Collete Ann (United Kingdom)

• Project Type -Childcare
• Location of program - Galle,Sri Lanka
• Duration of program - 03 October, 2007

Please share with us your Volunteering experience on the whole ?
To be a volunteer in Sri Lanka is an amazing adventure and a great experience. My experience with Volunteering Solutions organization has been fun and rewarding. The people are very helpful and sweet always with a smile on their faces.

My Coordinator picked me up from the Airport and took me to my placement which was great. My host family has been very welcoming. During my stay in Sri Lanka I have been working in a children orphanage for almost two weeks and it has been a fantastic experience that I will never forget. It has been amazing to be a part of a totally different culture. It has really given me another point of view. It is something everyone should try.

It has been so great to live with a host family and especially with this family. They look after the volunteers very well and provide good Sri Lankan food and also its really nice to live with someone who cares about you too. The family is lovely; they are always there to answer any questions I may have. My host family made me feel like a part of there family and was always ready to help with everything. That made me feel safe.

On my first day the coordinator showed me around Galle ,the Fort and also Tsunami effected areas, which was very interesting and helpful. My placement at the orphanage has filled me with joy. The children and the teachers at the school are very warm and giving. I feel I have taken a lot with me from this experience. The host family is a wonderful family and hosts a great placement all which I thoroughly enjoyed.

If you want to learn about the world and all the amazing people in it, this is the program I would really recommend to you.