A life shaping experience

I value my stay in Sri Lanka extremely highly, the ability for me to be able to travel abroad as a high school student gave me the ability to experience travelling without family in a safe environment. Staying with a host family really allowed me to connect to the experience more than if I was in a hotel, and they were great with cooking vegetarian food for me, and it was incredibly rewarding to see the work we were doing. The staff were helpful and friendly and helped me go on spontaneous market trips before leaving, they definitely also helped lessen the culture shock. The other participants were great and it allowed me to meet new people from across the world and have a good group atmosphere for working and travelling on the weekend. It was an amazing experience that shaped me as a person.