Learn more about VS volunteers. We have more than 13000 volunteer alumni from all across the world who have taken part in our different programs. Read volunteer stories - Why they chose to volunteer with Volunteering Solutions,how the experience has changed their outlook in life and their future plans.
Given below are links to some of the interviews of Volunteering Solutions program participants from around the world.
Mencia Alvarez is from Madrid, Spain. She graduated in Biotechnology from Biotechnology from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, She volunteered in the Women... read more
Mencia Alvarez
Alec Campbell from Canada volunteered in the Teaching Program in Cambodia and Elephant Camp project in Chiang Mai, Thailand. read more
Alec Campbell
Valerie Ross is a 27 year old teacher currently residing in Virginia, USA. She attended school at the University of West Florida, where she studied psychology, child... read more
Valerie Wheatley
United States
The experience has definitely impacted my future. I went there to make a difference in their life but what happened was that they made a difference to mine. This... read more
Tanusya Murali
Malaysia
Sean Lee, a rising 18 year old senior, is a Korean national who lives in Japan. He attends the Tilton School, a secondary prep school in Tilton, New Hampshire and has... read more
Sean Lee
Japan
Sharon Umayam is from Dededo, Guam and currently works as a registered nurse in San Francisco, CA. Sharon volunteered with Volunteering Solutions in Peru on August of... read more
Sharon Umayam
United States
Claire Moynihan is from Cobh, County Cork in Ireland. She currently works as a primary school teacher in Dubai where she has lived for the past 2 years. She enjoys... read more
Claire Moynihan
United Kingdom
Lucia Merino is originally from Barcelona, Spain. She is a graduate of the School of Social Work at UNC-Chapel Hill, NC. She works as a psychotherapist in the San... read more
Lucia Merino
United States
Taylor Horton is 19 years old and lives in Freetown, Massachusetts. She just ended high school and will be attending Salem State University in the fall as a... read more
Taylor Horton
United States
Veronica Moffitt is from New Jersey, USA, where she received an Associates Degree in Business Management. She's 22 years old and is currently living in California... read more
Veronica Moffitt
United States
Caroline Poell is 23 years old from Germany. She graduated from the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Karlsruhe with a Bachelor of Arts Honors Degree... read more
Caroline Poell
Germany
Julia Tzeng is from Potomac Maryland, attended college at the University of Pennsylvania, worked for 5 years in finance in New York City, and is now pursuing her MBA... read more
Julia Tzeng
United States
Jacob Custer is from Washington, DC and currently recruits quality teachers for a network of schools working to close the achievement gap that exists among races in... read more
Jacob Custer
United States
Tejal Ladha, 25-year-old HR and Admin Manager, volunteered in Nepal with Volunteering Solutions during year 2011. She is from Nairobi, Kenya and attended school at... read more
Tejal Ladha
Kenya
Jill Watt Torrance is a 60 year old lady living in Hawaii, where she has been for 23 years. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland and grew up in the Highlands before... read more
Jill Torrance
United States
Lisa Drese is an 18 year student from Germany who likes traveling and watching Indian movies. Lisa volunteered for three months in the Women Empowerment Volunteer... read more
Lisa Drese
Germany
Anna Bishop is a native of Mississippi, USA and loves to travel as well as volunteer. She is a nurse by profession and has volunteered in different projects in USA... read more
Anna Bishop
United States
Kirstin Wingler is a nutritionist (PhD) with versatile experience and expertise in biomedical research, drug development and teaching of medical students. Kirstin... read more
Kirstin Wingler
Germany
Meet Lauren Kenny from Christchurch, New Zealand. Lauren works as a Customer Service Representative and volunteered in the 2 Weeks Special program in Surin, Thailand... read more
Lauren Kenny
New Zealand
Jenaya Smith is from United Kingdom and volunteered with Volunteering Solutions in the Women Empowerment Program in Delhi, India in Summer 2012 along with her friend.... read more
Jenaya Smith
United Kingdom
Sonam Sadhnani is a resident of Singapore and works as a Management Support Officer in Ministry of Education, Singapore. In July 2013, Sonam volunteered for 2 weeks... read more
Sonam Sadhnani
Singapore
Devon Adlawan is a Pre Nursing major and a resident of California, USA and took part in the Thailand Summer Volunteer and Adventure Program in July 2013.In her... read more
Devon Adlawan
United States
Lisa is a native of Germany and volunteered in the Childcare and Social Welfare Volunteer Project in Cape Town, South Africa with Volunteering Solutions in Oct- Nov... read more
Lisa Kohlmann
Germany
Volunteering was a way for me to travel and get the full experience of a culture different from my own. It allowed me to do something I already enjoy, promote... read more
Francis A
Canada
I always wanted to go to Africa. I felt that Ghana was different. I always heard of people going to Uganda, Tanzania etc, but not Ghana. I researched the place and... read more
Irene Dolan
Ireland
I was interested in finding an organisation that was low cost and had received positive feedback from previous volunteers. Volunteering Solutions ticked both of these... read more
Amy Elizabeth
United Kingdom
Thailand has always appealed to me as an exotic location to visit. I decided to put my English degree to good use, and teach as well as having the experience of... read more
Naomi Daniel
United Kingdom
Ghana offers a true exchanging of experiences. It seemed like we had a lot to learn as well as to give, which one one of my goals and purposes of the experience. read more
Hayder Jiggy
Canada
As an educator I have my summer’s off and for the past 3-4 summers I spent most of it volunteering as a kayak guide and youth instructor for a non-profit which... read more
Debbie Vasquez
United States
This was a life changing experience on both personal and medical aspects. I chose this destination because I have always considered India as a very interesting and... read more
