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Wie kan er nou beter vertellen over hoe het leven eruit ziet als een Projects Abroad vrijwilliger, dan een vrijwilliger zelf. Zo kan je door het lezen van de verhalen bijvoorbeeld leren:
- Hoe gaan de projecten met Projects Abroad in zijn werk?
- Is het de moeite – en ook het geld – waard?
- Hoe zijn de 1e indrukken in het land?
- Wat kan ik tijdens een bepaald project in een bepaald land verwachten?
- Wat ga ik ongeveer doen?
- Wat is er in mijn vrije tijd nog te doen?
Onze vrijwilligers hebben hieronder hun ervaringen – tijdens of net na hun project – opgeschreven.
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- Sociale Projecten
- Marlies Barsingerhorn (Argentinië)
- Danielle Vink (Bolivia)
- Evelien van Heeswijk (Cambodja)
- Marlyn Smit (Cambodja)
- Monica Nanne (Cambodja)
- Roëlle Zijlstra (Cambodja)
- Wilko Takens (Costa Rica)
- Fiona Oostveen (Ghana)
- Jara van Haeff (Ghana)
- Marieke Colruyt (Ghana)
- Nicoline Laman Trip (Ghana)
- Piet Knot (Ghana)
- Rowena Kuijper (Ghana)
- Sebahat Yurdusen (India)
- Anouschka van den Ban (Jamaica)
- Dagmar Otter (Mexico)
- Maaike van Gemert (Mexico)
- Marguerite de Keijzer (Mexico)
- Eveline Vermeulen (Moldavië)
- Linda Wennekers (Nepal)
- Tamara van der Meij (Nepal)
- Tineke Gielis (Nepal)
- Corinne Carton (Roemenië)
- Doortje Croll (Senegal)
- Nancy Dijkmans (Senegal)
- Anne Mickers (Sri Lanka)
- Marijn Heeroma (Sri Lanka)
- Mieke Lakeman (Sri Lanka)
- Soraya de Vroomen (Sri Lanka)
- Yvonne van Persie (Sri Lanka)
- Pleunie Theeuwen (Thailand)
- Jolanda Vroling (Zuid Afrika)
- Nicky Stalknecht (Zuid Afrika)
- Leonie Piso (Tanzania)
- Nicky Stalknecht (Tanzania)
- Lesgeven
- Elma Marcar (Cambodja)
- Michiel Kemeling (China)
- Max de Lange (Fiji)
- Jan Van Hovell (Ghana)
- Marieke Colruyt (Ghana)
- Ivo van Wijngaarden (Ghana)
- Nicoline Laman Trip (Ghana)
- Rowena Kuijper (Ghana)
- Arie Anton van Oostveen (Romania)
- Claartje van Wayenburg (Thailand)
- Saskia Nagtegaal (Thailand)
- Laurens Vos (Zuid-Afrika)
- Sharon van der Meer (Zuid-Afrika)
- Sports
- Vincent Van Doninck (Costa Rica)
- Saskia Nagtegaal (Peru)
- Gezondheidszorg
- Marlies Barsingerhorn (Argentinië)
- Ewout Boesaard (Ghana)
- Ivo van Wijngaarden (Ghana)
- Mieke Zwager (Ghana)
- Aernout Zuiderbaan (India)
- Nicole van Melsen (India)
- Marguerite de Keijzer (Mexico)
- Prisca Bauer (Mongolië)
- Anne-Mieke Theunissen (Nepal)
- Fieke van Hoorn (Nepal)
- Sabine van Leeuwen (Nepal)
- Sanne van der Kamp (Nepal)
- Jesper Jansweijer (Peru)
- Dier & Natuur
- Esther Beukhof (Costa Rica)
- Dagmar Otter (Mexico)
- Maaike van Gemert (Mexico)
- Mieke Zwager (Zuid-Afrika)
- Gaby Smulders (Thailand)
- Marlou Meijer zu Schlochtern (Thailand)
- Peter Flick (Thailand)
- Saskia Nagtegaal (Thailand)
- Journalistiek
- Petra Vissers (Bolivia)
- Ate Hoekstra (China)
- Nynke van Hurne (China)
- Marieke Vandenhende (Costa Rica)
- Linda Derksen 1 (Moldavië)
