Working with kids off the streets

Although I walked away from my placement learning a ton about the lives of children who were previously living on the streets suffering from various abuses, I was hoping to walk away feeling like I made a bigger impact as a volunteer. My position was just a small part of the program. When I arrived in the mornings, I would sit and wait for the boys to go through their morning meetings, duties, psychology, and sometimes a whole movie before I was able to work with them.

ISA is amazing, ELAP's administration is awesome as well. All and I had a great experience and learned a lot at my ELAP placement, but the organization I worked with wasn't exactly what I was expecting.