Medical placement

Highlights of the trip included everything Tanzania has to offer- from climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, to going on a safari around the Serengetti, to spending a week on the exotic island of Zanzibar. The Projects staff was always willing to help coordinate these trips for volunteers. They also did their best to place volunteers in the best placements suited for them- hospitals, orphanages, schools, etc., and they did a great job of providing a lot of opportunities for volunteers to go on outings together.

Difficulties arose in the cultural barriers. Sometimes it was frustrating to live with a host family with such different rules and customs from what you're used to. Tanzania is also not a developed country, and it is very possible to be placed more than an hour away from the city of Arusha. It is definitely a placement that will take you out of your comfort zone but you learn a lot from it.