For his post this month Sokhorn has made a short video describing the need and impact of his project. Watch to find out more-...
In this post TravelAid volunteer Rachel gives insight on what it is like to be a summer activities coordinator and how much happiness it can bring...Having been a Brownie and helping out for a few years after, I found ideas for crafts, games, sports and songs come flooding back when we...
Here, Lisanne, volunteering with TravelAid, describes some of the art and craft activities that have been going on and how successful they were...Growing up in a developing country often means a childhood without art and craftwork beyond that involving sticks and leaves, sand, and, if...
Louisa, a volunteer with Travel Aid, spent time with the Microfinance team to learn more about the impact microloans have in the communities around JWOC...Economic development is a strong interest of mine and so when I arrived Ieagerly anticipated learning about how JWOC ran their microfinancedepartment...
In this post Matt writes about his experience of being part of the summer activities team, where Travel Aid volunteers work with local high school students. Making new friends and sharing new experiences is all part of the process...After some pretty manic teambuilding exercises we paired...
Conversation Class is an adult’s English class held four times a week. During out time at JWOC, the Travelaid volunteers were given the chance to sit in on these lessons, spreading ourselves amongst the students, chatting to them before and after the lessons and helping them with whatever...
Here, Daniel, a Travel Aid volunteer, explains how the summer activity programme was done, from the first steps of planning and advertising through to working with the children...During our month long stint at JWOC, the foremost task of the TravelAid team was to conduct a three-week summer...
For her blog post Anna, a Travel Aid volunteer, talks about the new friends she has made and the realisation that her fundraising will make a big difference...It is a requirement of all Travel Aid volunteers to make a donation of around £500 per person to their charity of choice. So,...
In this post Travel Aid volunteer Rob talks about what he learnt and observed while joining JWOC's Clean Water and Free Classes teams. Muddy, sandy, slippery: picking our way for several kilometres along a sodden track leading to the village felt like an appropriate introduction to JWOC’s...
One of the most heartening aspects of teaching at JWOC has been theincurable eagerness and enthusiasm of the students. Many of them walk,cycle, or even push their way in wheelchairs to the JWOC Englishclasses from their homes which can be 20kms away, and yet stillalways arrive with beaming...
You may remember I wrote a while ago asking you to consider becoming a sponsor of one of our 24 new scholarship students. The great news is that many of you decided to help change a life this year and have become new sponsors. However, we still need five more sponsors in order to support...
