Program Reviews

This experience facilitates a lot of personal growth by allowing you to immerse yourself into a new culture and live in a challenging environment, where you are deprived of many of the faciltiies that you may often take for granted. Also, the friendships that you will form from this experience are sure to last a lifetime. I have already planned further trips with some of the friends that I have met on this trip, even though they live in different cities, some of which are quite far away. Would recommend!

An internship with Project Everest is a great way to gain valuable work experience while working towards a good cause. The workshops that were conducted during the month were immensely helpful for my professional and personal growth - I felt like I learned something new everyday and I was constantly being pushed to step out of my comfort zone. The people at project are diverse and great and I learned a lot from interacting with them. Additionally, PEV’s model of using social enterprise to solve problems is able to create meaningful impacts in local communities, as opposed to voluntourism programs.

Going into Project Everest with no idea what to expect, given that I had inspiration from a friend, I wanted to see where this project will take me.
During January 2020, I went to Nadi, Suva and visited villages to learn and experience the Fijian culture. I have also developed as a person, especially my leadership skills and resilience. The group of trekkers are an amazing bunch of people, everyone is so diverse!
Everyone is very supportive and we all seem to get along with everyone very well!!

The sight seeing is incredible in Fiji!! The food provided is the best I’ve ever had with lots of options to try new things!! The work life balance is great with end of day early and enforced so that we do not over work ourself and are actually able to enjoy the trip!! The houses have incredible views worth the hike up the hill!! Not knowing anything about social consulting Project Everest provides workshops to ensure you know what you are doing. Morning exercise is mandatory and has variety so you can take it easy with yoga or go all out with tabata.

The main outstanding fact that separates PEV from other placements are that they work with local communities in developing countries. I loved this because the whole experience was very rewarding and thrilling. It had very school-camp vibes but also during work hours, it was very chill and very much like modern workplaces that aim to foster high business morale. When working with locals we would do things that are unique only to PEV such as surveying farmers and visiting villages. This let me and a lot of other trekkers have a more authentic and traditional experience of Fiji.

I wanted to sign up for PEV because I was so interested in social impact and interested to learn how it could be done through social enterprise. The whole internship was planned so well, executed so professionally and it has helped me grow personally as well as in my work. I can say that I made friends for life with the trekkers and all the people i’ve met at PEV have been absolutely genuine. I have no regrets signing up to adventure somewhere out of my comfort zone, to be able to work on something I’m passionate about and meet amazing people along the way.

Trekking on a project in Fiji for a whole month was an incredible experience and one that I will remember for life. The social impact that we had could be seen by all in the local community. The personal and professional development that I went through was unlike anything else I have experienced during my normal degree. The project really allowed me to apply my knowledge from class into a real world context. It allowed me to stretch myself and taught me valuable skills that I didn’t think I was capable of. I can not reccomend this trip enough.

When I first signed up to go overseas with Project Everest, I did it because I wanted to gain an internship experience to accompany my degree. I now look back on this and laugh at how laugh at how completely unaware I was that I was about to go into the best month of my life.

For me, my experience was so much than just something to put on my CV. The development I experienced both personally and professionally resulted in me feeling so much more capable in the things I could achieve. They were things I already knew I was capable of, but never had the confidence to go forth with. I left my month feeling incredibly inspired by my leaders, and formed relationships with people who have now become some of the closest people in my life. The support I received from Project Everest was unlike anywhere else. From ensuring my safety, to checking in on my health daily, to helping me to complete my experience as uni credit, there was never a point where I felt alone and without someone I could speak to.

Although you’re not staying in a luxury hotel, the experience Project Everest gives you absolutely makes up for the occasional power outage. It’s real, it’s raw and I came across challenges daily, but I absolutely loved it.

My month in Fiji was unbeatable. I went into Project Everest with no idea what to expect, I just signed up to try something new, I guess I just wanted to challenge myself.
During my month I went out in to villages, visited all major cities in Fiji and experience true Fijian culture. In the process of doing this I learnt so many things about myself, and was able to grow to an extent that I didn’t think was possible in such a short period of time . I was challenged in every way, and given every opportunity to improve.

Completely worth the time and energy. So much emphasis is put on personal and professional growth, really feel like I developed substantially. Also enjoyed the energy infrastructure project, getting out into the community to listen to their problems. We uncovered some serious problems regarding health and inefficiency. Definitely needed a solution and it was really empowering to be working on a solution. Made an impact and some good friends along the way. Not for the faint of heart as the living conditions were basic. I was never bothered however.