"The world is hugged by the arms of faithful volunteers"

“The world is hugged by the faithful arms of volunteers.”

Everett Mámor

“ I am very proud of the fact that I might have started something that could do so much good.”

Nigel

“Volunteer - you will get far

more out of it than you have

put in.”

Monica

“There is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.”

Gillian Anderson

“You only get out of it

what you put in”

Duncan

Nobody can do everything, but everyone can

do something.

Author Unknown

Mel and Peter

“In addition to making a difference, our family actually came home richer in personal and global perspectives.”

Mike Hsieh Mapoch

“I was very impressed by Lisong’s focus on teacher training as the way to raise education standards nationwide rather than working in individual schools where improvements will affect only a small number of children.”

Dianne

“As a UK teacher, I am used to everything being structured. I never knew when children would turn up and more and more would appear once I'd started an activity.”

Lucy

“ people & places were the only organisation I came across which focused on matching skills to project needs. They provided the opportunity to apply my professional skills and thus allow me to make a more significant difference to my project.”

Kris (in Lucy’s tiara)

“Perhaps travel cannot

prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try to understand each other, we may even become friends'

Maya Angelou

Sue and Salome

I would recommend

volunteering to others because you learn about the people as well as the place. It’s not easy - I was very tired in the evenings but at the end of it you really feel that you have done something worthwhile.

Tony

“We feel that our skills have been well

matched to the needs of the staff and it has

been a pleasure to serve them.”

Hugh and Joan

“I was so impressed with the level of enthusiasm within the staff. They were so eager to learn new techniques and to observe these techniques within their classrooms.”

Sara

“The home stay accommodations were

wonderful. We weren’t sure what to expect, and we ended up just loving the home and the township. There was a true sense of community and everyone was extremely friendly to

us.”

Eileen

"This old white man has done what other people of my own colour refuse to, he has given me the chance to learn to work with my own hands”.

Nathi- local unemployed youth about Charles

“Going home was really hard. In South Africa, not a day passed when I didn't feel valuable, or like I was learning and seeing new things.”

Emma

“If you think you are too small to be effective, you

have never been in bed with a mosquito.”

Betty Reese

“I always felt safe and with the many activities, I never had a dull moment. I went there with an open mind and so wasn’t disappointed about anything!”

Edwina

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”

Nelson Henderson

“My job is to design the curriculum and then develop appropriate learning materials – so far so good in fact so far so brilliant!”

Bill

“ I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do

something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can

do. ”

Edward Everett Hale

Thank you for contributing to human development. You may consider the role you have played or about to play small in such a big world full with all sorts of problems but do not forget it is one kick at a time that scores the winning goal! Therefore, no role is small until we win!

Adama - local partner The Gambia

Nokwakha( Nita) and Pumesa

There are two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Edith Wharton