coburn
(in Belize)Annie Devlin
(in Bolivia)Chris Turner
(in Bolivia)David Millar
(in Bolivia)Diana Jones
(in Bolivia)Heather Darling
(in Bolivia)Karen Ball
(in Bolivia)Katy Fraser
(in Bolivia)Marjorie Harris
(in Bolivia)Tessa Henwood-Mitchell
(in Bolivia)Charlotte Forster
(in Cambodia)Emily Swyny
(in Cambodia)Gemma Morgan
(in Cambodia)Georgia Ross
(in Cambodia)Georgina Cossins
(in Cambodia)Heledd Jones
(in Cambodia)Jacqueline Gunn
(in Cambodia)John Turosak
(in Cambodia)Julian Pang
(in Cambodia)Julie Evans
(in Cambodia)Julie Watts
(in Cambodia)Kat Buczynski
(in Cambodia)Laura Stonehouse
(in Cambodia)Lucy Matthews
(in Cambodia)Mahina Purdom
(in Cambodia)Marlyn Smit-Hooftman
(in Cambodia)Monica Nanne
(in Cambodia)Rachael Jewitt
(in Cambodia)Charlotte Nielsen
(in China)Lara Cotton
(in China)Maria Filippova
(in China)Ashley Garry
(in Costa Rica)Caitlin Gilmartin
(in Costa Rica)Christine Rominski
(in Costa Rica)Emily Hart
(in Costa Rica)Grace Clarke
(in Costa Rica)Haley Haas
(in Costa Rica)Jordin Trueman
(in Costa Rica)Kelsey Zambraski
(in Costa Rica)Kristen Bobrik
(in Costa Rica)Lily Brown
(in Costa Rica)Nicole Krause
(in Costa Rica)Nisha Dhanani
(in Costa Rica)Stephanie Hodgson
(in Costa Rica)Tidiane Traore
(in Costa Rica)Ariana Akhavan
(in Ecuador)Mayou Desjardins
(in Ecuador)Sophie Moellenbeck
(in Ecuador)Clea Arrieta
(in Ethiopia)Daniel Tewkesbury
(in Ethiopia)Emily Smith
(in Ethiopia)Gemma MacFarlane
(in Ethiopia)Jamille McCullough
(in Ethiopia)Jennifer Carillo
(in Ethiopia)Jessica Warner
(in Ethiopia)Lisa Jung
(in Ethiopia)Megan Keyes
(in Ethiopia)Rachel Edwards
(in Ethiopia)Rebecca Higgins
(in Ethiopia)Abigayle Zimmerman
(in Fiji)Adele Perry
(in Fiji)Amy Marshall
(in Fiji)Angus Ng
(in Fiji)Carly Cullen
(in Fiji)Denise Tremblett
(in Fiji)Ellie Sabourin
(in Fiji)Erin Sterk
(in Fiji)Gwen Coe
(in Fiji)Nicole Galloway
(in Fiji)Rebecca Bellamy
(in Fiji)Sophie Baldwin
(in Fiji)Alexandra Watts
(in Ghana)Alice Wang
(in Ghana)Allie Fetherston
(in Ghana)Alyssa Jones
(in Ghana)Ashleigh Walton
(in Ghana)Breanna McGowan
(in Ghana)Christine Martin
(in Ghana)Danqing Zheng
(in Ghana)Dorothy Appleyard
(in Ghana)Ginny Watsham
(in Ghana)Hannah Simmons
(in Ghana)Helen Baines
(in Ghana)Imani Evans
(in Ghana)Isobel Towse
(in Ghana)Julia Simone
(in Ghana)Kari Todd
(in Ghana)Katie Parkinson
(in Ghana)Katy Aggus
(in Ghana)Laura Beagley
(in Ghana)Laura McKenzie-Wynne
(in Ghana)Lia Bastos
(in Ghana)Liam Goulding
(in Ghana)Madeleine Friga
(in Ghana)Margot Le Neveu
(in Ghana)Melanie Dane
(in Ghana)Melody Ambrose
(in Ghana)Michelle Di Rocco
(in Ghana)Michelle Hertel
(in Ghana)Natalie Raperport
(in Ghana)Oliver Birch
(in Ghana)Peter Gwilliam
(in Ghana)Rachel Breeden
(in Ghana)Rachel Macklin
