TESTIMONIAL

This project was really good for me. I lived with a really understanding family, especial for me because when my internship was starting my Spanish wasn’t that good. I felt like a part of the family and I hope I will see them again one day! It is really a good experience to live in a Peruvian family, you will discover that we live really good in Europe but you will discover as well that live in a Peruvian, poor community is a very warm, friendly and do-it-all-together-community. The project gives me the opportunity to work for my school orders in my own way. I had to do it really on my own so without my students but that was all part of the experience. It wasn’t that simple always and sometimes I thought: ‘What am I doing here’ but in the end it is all worth it!

I spent five weeks working as a football coach and volunteer after applying through Volunteer Work Latin America. I spoke only a few words of Spanish beforehand, but with the help of local team I was still able to make a difference to some amazing children right from the start, whilst picking up my Spanish to conversational level along the way. VLA had already found me some long term, cheap accommodation in Centro Medellin with three meals a day provided! If you want, VLA will also help you arrange Spanish lessons - something I would strongly recommend doing if your Spanish is only basic.