- Linda Derksen 2 (Moldavië)
- Sanne Klaassen (Ghana)
- Olwin Schrauwen (Roemenië)
- Rechten
- Melania Kok (Zuid-Afrika)
- Cultuur & Samenleving
- Piet Knot (Ghana)
- Business
- Valerie van den Brule (Mongolië)
- Taalcursussen
- Doortje Croll (Senegal)
- Archaeology
- Bea Ramsay (in Romania)
- Emma Hatherall (in Romania)
- Jennifer Hague (in Romania)
- Linda Vonken (in Romania)
- Louise Benson James (in Romania)
- Business
- Arti Krishna (in China)
- Danielle Thayer (in China)
- Dom Elliot (in China)
- Dorothee Garth (in China)
- Laura Coughlin (in China)
- Richard Goodrum (in China)
- Trevor Archer (in China)
- Ian Bromage (in Mongolia)
- Valerie Van Den Brule (in Mongolia)
- Care
- Celine Haynes (in Argentina)
- Eleanor Updegraff (in Argentina)
- Melissa Jarrell (in Argentina)
- Michela Steet (in Argentina)
- Chris Turner (in Bolivia)
- Diana Jones (in Bolivia)
- Katy Fraser (in Bolivia)
- Tessa Henwood-Mitchell (in Bolivia)
- Wendy Mawson (in Brazil)
- Gemma Morgan (in Cambodia)
- Heledd Jones (in Cambodia)
- Jacqueline Gunn (in Cambodia)
- Marlyn Smit-Hooftman (in Cambodia)
- Monica Nanne (in Cambodia)
- Laura Stonehouse (in Cambodia)
- Rachael Jewitt (in Cambodia)
- Daniel Tewkesbury (in Ethiopia)
- Emily Smith (in Ethiopia)
- Jessica Warner (in Ethiopia)
- Lisa Jung (in Ethiopia)
- Alexandra Watts (in Ghana)
- Alice Wang (in Ghana)
- Allie Fetherston (in Ghana)
- Alyssa Jones (in Ghana)
- Ashleigh Walton (in Ghana)
- Breanna McGowan (in Ghana)
- Dorothy Appleyard (in Ghana)
- Hannah Simmons (in Ghana)
- Helen Baines (in Ghana)
- Isobel Towse (in Ghana)
- Julia Simone (in Ghana)
- Katy Aggus (in Ghana)
- Laura Beagley (in Ghana)
- Laura McKenzie-Wynne (in Ghana)
- Liam Goulding (in Ghana)
- Margot Le Neveu (in Ghana)
- Melanie Dane (in Ghana)
- Melody Ambrose (in Ghana)
- Natalie Raperport (in Ghana)
- Netta Beardsmore (in Ghana)
- Oliver Birch (in Ghana)
- Peter Gwilliam (in Ghana)
- Rachel Macklin (in Ghana)
- Rebecca McKeown (in Ghana)
- Rowena Kuijper (in Ghana)
- Sarah Foley (in Ghana)
- Susanna Mullard (in Ghana)
- Sukey Ho (in Ghana)
- Tracy Maryan (in Ghana)
- Victoria Murray (in Ghana)
- Hannah Headden (in India)
- Heena Gudka (in India)
- Hema Bhakta (in India)
- Mary Watkins (in India)
- Diane Flowers (in Jamaica)
- Meriel Anderson (in Jamaica)
- Peter Cooper (in Jamaica)
- Stefanie Harris (in Jamaica)
- Zerin Osman (in Jamaica)
- Eleanor Smith (in Mexico)
- Francesca de Felice (in Mexico)
- Laura Bradford (in Mexico)
- Meredith Gleason (in Mexico)
- Morgan Hoder (in Mexico)
- Stacy Edwards (in Mexico)
- Amanda Fisher (in Moldova)
- Amelia Stevens (in Moldova)
- Christien de Kruif (in Moldova)
- Elizabeth Miller (in Moldova)
- Kate Watkins (in Moldova)
- Kerri Jang (in Moldova)
- Rebecca Pitt (in Moldova)
- Steven Wrench (in Moldova)
- Derek Sola (in Mongolia)
- Thomas Vanson (in Mongolia)
- Peter Browning (in Morocco)
- Marie Pillar (in Nepal)
- Rachel Gates (in Nepal)
- Ryan Kam (in Nepal)
