A Jamaican Adventure

My experience with this program has been wonderful. The Evans family is extremely helpful and loved showing us around, providing us with information, speding time with our group if we wanted/needed and of course fed us wonderful food. The service part of the trip was very rewarding. We worked at Mannings Hill Primary School, the SOS Orphanage, an old folks home and The Salvation Army Orphanage. We worked on a wide range of tasks including: helping children with homework, teaching children lessons, playing games with the kids, painting, yard work, speding time with residents and cleaning out/organizing a library. It was 2 weeks full of a variety of tasks and it was great to experience it all.

I would say the best part about the trip was the Evans family. They are extremely welcoming and helpful. I felt very safe and extremely happy that I had locals with me to help show me the ropes around Jamaica so I didn't feel so "touristy" and felt like a true Jamaican. I could tell that the goal of the family was to ensure that we truly had an amazing experience and learned everything that we possibly could in the two short weeks that we were here. This was my first volunteer trip abroad and I am so happy I got to spend it with my school group and the Evans family in Jamaica.

I would recommend this program to anyone who wants to see the real Jamaica, volunteer at some wonderful places and who wants some good, authentic Jamaican food.