ProWorld Belize changed my life!

I volunteered with ProWorld Belize at their site in San Ignacio and it was one of the most life changing experiences of my life. I joined the program a few years out of college, not exactly knowing what I wanted to do and this experience helped me to open up my eyes and really focus in on what was important in my life. I worked on two different projects during my time there - 1. Environmental - I worked on a jaguar project, tracking jaguars in the jungle and studying the importance of a healthy prey/predator ecosystem and then used the information that I found to help others receive a $15,000 grant to help preserve a national park in Belize - it was an amazing and very fulfilling project. 2. I worked at a local nursing home and helped provide physical therapy to the elderly there. That project really helped open my eyes to how well the elderly are treated in Belize and how different nursing homes in Belize are from the United States.

The staff at ProWorld were also awesome as was my homestay family. I loved the experience so much that I have been back 4 times since to visit my friends, check in on my projects and just enjoy the Belizean life. If you want a life changing experience - I would highly recommend ProWorld!