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Why choose New Hope Volunteers?

Join New Hope Volunteers (NHV) in various volunteer projects around the world! NHV was founded by a group of passionate people who have experience working with abroad with many international companies to give volunteers a cheaper volunteer abroad option.

NHV assures that volunteers are supported during all parts of the program. Volunteers have the chance to live with host families and participate in important projects that are impactful for the volunteers and communities.

NHV boasts its cheap prices and high-percentage of the program fee that goes directly back to the volunteer and host communities. One of the reasons NHV is able to run programs at such a low cost is their affordable headquarters location in India.

Explore a new culture and give back on one of New Hope Volunteers programs in 14 countries!

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Carlos
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Yes, I recommend this program
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Work in schools and orphanages across Kenya

Made me more mature

Mar 7, 2012

Above all, this program and experience in Kenya made me a more mature, tolerant, and balanced person, probably more than any other experience in my life.

If you decide to do volunteering, my advice to you is this: keep an open mind.

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Carlos Batarda

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Work in schools and orphanages across Kenya
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Why did you decide to volunteer abroad with New Hope Volunteers in Kenya?

I decided to volunteer, in general, for two reasons. Firstly, I was (and still am) looking for a job in international development cooperation, better known as aid. Unable to find one applying from home in Portugal, I felt that I lacked field experience in a developing country and therefore decided to get some by volunteering. The second reason, more broad, was that I was tired of living and travelling in developed countries only, and wanted to know what life was like in that very different world that lies between the tropics. I also wanted to challenge myself and leave my "comfort zone".

I chose Kenya because I'd been in the country before, because it's a country where aid agencies are very active (and where many have offices) and because I wanted to learn an important African language, in this case, Swahili. I selected New Hope because it offered the most affordable international volunteering programs in Kenya.

Describe your day to day activities as a volunteer.

Simple. I get to the school I'm volunteering at around 8 am and help the teacher in any way I can until lunch time. Sometimes it's teaching while she's marking, sometimes it's the other way round. Other things I've done included organizing the school library. Because it's volunteer work, you're free to help wherever and however. The afternoon is off to hang out with other volunteers, get to know the surroundings, etc.

How has this experience helped you grow personally and professionally?

On a personal level, as I said in the review, I think I walk out of this as more of an adult, so to speak. All this - living in a slum in a poor country, dealing with a very different culture, being deprived of many of the comforts and amenities of home, etc. - made me more patient, more accepting of others different from me, and more mature in general. If I compare to myself three months ago (when my program started), I definitely feel changed.

On a professional note, this experience reinforced my desire to pursue a career in international development, and to do a job that contributes to lift countries out of poverty. As to whether it has made more "employable", that remains to be seen.