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Hospital Project Manager helps build school in Africa

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While volunteering in Ghana a Project Manager for a Midlands Hospital helped to build a Classroom, install a Creche, and set up Maths, and English tests during her two week stay at a school.

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Africa was absolutely unforgettable - Jane Strand

Volunteer in Kenya - It has been absolutely unforgettable - Jane Strand

One volunteer placement was not challenge enough for Jane Strand. She took on two very different projects in two very different projects in Ghana and in Kenya.

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Annie urges people to volunteer in Africa

Volunteer in Morocco - Annie urges people to volunteer

Annie who volunteered at Orphanages in Morocco has issued a plea for enthusiastic, and outgoing people to follow in her footsteps....

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Ex-volunteer returns to Morocco...

Volunteer in Morocco - Ex-volunteer returns to Morocco

Chelsea enjoyed volunteering in Morocoo so much that she returned again two months later.

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Volunteer in Africa full of praise for Original Volunteers

Volunteer in Morocco - Moroccan volunteer is full of praise

Rebecca Sutherland who volunteered in Morocco was full of praise for Original volunteers. She describes us as ‘very organised', and said that she would like to travel with us again, and will recommend us to people that she knows.

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A little goes a long way in Africa

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New water filter systems for Ghana will help sustain healthier conditions thanks to some of our recent volunteers.

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Student Nurse Loved Volunteering in Ghana

A Former Student nurse ‘loved’ her time spent doing voluntary work abroad in Ghana so much that she returned 2 months later, and is now about to volunteer in Mombassa, Kenya.

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Nurse reviews time volunteering in Mombassa

A Nurse from Birmingham who volunteered at an Orphanage in Mombassa has described her time there as the ‘best thing ever’.

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Trainee Teacher reviews volunteering in Ghana

A Trainee Teacher who spent part of her summer holiday teaching at a school in Ghana described the experience as ‘the most amazing time of my life’.

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Stacey Reviews volunteering in Ghana

Surrey woman Stacey Kerr, who spent three weeks volunteering in Ghana, decided upon her return to set up her own jewellery website to help poor people in developing countries. She hopes one day to be able to help people in those countries to do the same.

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Volunteer in Morocco – Loved Every Minute

Tiffany Wheble ‘loved every minute’ of her time spent volunteering abroad, adding that she has ‘many positive things to say about Morocco, Marrakech, and Original volunteers’.

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Student Reviews her time in Morocco

A University student was sad to leave her volunteer project in Morocco as she made so many new friends, and loved working with the children.

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Volunteer in Ghana Praises Original Volunteers

A woman from Yorkshire who was a volunteer in Ghana with Original volunteers said that she chose to volunteer with us because we were ‘Kind, helpful, and encouraging’, and had a wide variety of placements.

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It was an amazing time in Africa - Sarah Ashmore

Volunteer in Kenya - It was amazing - Sarah Ashmore

The street kids project in Mombasa, Kenya is a favourite with many of our volunteers, and Sarah Ashmore is no exception. Sarah, 40, from Orpington in Kent, volunteered at the educational centre for street children for two weeks.

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Volunteering in Africa was life changing and highly rewarding

Volunteer in Kenya - It was life changing and highly rewarding

Volunteer who work at baby orphanage in Kenya gets in touch to share her experiences with Original Volunteers.

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Volunteering in Morocco - Best 5 weeks of my life...

Volunteer in Morocco - Volunteering in Morocco - Best 5 weeks of my life

First time volunteer Iona Hughes described her time spent volunteering at Orphanages in Marrakech, Morocco as ‘the best 5 weeks of my life'.

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Lucy had an amazing time volunteering in Africa

Volunteer in Morocco - Amazing time in Morocco

Lucy Harwood said that volunteering in Marrakech, Morocco with Original Volunteers had been an ‘amazing' time, and that she found the children at the Orphanage where she volunteered to be ‘loving, and excited to learn'...

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Ex-Original Volunteer Rebecca is going back to Africa

Volunteer in Ghana - Ex-Original Volunteer Rebecca is going back

Volunteering is hard work and can be challenging, but it's also a lot of fun. Rebecca Morgan, 20, from Kington, Herefordshire will be returning to our Ghana Project for the second time.

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Original Volunteers Lisa Goes Back to Africa

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When Lisa arrived in Ghana to volunteer with Original Volunteers for the first time, she didn't realise that a few weeks later she would be building a school...of her own!

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Volunteer in Vibrant Morocco with Original Volunteers

Original Volunteers can offer you the opportunity to volunteer abroad in Morocco on a wide range of exciting and worthwhile projects

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Volunteer from Italy reviews Volunteering in Morocco

Valeria Salvai found the Coordinators in Marrakech to be ‘very helpful’, and the accommodation to be ‘good’ during her time spent volunteering at Orphanages in Morocco.

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Krystyna reviews her time in Morocco

Krystyna spent two weeks volunteering in Morocco, and said that she ‘really appreciated the fact that I had the opportunity to spend time and play with the most lively, and loveable children in Morocco’.She added that she will ‘never forget those two weeks’.

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Peter Reviews his time in Morocco

Peter Ralph from New Zealand spent three weeks volunteering in Marrakech, Morocco, and felt that it was ‘A great experience’.

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Volunteer Reviews her time in Kenya

Being able to volunteer with us for a short time, and at a fraction of the cost of Charity organisations appealed to University student Cassandra Badham.

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Volunteer Reviews Marrakech

Susannah Moss was a volunteer in Morocco in November 2009, and described her time in Marrakech as ‘brilliant, diverse, exciting, and magical’.

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Volunteer Reviews her time in South Africa

So I arrived to start my new position as a volunteer in South Africa, having been picked up at Pretoria airport by the sanctuary manager, blissfully unaware of what the week was going to entail.

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