Maximo Nivel

It was a great trip! I especially loved staying with my host family— I got to play fútbol with my little host brother on my free afternoons. It was incredible to get to stay there in the city with locals and walk around wherever I needed to go. I never felt unsafe walking around Antigua, which I was glad about! There were so many things to see and so may cool places to try. I did the medical program, and it was well-organized in such a way that I could enjoy breakfast before hopping on a bus (sooo fun!!! The buses are inexpensive and a fantastic way to meet people and see the area) to go to my assignment and then ride back midday with the rest of the afternoon free!

I made my medical internship as a nurse. I did homevisits. And that was a unique experience. I loved my work and go to the patients at home. I had to take the vital signs and bloodsugar. I could make advices what they not should eat because having diabetics. I checked if they suffer of any pain or other problems. They were very grateful. Unfortunatly my spanish was not very good so sometimes I couldn't understand what they said. But my colleagues from mis años dorados always helped me. I had a really great time here. I will miss it!

From start to finish the staff at Maximo was very helpful and attentive to our needs throughout the trip. Initially the change was different from what I used to, but with the help of the Maximo staff and clinical staff, it went smoothly. Maximo also proved multiple free activities to engage in throughout the week. This allowed for different students and volunteers to connect! If you have the opportunity to volunteer or take classes in any of the multiple sites that Maximo has available, I definitely say go for it!

I loved the course, Quepos is beautiful and I loved teaching. A lot of this would come down to my TEFL trainer who was brilliant. Annabelle is an AMAZING TEFL trainer, and made all the lessons so fun and engaging! I also had practical teaching experience and loved working with the students. Whilst I was very sad for the course to end, this course has landed me a job as I am now working for Maximo in Peru! The only downside is that it is very hard work but it’s a good qualification in the space of 4 weeks. I would do it again :)

This was a small TEFL program embedded in an institute with an English language program for folks in Cusco, which made the practice teaching quite authentic. There were many additional options, like tandem conversations, cooking classes, salsa classes. The teaching was excellent - Sean Barter is an enthusiastic expert teacher. We got a lot of detailed feedback and learned a lot in a short period of time. I loved Cusco - the mountains, the sky, the people, the food -- I'm so glad that I went. I highly recommend the program.