(in Ghana)Rebecca McKeown
(in Ghana)Rowena Kuijper
(in Ghana)Sadie Hogya
(in Ghana)Sarah Foley
(in Ghana)Susanna Mullard
(in Ghana)Tom Stephenson
(in Ghana)Tracy Maryan
(in Ghana)Victoria Murray
(in Ghana)Abby Groulx
(in Jamaica)Alice Payne
(in Jamaica)Amy Marshall
(in Jamaica)Anna Martin
(in Jamaica)Beatrice Updegraff
(in Jamaica)Bob and Jenny Wells
(in Jamaica)Christina Poulsen
(in Jamaica)Diane Flowers
(in Jamaica)Evelyn aan het Rot
(in Jamaica)Jessica Harbin
(in Jamaica)Kerry Hendry
(in Jamaica)Madeline Campbell
(in Jamaica)Meriel Anderson
(in Jamaica)Nicola Webster
(in Jamaica)Peter Cooper
(in Jamaica)Stefanie Harris
(in Jamaica)Zerin Osman
(in Jamaica)Aryaan Bassi
(in Kenya)Casie Strausbaugh
(in Kenya)Charlotte Loose
(in Kenya)Inge Lise Hoegh
(in Kenya)Paula Fernandes
(in Kenya)TJ Sloan
(in Kenya)Brandon Pludwinski
(in Madagascar)Eleanor Smith
(in Mexico)Francesca de Felice
(in Mexico)Katia Gibson
(in Mexico)Laura Bradford
(in Mexico)Marjorie Harris
(in Mexico)Meredith Gleason
(in Mexico)Michelle Wylie
(in Mexico)Morgan Hoder
(in Mexico)Stacy Edwards
(in Mexico)Susan Phillips
(in Mexico)Charlotte Gibbs
(in Mongolia)Derek Sola
(in Mongolia)Hannah Wilson
(in Mongolia)Indigo Nicholson
(in Mongolia)Tania Sasson
(in Mongolia)Thom Gray
(in Mongolia)Thomas Vanson
(in Mongolia)Alexandra Ho-Tai
(in Morocco)Ellie Mason
(in Morocco)John Portal
(in Morocco)Noleen Dinia
(in Morocco)Peter Browning
(in Morocco)Rosie Cox
(in Morocco)Samuel Jennings
(in Morocco)Stephen Tristan Pickett
(in Morocco)Genevieve Cox
(in Nepal)Kim Anastasiou
(in Nepal)Marie Pillar
(in Nepal)Nicola Fehilly
(in Nepal)Rachel Gates
(in Nepal)Ryan Kam
(in Nepal)Sarah Knox
(in Nepal)Sarah Kuruvilla
(in Nepal)Sarah Wyner
(in Nepal)Abigail Harris-Ridker
(in Peru)Alicia Mulholland
(in Peru)Cherie Corden
(in Peru)Elizabeth Clark
(in Peru)Emilie Gouzien
(in Peru)Emma Scholar
(in Peru)Florbela Blenkinsop
(in Peru)Florence Vincent
(in Peru)Hannah Burd
(in Peru)Iona Humphries-Cuff
(in Peru)Jane Moncrieff
(in Peru)Leslie Huey
(in Peru)Marjorie Harris
(in Peru)Pete Morrow
(in Peru)Peter Browning
(in Peru)Philip Power
(in Philippines)Addison Fickas
(in Romania)Chris Wyatt
(in Romania)Crystal Ehresman
(in Romania)Jo Cope
(in Romania)Laura Parker
(in Romania)Lucy Davies
(in Romania)Mary Whitfill
(in Romania)Richard Edney
(in Romania)Rosemary Prebble
(in Romania)Sara Griffiths
(in Romania)Sarah Peters
(in Romania)Stephanie Bryant
(in Romania)Valerie Case
(in Romania)Ashleigh Russell
(in Samoa)Emma Vickers
(in Samoa)Maisie Ide
(in Samoa)Amy Montgomery
(in Senegal)Andrew Stephenson
(in Senegal)Anna Wyner
(in Senegal)Charlotte Aspinall
(in Senegal)Frederic Dormeuil
(in Senegal)Georgina Lambton
(in Senegal)Gretchen McCarthy
