Program Reviews

I was in Cape Town for a Human rights and law project. We had a supervisior who always stayed near us, so we never felt insecure. Also our host family was super cool, we felt save and got the best meals everyday. However also the project was great. We met a lot of people, who were so impressive. They showed us, how they live even if most of them had no money. We tried to help them every time we were in the townships with cooking or creating schools. We also had a moot court to see the legal aspect in South Africa, it was an unbelievable experience to work on a case which really happend. To understand the whole topic between black and white people we visited a lot of museums and historical buildings. And next to all the beautiful moments, we met a lot of new people and found friends for life.

This Summer I had an amazing experience in Mongolia. It was my second project with this organisation because the previous Summer I went volounteering in Peru which also helped me to understand that Medicine is what I really want to study.
In Mongolia I had the opportunity to meet new friends from all over the world and local people as well. Mongolians are really kind and always make you feel comfortable. What about the medical experience? It was really hands on thanks to the many workshops for example sutures, IVs, installing nasogastric Thebes, CPR and BLS. Moreover, I was given the opportunity to take ambulance shifts for 3 days and I also watched two surgeries (a lung abscess and ENT operation). I’d really recommend this amazing project!

My experience with Projects Abroad has been amazing for many of its aspects.
My volunteer work consisted in teaching English to some Mongolian children that live around the capital (Ulaanbaatar), and creating with them a garden where they could play all together. I had the opportunity to meet their families who have been very kind to us and I have been lucky to get in contact with a community of people that made me feel useful and who appreciated my help.
This experience also enriched my personal identity in an absolutely positive way. I have been honoured to offer what I had to give, and doing so made me understand that, if we are determined to do so, we can make a difference in this world.
In addition, this project has helped me to better understand what are the topics and issues that interests me the most and helped me to decide which study career to attend : it is thanks to my volunteer experience in Mongolia that I am studying International Relations and Global Affairs in my first year of University!
I strongly recommend to everyone to participate to a program of Projects Abroad because it is an experience that can change your life only for the better!

In the summer of 2018 I went to Sri Lanka together with a friend of mine. I have had an amazing 3 weeks during the medical volunteering in Sri Lanka, for real the time flies when you are traveling with projects abroad. The programme was perfect because of the variety. We had time to see the beautiful culture of Sri Lanka, visit different hospitals and most important to help the people in disadvantaged community’s. And I am really thankful projects abroad made this experience possible. So thank you!!

My name is Anna, I am Italian, and last year I participated in the volunteer project in Fiji with my other peers. It was a wonderful experience, I really learned to know a different culture from my own, to work as a team during community work and being with children and my host family was great. I hope to make a journey like this again in my life because it manages to make you grow and mature. I would recommend it to anyone. I spoke at school, wrote in the newspaper and told my family about my experience but no one can really understand what I experienced: it is one of those journeys to live intensely and savor. I was lucky enough to be the only Italian girl so I had to experiment with my English (still too weak) and it allowed me to forge links with boys of different nationalities from all over the world.

I did this internship because my school required us to do one at 16. I have been interested in human rights and law for a long time and thanks to this experience I know for sure that that is the path I want to pursue. The staff were very helpful before, after and during the trip. They gave me a lot of space to work on my own and with others despite my young age and I was able to get in direct contact with the clients. I felt very respected and felt like what I was doing actually had an impact which definitely makes it worth the expenses. I hope that I can go again and would recommend the trip to anyone who has an interest in law or any other subjects (projects abroad offers so many types of volunteer programs!). I still think about my experience very often and would recommend 100%

Hii I am Beatrice.
I am italian girl, I participated for two weeks with this project (project abroad) this summer in Tanzania, Arusha, August 2019. I am deaf, the communication should be difficult and instead everything was wonderful! Without problem especially with children, it was a big emotion! Playing and teaching they, was one of my big experience because I am deaf.
Never forget and I already have a big tattoo in my skin about Tanzania and kids than I worked. The best experience!
Some day I will back again! And I hope to do again this experience (volunteer with project abroad) in other country! Maybe in Asia. So meanwhile I tell new volunteers, please participate and enjoy this more beautiful and powerful experience. Thanks!!!!!!!!!

The Nomad project is an exciting project among the steppe of Mongolia. Project Abroad was the only organization suggesting this travel to know and pass the traditions of Mongolian people.
They were very helpful from the beginning to the end, always ready in case of emergency or necessities.
I can only recommend to try it out yourself.

The Nomad are very friendly people, without making any judgment. They will let you participate to their daily activities, from herding the sheep to milking cow or building house for winter. They will bring you to their festival, make you discover how they eat, and redefine your way of family.

All along you can count on the support of project abroad. They will pick you at the aerport, give you time to rest and provide you with meal. Then they will bring you to your family, giving you a phone in case of emergency. They are always reachable in case of problems.

Last summer I went to Kenya. I was just 16 years old and it was the first time traveling alone outside the country. Projects Abroad has made sure that this experience went smoothly and they made me feel save. I am interested in working in the medical field, and I want to study medicine in the future. The project gave me lots of opportunities to get a taste of the field I want to be working in. They also checked loads of times whether everything was okay and like the way that we expected. In this way the project was altered to make it even more rememberable. The crew in Kenya was really friendly and made sure that my journey was unforgettable. In the weekends they also planned fun activities, because you should also enjoy the country while you're there of course. The safari was the most fun of all the different activities.

I spent three weeks doing volunteering work in Cambodia. It was definitely one of the best time of my life. I had been working with poor children and I've helped them improving their English skills and we definitely had fun! I taught them some traditional Swiss games which they had been extremely grateful to learn. Not only the children seemed to acquire more knowledge but I have also learnt a lot from this experience. They have taught me to appreciate little things and how to smile no matter what.
Project abroad stuff is very skilful and helped me to be more familiar with they city and its outskirts. I even made some special friends, which I am still in touch with.
I would recommend this experience to whoever has the opportunity to go abroad and do some volunteering work! It is one of the most fulfilling feeling ever.