- Hannah Burd (in Peru)
- Jane Moncrieff (in Peru)
- Leslie Huey (in Peru)
- Pete Morrow (in Peru)
- Peter Browning (in Peru)
- Addison Fickas (in Romania)
- Chris Wyatt (in Romania)
- Jo Cope (in Romania)
- Laura Parker (in Romania)
- Phillipa Beston (in Romania)
- Richard Edney (in Romania)
- Rosemary Prebble (in Romania)
- Sara Griffiths (in Romania)
- Stephanie Bryant (in Romania)
- Valerie Case (in Romania)
- Amy Montgomery (in Senegal)
- Georgina Lambton (in Senegal)
- Hannah Keenleyside (in Senegal)
- Juliet Raperport (in Senegal)
- Juliette Chausson (in Senegal)
- Kayleigh Buckingham (in Senegal)
- Rachel Behrend (in Senegal)
- Michelle Krech (in Senegal)
- Morgan Mahdavi (in Senegal)
- Carrie Upton (in South Africa)
- Emma Dewe (in South Africa)
- Georgina Kate Adams (in South Africa)
- Lauren Daniels (in South Africa)
- Hugh O’Connell (in South Africa)
- Sean McEwen (in South Africa)
- Anna Freeborn (in Sri Lanka)
- Katie Finlay (in Sri Lanka)
- Katy Lavender (in Sri Lanka)
- Kirsten Macdonald (in Sri Lanka)
- Patricia Bardin Dit Courageot (in Sri Lanka)
- Rocio Irisarri (in Sri Lanka)
- Ruth Malthouse (in Sri Lanka)
- Christine Williams (in Thailand)
- Grace Mitchell (in Thailand)
- Kevin Eadie (in Thailand)
- Rosemary Yates (in Thailand)
- Anthony Finn (in Tanzania)
- Laura Doughty (in Tanzania)
- Esther Seymour (in Togo)
- Community
- Cambodia Khmer Project
- Gavin Alexander (in Cambodia)
- Max Strong (in Cambodia)
- Ghana Community Building Project
- Alexandra Watts (in Ghana)
- Catherine Hughes (in Ghana)
- Sarah Miller (in Ghana)
- Community Farming
- Allie Fetherston (in Ghana)
- Disaster Management
- Chris Jefferies (in Jamaica)
- It Project in Sri Lanka
- Gemma Morgan (in Sri Lanka)
- Lee Mallon (in Sri Lanka)
- Roland Eikenroth (in Sri Lanka)
- Mongolia Nomad Project
- Ellen de Jongh (in Mongolia)
- Peru Inca Project
- Amy Martin (in Peru)
- Dave Rogers (in Peru)
- Duncan Hewitt (in Peru)
- Eleanor Fry (in Peru)
- Ike Crews (in Peru)
- Jasper Oshun (in Peru)
- Drama Romania
- Maia Sethna (in Romania)
- Morven Montgomery (in Romania)
- Sam Lasman (in Romania)
- Conservation and Environment
- Helen Bohm Andersen (in Cambodia)
- Maarten Servaas (in Cambodia)
- Nina Craig (in Cambodia)
- Timothy Watts (in Cambodia)
- Brock Phillips (in India)
- Corinne Hunter (in India)
- Victoria Ridley (in India)
- Charlotte Forsdick (in Mexico)
- Jim Kelly (in Mexico)
- Joanna Burgess (in Mexico)
- Melanie Anderson (in Mexico)
- Sophie Woodard (in Mexico)
- Zoe Carrol (in Mexico)
- Alex Prior (in Peru)
- Anita Talby (in Peru)
- Ben Lane (in Peru)
- Catherine Turner (in Peru)
- Christopher Woodfield (in Peru)
- Claire Elphick (in Peru)
- Eilidh Southren (in Peru)
- Joanna Blint (in Peru)
- Laura McKenzie-Wynne (in Peru)
- Laura Poe (in Peru)
- Leora Winkler (in Peru)
- Hannah Burd (in Peru)
- Hannah Jardine (in Peru)
- Richard Breakspear (in Peru)
- Anita Talby (in South Africa)
- Jonathan Proud (in South Africa)
