A very hands-on experience

The living conditions for my YCI project were excellent all things considered and the local community was a wonderful place. YCI supplied us (volunteers) with a wealth of resources and facilitators, but also give us a huge amount of free-reign, as well as responsibility. At first this was very overwhelming; I would highly recommend having an in-depth talk with an alumni before going for optimal preparation and ease into the project. This would mitigate my one complaint with YCI which is its pre-project preparation. But after the first few weeks, the remainder go by much too fast, and leaving the community behind will be a tear-jerker!