Meeting our host familys- by Lysette Hacking UK volunteer
We’re on our last day of in country orientation today and all i can think about is my host family. There’s so many questions flying round in my head; who are my host family? will they like me? is there...
View ArticlePlay Soccer Army invade Cape Coast
Third week into placement and things were really getting exciting…the Street Walk was the first of our events we had organised and it was a key method in raising awareness of the re- launch of the...
View ArticleEcuador and Me
My First Blog!!!!!!! 28/2/2014 Ecuador, it has to be said, is an amazing country. The diversity of life, the kindness of its people and the constant flow of life makes it the best place that I have...
View ArticleCuenca, Teaching and all the stuff in-between!!!!
It’s been a long time coming but my second blog has arrived. I have started teaching, yes los niños en Cuenca have encountered the best teacher ever, hopefully. From math to Spanish to colouring and of...
View ArticleDeepest Darkest Peru
So, since I last wrote a lot has happened, so I will, hopefully, be putting up two blogs in quick succession, telling my tales and stories. My first tale starts in deepest darkest Peru… … Well, as...
View ArticleYoga and the forest in the clouds
Hello again. I believe that I should start where I left off and that was the world of yoga… Now, being a 19 year old chap who grew up in London, yoga and I have not been acquainted and I thought that...
View ArticleBeing A Lattitude Volunteer In Fiji: Laurel’s Story
So my placement in Fiji is a teaching placement, at a primary school called Marist Convent in Ovalau. Myself and another Lattitude volunteer Ashlee are here for 2 school terms and the first school term...
View ArticleWhat Makes Vanuatu Special – Ruby Allen
Recently returned Lattitude volunteer Ruby Allen from Pentecost, Vanuatu told us exactly what makes Vanuatu such a special place: A yellow fishing boat bounces merrily through the glimmering turquoise...
View ArticleI Now Call Fiji Home – Abbey Paterson
Lattitude volunteer Abbey Paterson has recently extended her 8 month placement for another 4 months, because of of the attachment and commitment she has developed for her placement; calling it her new...
View ArticleInternational Day of Charity
Today is the International Day of Charity, established with the objectives of getting people together from all around the world, to help others through volunteering and acts of kindness. The 5th of...
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