- Margaret Holding (in South Africa)
- Anna Wemyss (in Thailand)
- Chris Wood (in Thailand)
- Jane Thompson (in Thailand)
- Liam Farncombe (in Thailand)
- Marc Fruitema (in Thailand)
- Robert Owen (in Thailand)
- Sarah Breedon (in Thailand)
- Journalism
- Lydia Green (in Argentina)
- Charlotte Mayhew (in Bolivia)
- Minato Kobori (in Bolivia)
- Perry King (in Bolivia)
- George Thomson (in China)
- Holly Graham (in China)
- Iolo Cheung (in China)
- Jon McLeod (in China)
- Gary O'Neal (in Ethiopia)
- Maeva Clement (in Ethiopia)
- Ania Neuman (in Ghana)
- Cassandra Zoro (in Ghana)
- Danielle Taylor (in Ghana)
- Elise Beacom (in Ghana)
- Guy Bloembergen (in Ghana)
- Hugo O'Doherty (in Ghana)
- Nicola Haggarty (in Ghana)
- Sinead Garvan (in Ghana)
- Steven Poulton (in Ghana)
- Casey Smith (in Moldova)
- James Taylor (in Moldova)
- Laura Levinskaite (in Moldova)
- Cheuk Keun Li (in Mongolia)
- Sarah Rajabalee (in Mongolia)
- Amelie Schlingmann (in Romania)
- Amy Sable (in Romania)
- Kayleigh Moore (in Romania)
- Rebecca McKeown (in Romania)
- Sophie Warnes (in Romania)
- Harry Bradwell (in Senegal)
- Craig Ferriman (in South Africa)
- Hugh O’Connell (in South Africa)
- Jennifer Clack (in South Africa)
- Ethna Brave (in Sri Lanka)
- Medicine and Healthcare
- Medicine
- Ying Liu (in Argentina)
- Chris Jones (in Bolivia)
- Elizabeth Leith (in Bolivia)
- William Richter (in Bolivia)
- Kyle Floyd (in China)
- Alex Oberholzer (in Ghana)
- Louise Ratcliffe (in Ghana)
- Melissa Tan (in Ghana)
- Reuben Shin (in Ghana)
- Robin Middleburgh (in Ghana)
- Sarah Lownsbrough (in Ghana)
- Sarah Miller (in Ghana)
- Shaakir Hasan (in Ghana)
- Shayan Shakeraneh (in Ghana)
- Sukey Ho (in Ghana)
- Zanna Voysey (in Ghana)
- Bonnie Chien (in India)
- Caitlin Meyer (in India)
- Claudia Raperport (in India)
- Charlotte Bonner (in India)
- Emma Gordon (in India)
- George Couch (in India)
- Helen Nightingale (in India)
- Hema Bhakta (in India)
- Jenna Pyper (in India)
- Laura Nicell (in India)
- Lianna Hulbert (in India)
- Michael Rowe (in India)
- Reesa Simmonds (in India)
- Mikkel Kunwald (in Jamaica)
- Domenica Giovannini (in Mexico)
- Erica Munoz-Fitch (in Mexico)
- Nina Pauly (in Mexico)
- Olivia Raglan (in Mexico)
- Kerri Jang (in Moldova)
- Sara Scott (in Moldova)
- Edward Chien (in Mongolia)
- Venus Pang (in Mongolia)
- Edward Yen-Wei Chien (in Nepal)
- Jeff Kiser (in Nepal)
- Kathleen Joseph (in Nepal)
- Alexandra Grundy (in Sri Lanka)
- Jackie Kopelman (in Sri Lanka)
- Kurt Schapira (in Sri Lanka)
- Priyangi Jayasuriya (in Sri Lanka)
- Beate Zonneveldt (in Tanzania)
- Cameron Norris (in Tanzania)
- Physiotherapy
- Siobhan Ni Cheidigh (in Bolivia)
- Victoria Eastham (in Bolivia)
- Janet Levingstone (in Ethiopia)
- Ruth Malthouse (in Ghana)
- Anna Lena Sandersfeld (in Nepal)
- Camilla Durie (in Nepal)
- Dorothy Hudson (in Nepal)
- Laura Henry (in Nepal)
- Liam Hosier (in Nepal)
- Melanie Wright (in Nepal)
- Nicola Whatley (in Nepal)
