Volunteer Abroad for 5-8 Weeks

If you are looking to do something extraordinary and immerse yourself in a new culture I would highly recommend this program. Teaching has been fun, engaging, humbling and I’ve made some wonderful connections with my students. They are so happy to receive your help and I think I learned as much from them as they did from me.

Thank you so much to SEED for all that you do and for letting me play a small part during my time in Madagascar! The stay at the camp was amazing, with all that I could want and a great team welcoming me and taking the time to make sure all the volunteers were happy (even when they were knackered after a day of transects in torrential rain). A big highlight was the Varika lemurs leaping between the trees above the outdoor showers in the evenings. We were also lucky enough to meet Lisa (a member of the SCRP team) in her final week at camp and were there to witness a special ‘Veloma’ (goodbye party) with the national staff before she set off for her next adventure. It was at the party that we heard Hoby’s, a pillar of the SCRP team, song for the first time (later becoming a recurring motif in the trip, the most meaningful rendition of it being by a classroom full of children on our trip to the Manafiafy school in our final days). After a week of transects none of us could wait to see the beach everyone had been raving about and we certainly weren’t let down; crystal clear water, a beautiful sandy coast and a fresh coconut under the shade of a palm tree - paradise.