Country: Vanuatu Role: Teacher
On Saturday 4 February, 17 volunteers arrived in Vanuatu from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK for their orientation. The week-long orientation is usually held on Nguna Island, however with Cyclone Jasmine lurking it was conducted in Port Vila instead. This didn’t stop the volunteers from having to spend one day of their orientation in lockdown though… quite a unique welcome to Vanuatu!
Michelle and other Lattitude volunteers in India
Hindustan Times, 10 February 2012
http://www.hindustantimes.com/
Student in Australia, a teacher in Bengal
Tasmayee Laha Roy
KOLKATA: Takdah is a remote village in West Bengal, a few kilomentres from Darjeeling. There is just one bank in the village and hardly any amenity that can be scarcely associated with modernity, but 25-year-old Michelle Bourke is excited about coming from Australia to teach English to little kids in Takdah
Namaste everyone!
Laurie (my volunteer partner from Scotland) and I are now settled in to our new home at Tiny Angels’ School, Takdah, which is a one hour jeep ride from Darjeeling.
This area (Gorkaland) is heaven. Driving into Darjeeling, we were met with the breathtaking sight of buildings and Buddhist monasteries and temples built into the side of the cliff. It’s all fresh air, prayer flags and beautiful, peaceful Nepali people. It’s hard to believe we’re in India; it’s so clean and quiet. The first few days in Darjeeling were cloudy. But on the third day, I looked outside the bathroom window and BAM! There were the Himalayas!! You could stare at them all day.
Zoe Millikan volunteered as a Teacher in Malawi last year and made this video with some of her favourite footage from her time away.
Country: Fiji
Bula! On Wednesday 18 January, 24 Lattitude volunteers arrived in Nadi, Fiji for their five day orientation. There were a mix of 9 Australians, 8 Brits, 5 Kiwis and 2 Canadians who were slowly assimilated into the Fijian way of life.