- Sarah Wilson (in Nepal)
- Tom Goom (in Sri Lanka)
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Sheryl Diprose (in Ghana)
- Karen Slevin (in India)
- Michelle Terheege (in India)
- Sofia Razaq (in Morocco)
- Occupational Therapy
- Caira Lavelle (in Thailand)
- Dentistry
- Jennyfer Delvasto (in Argentina)
- Kristina Kefalas (in Argentina)
- Electives
- Louise Darvill (in Ghana)
- Claire Bailey (in India)
- Adam Spong (in Mongolia)
- Fred Campbell-Jones (in Peru)
- Language Courses
- French
- Ceri Evans (in Morocco)
- Cliff Lewis (in Senegal)
- Hannah Keenleyside (in Senegal)
- Jill Streeten (in Senegal)
- Monica Southworth (in Senegal)
- Cliff Lewis (in Togo)
- Esther Seymour (in Togo)
- Spanish
- Jill Streeten (in Costa Rica)
- Violet Alvarez (in Costa Rica)
- Sarah Allat (in Peru)
- Arabic
- Rebecca Gilsdorf (in Morocco)
- Law and Human Rights
- Law
- David Athey (in China)
- Natalie Shahin (in China)
- Natasha Wilson (in China)
- Ania Neuman (in Ghana)
- Louise Harris (in Ghana)
- Robert Hasker (in Ghana)
- Human Rights
- Amie Dobinson (in Ghana)
- Clare Taylor (in Ghana)
- Danica Mullarkey (in Ghana)
- Eric McAdamis (in Ghana)
- Richard Murtagh (in Ghana)
- Julia Squire (in Mongolia)
- Kristina Joss (in Mongolia)
- Claire Been (in Morocco)
- Michael Nicholas (in Senegal)
- Alexandra Urbanski (in South Africa)
- Elen Christiane Watanabe (in South Africa)
- Emily Dennis (in South Africa)
- Gayle Gunawardena (in South Africa)
- Janet McKnight (in South Africa)
- Moe Suzuki (in South Africa)
- Natasha Sirrieh (in South Africa)
- Owen Hind (in South Africa)
- Sandra Aigbinode (in South Africa)
- Sarah Kubica (in South Africa)
- Sports
- Elliott Poynter (in Costa Rica)
- Matt Lim (in Costa Rica)
- Alice Wonnacott (in Ghana)
- Peter Gwilliam (in Ghana)
- Scott McQuarrie (in Ghana)
- Stuart Pollock (in Ghana)
- Craig Bannerman (in Peru)
- Pete Morrow (in Peru)
- Melissa Kroslak (in South Africa)
- Sean McEwen (in South Africa)
- Teaching
- Haneef Abdulrehman (in Argentina)
- Eleonore Van Wonterghem (in Argentina)
- Valeria Mariani (in Argentina)
- Jennifer Way (in Bolivia)
- Kari Franklin (in Bolivia)
- Richard Hughes (in Bolivia)
- Vanina Preney (in Bolivia)
- Yamini Patel (in Cambodia)
- Jonathan Goetz (in China)
- Michiel Kemeling (in China)
- Shaun Passey (in China)
- Matt Lim (in Costa Rica)
- Ruediger Koch (in Costa Rica)
- Kassandra Earls (in Costa Rica)
- Ajay Moti (in Ethiopia)
- Anna Dailey (in Ethiopia)
- David Ruff (in Ethiopia)
- Sonja Darlington (in Ethiopia)
- Aaron Weir (in Fiji)
- Sia Boima (in Fiji)
- Amy Bell (in Ghana)
- Isobel Towse (in Ghana)
- Jan van Hovell (in Ghana)
- Kim Brereton (in Ghana)
- Mark Braude (in Ghana)
- Matthew Baker (in Ghana)
- Michelle Cadby (in Ghana)
- Rowena Kuijper (in Ghana)
- Ruth Bowling (in Ghana)
- Samantha Barlow (in Ghana)
- Susanna Mullard (in Ghana)
- Victoria Murray (in Ghana)
- Anne Bate (in India)
- Kevin Emery (in India)
- Fiona Campbell (in India)
