Want to know what it might be like to volunteer abroad?
Omprakash volunteers have been posting stories, photos and even videos from their time abroad since 2007. We now have an extensive collection of personal stories from volunteers who've worked with our partners abroad. You can browse through the most recent stories below or use the category selection tool to narrow your search. Alternatively click on the Stories tab for each organization we work with to see specific accounts from a particular organization. Be careful - you might lose a couple hours of your day in here! Happy reading.
The Highs and LowsSeptember 15, 2012 Project Why, India
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First Month at Mawuvio's Outreach ProgrammeSeptember 15, 2012 Mawuvio's Outreach Programme, Ghana
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Entered a Stranger, Left With a FamilySeptember 12, 2012 | 1 comment Farmer Community School, Thailand
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Special Education CenterSeptember 12, 2012 Project Why, India
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Wenger Whereabouts Newsletter #3September 10, 2012 Ben WengerAcaraú, a relaxed city of 60,000, is known for its annual shrimp festival and for having the 2nd largest dry beach in the world. I didn’t know what a dry beach was until I looked out from our shore-side restaurant over a flat, puddle-filled, compacted-sand area with several small immobilized jangadas (small fishing sailboats). After a 10 minute walk across this windy, sand-blown beach, I reached shallow crab-occupied water that seemed to go on forever. I later found out that tides are inconsistent and hard to predict. Electricity-generating wind wheels spun in the distance – a common sight in Ceará (the state) and part of Brazil’s strong sustainable energy efforts.We arrived on a Sunday because my co-workers wanted to attend the Worker’s Party (PT) political campaign (elections are in October).... |
36 Hours OldSeptember 10, 2012 Jordan GarfinkleWe landed in Liberia, Costa Rica early yesterday afternoon and we’re already in love with the region! My experience traveling has taught me that in the first hour, two or three important things can be expected not to go according to plan, and today was no different. Upon arriving, I was hoping to send a quick text message back home on my internationally capable cell phone. This was my first lesson: If your cell phone can be activated to work internationally, don’t be fooled into thinking this means you’ll actually be able to use your phone here. As I found out the hard way, some phones don’t work at all in this part of Guanacaste. Apparently it depends on the phone and the provider (and Verizon users in particular seem... |
Here we go!September 09, 2012 Asociacion CEPIA, Costa Rica
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Adentures in the MountainsSeptember 06, 2012 SECMOL, India
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SKIP and MeSeptember 05, 2012 SKIP - Supporting Kids In Peru, Peru
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CLINICIANSeptember 05, 2012 David KatumbaMy Name is David Katumba, a clinician by profession, and Ugandan by Nationality. Iam aged 33 years, and working in a rural health facility practising general medicine,however, my interest is working/treating children although you find yourself working on both,the children and Adults.I work in a Rural District of Lwengo,found in South-Western Uganda.And we healthworkers are transfered from one place to another.So,before a transfer is given to you,you cannot know that People are suffering else where.In 2010 I was given a transfer to work in a Health Centre IV, and I discovered a lot things that till today need a follow up.At this health facility,we run a number of clinics (we attend to specific cases on particular days in a week) like HIV/AIDS clinic, mental clinic, Epileptic cllinic, and other clinics.I... |