Here, Lisanne, volunteering with TravelAid, describes some of the art and craft activities that have been going on and how successful they were...Growing up in a developing country often means a childhood without art and craftwork beyond that involving sticks and...
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Louisa shares what she has learnt about microloans
Louisa, a volunteer with Travel Aid, spent time with the Microfinance team to learn more about the impact microloans have in the communities around JWOC...Economic development is a strong interest of mine and so when I arrived Ieagerly anticipated learning about how...
Making new friends- Matt writes about getting know the Khmer team
In this post Matt writes about his experience of being part of the summer activities team, where Travel Aid volunteers work with local high school students. Making new friends and sharing new experiences is all part of the process...After some pretty manic...
Sakina’s experience in Conversation Class
Conversation Class is an adult’s English class held four times a week. During out time at JWOC, the Travelaid volunteers were given the chance to sit in on these lessons, spreading ourselves amongst the students, chatting to them before and after the lessons and...
Daniel writes all about the summer activity programme
Here, Daniel, a Travel Aid volunteer, explains how the summer activity programme was done, from the first steps of planning and advertising through to working with the children...During our month long stint at JWOC, the foremost task of the TravelAid team was to...
Anna explains the importance of scholarships
For her blog post Anna, a Travel Aid volunteer, talks about the new friends she has made and the realisation that her fundraising will make a big difference...It is a requirement of all Travel Aid volunteers to make a donation of around £500 per person to their...
Clean Water and Hygiene at JWOC- Rob’s experience
In this post Travel Aid volunteer Rob talks about what he learnt and observed while joining JWOC's Clean Water and Free Classes teams. Muddy, sandy, slippery: picking our way for several kilometres along a sodden track leading to the village felt like an appropriate...
Helen’s experience in writing class at JWOC
One of the most heartening aspects of teaching at JWOC has been theincurable eagerness and enthusiasm of the students. Many of them walk,cycle, or even push their way in wheelchairs to the JWOC Englishclasses from their homes which can be 20kms away, and yet...
Five more sponsors needed!
You may remember I wrote a while ago asking you to consider becoming a sponsor of one of our 24 new scholarship students. The great news is that many of you decided to help change a life this year and have become new sponsors. However, we still need five more sponsors...