- Jessica Hills (in India)
- Jonathan Galton (in India)
- Shannon Teekah (in India)
- Daphne Wake (in Jamaica)
- Andrea Martins (in Mexico)
- Robert Johnson (in Mexico)
- Sarah Reid (in Mexico)
- Tessa Adamson (in Mexico)
- Derek Sola (in Mongolia)
- Rebecca Gilsdorf (in Morocco)
- Samantha Fuller (in Morocco)
- Andrew Fryer (in Nepal)
- Caspar Erskine (in Nepal)
- Chris Rae (in Nepal)
- David Firth (in Nepal)
- Anna Keenlyside (in Peru)
- Ben Peers (in Peru)
- Chris Dominey (in Peru)
- Ike Crews (in Peru)
- Joanna Blint (in Peru)
- Joanna King (in Peru)
- John Keane (in Peru)
- Katherine Shirtcliffe (in Peru)
- Katherine Wragg (in Peru)
- Natalie Cook (in Peru)
- Laura Gent (in Peru)
- Lindsay Linning (in Peru)
- Paul Merchant (in Peru)
- Patricia Cooper-Smith (in Peru)
- Richard Bartlett (in Peru)
- Susan Keane (in Peru)
- Tom Bennett (in Peru)
- Josh Fellerman (in Romania)
- Lara Hogg (in Romania)
- Paula Willars (in Romania)
- Alex Midha (in Senegal)
- Alice Harvey (in Senegal)
- Anna Reed (in Senegal)
- Danielle Paffard (in Senegal)
- Joe Leather (in Senegal)
- Leila Mulloy (in Senegal)
- Sushant Mukherjee (in Senegal)
- Fleur Harris (in South Africa)
- Jennifer Clack (in South Africa)
- Katie Jennings (in South Africa)
- Natalie King (in South Africa)
- Tom Bartlett (in South Africa)
- Vicky Higgs (in South Africa)
- Adam Kessler (in Sri Lanka)
- Ash Morton (in Sri Lanka)
- Claire Blakemore (in Sri Lanka)
- Claire Fuller (in Sri Lanka)
- Claire Murray (in Sri Lanka)
- Fiona Whyte (in Sri Lanka)
- Helen Poole (in Sri Lanka)
- Rosanne van Herksen (in Sri Lanka)
- Sinead Watt (in Sri Lanka)
- Victoria Plume (in Sri Lanka)
- Khatidja Janmohamed (in Tanzania)
- Iain O'Leary (in Thailand)
- Jessica Ward (in Thailand)
- Judith Reid (in Thailand)
- Jeff Hurst (in Togo)
- Veterinary Medicine and Animal Care
- Veterinary Medicine
- Rosie Akester (in Mongolia)
- 2 Week Specials
- Care and Community in Ghana
- Akash Dey (in Ghana)
- Alice Wang (in Ghana)
- Anna Marianetti (in Ghana)
- Ansh Johri (in Ghana)
- Breanna McGowan (in Ghana)
- Hannah Simmons (in Ghana)
- Liam Goulding (in Ghana)
- Julia Simone (in Ghana)
- Margot Le Neveu (in Ghana)
- Care and Community in Jamaica
- Meriel Anderson (in Jamaica)
- Care and Community with French in Senegal
- Hannah Keenleyside (in Senegal)
- Care and Community in Sri Lanka
- Kirsten Macdonald (in Sri Lanka)
- Conservation in Mexico
- Melanie Anderson (in Mexico)
- Conservation in Peru
- Leora Winkler (in Peru)
- Conservation in Thailand
- Robert Owen (in Thailand)
- Medicine in India
- Caitlin Meyer (in India)
- Charlotte Bonner (in India)
- Emma Gordon (in India)
- George Couch (in India)
- Medicine in Mongolia
- Krishna Chauhan (in Mongolia)
- Rebecca Ko (in Mongolia)
- Medicine in Nepal
- Kathleen Joseph (in Nepal)
- Law in China
- Natasha Wilson (in China)
- Human Rights
- Moe Suzuki (in South Africa)
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