(in Senegal)Juliet Raperport
(in Senegal)Juliette Chausson
(in Senegal)Kayleigh Buckingham
(in Senegal)Michelle Gutierrez
(in Senegal)Morgan Mahdavi
(in Senegal)Rachel Behrend
(in Senegal)Tim Romain
(in Senegal)Alison Bevaart
(in South Africa)Carrie Upton
(in South Africa)Connor Quinn
(in South Africa)Emily Kaufman
(in South Africa)Emma Dewe
(in South Africa)Georgina Kate Adams
(in South Africa)Heidi Morales
(in South Africa)Hugh O’Connell
(in South Africa)Janan Kothari
(in South Africa)Laura Nesbitt
(in South Africa)Lauren Daniels
(in South Africa)Liberata Rushaigo
(in South Africa)Louise Christensen
(in South Africa)Sarah Burke
(in South Africa)Sean McEwen
(in South Africa)Shelley Smith
(in South Africa)Anna Freeborn
(in Sri Lanka)Ela Niczyperowicz
(in Sri Lanka)Hayley Dearlove
(in Sri Lanka)Holly Ovens
(in Sri Lanka)Katie Finlay
(in Sri Lanka)Katy Lavender
(in Sri Lanka)Kirsten Macdonald
(in Sri Lanka)Lena Finucane
(in Sri Lanka)Mja Wilson
(in Sri Lanka)Patricia Bardin Dit Courageot
(in Sri Lanka)Rocio Irisarri
(in Sri Lanka)Ruth Malthouse
(in Sri Lanka)Alison Leiterman
(in Tanzania)Anthony Finn
(in Tanzania)Emily Rubenstein
(in Tanzania)Laura Doughty
(in Tanzania)Lucy Parsons
(in Tanzania)Rebecca Chasse
(in Tanzania)Siobhan Perry
(in Tanzania)Ethan Buxton
(in Thailand)Gabriella Rimmer
(in Thailand)Grace Mitchell
(in Thailand)Nicole Mattia
(in Thailand)Paula Mulla
(in Thailand)Rasheel Bhopla
(in Thailand)Sarah Heath
(in Thailand)Sasha Hamlin
(in Thailand)Tania Doganieri
(in Thailand)Anna Sutton
(in Togo)Esther Seymour
(in Togo)Judith Hamilton
(in Togo)Madeleine Jolly
(in Togo)Todd Lewis
(in Togo)Violet Blake
(in Togo)Aliya Biggs
(in Vietnam)Candice Clarke
(in Vietnam)Cindy Do
(in Vietnam)Gurjinder Sidhu
(in Vietnam)Hannah Saunders-Pedersen
(in Vietnam)Natalie Felton
(in Vietnam)Emma Caldwell
(in Jamaica)Lisa Bertin
(in Jamaica)Jessica Baron
(in Argentina)Lydia Wei
(in Belize)Kevin Gao
(in China)Emily Locke
(in Ecuador)Laura Roberts
(in Ethiopia)Katherine Lambton
(in Fiji)Kushbu Lad
(in Fiji)Tegan Curwood
(in Fiji)Carolyn Grandy
(in Jamaica)Chieh-Yu Hsiao
(in Kenya)Emilee Taylor
(in Kenya)Kate Sloman
(in Mexico)Joseph Humphreys
(in Mongolia)Vicki James
(in Mongolia)Hannah Evans
(in Myanmar)Diana Dahl
(in Nepal)Linda Masterson
(in Nepal)Rebecca Shindelar
(in Romania)Jessica Jowett
(in Samoa)The Howells
(in Sri Lanka)Lisa Maynard
(in Sri Lanka)Scarlet Roxby
(in Sri Lanka)Eloise Killing
(in Tanzania)Harlee Schulz
(in Tanzania)Kiera Lee
(in Tanzania)Rachael Tresise
(in Tanzania)Andrea Heigh
(in Thailand)Joyi Ung
(in Thailand)Rebecca Small
(in Vietnam)Ryan Clarke
(in Jamaica)Sharon Mudge
(in Nepal)Henry Stepney
(in Italy)Melissa Seeger
(in Italy)Nicole Yeager
(in Italy)