Fundación Vase

I was a volunteer in Quito, Ecuador for about 7 months. I worked in a project with people with disabilities which was a great experience overall. I also got pretty lucky with my host family. I lived close to where I worked and was always provided with enough food, had my own room and bathroom. Vase tried to make us feel welcomed and we could always ask for help when we needed any. Of course there are situations where they can’t help, for example when one was robbed but they tried to comfort us. We also always had to tell where we were going when we left Quito and Update on our well-being which showed that they do care how we are and that nothing happens. On the other hand there were some issues with punctuality of for example our pocket money and if there was an issue it sometimes took some time to be worked out but they at least tried to help at all.
Overall I can recommend Vase as an organisation to do a volunteer-gap year with.