Read IVI volunteer reviews and experiences from our past participants. As one of the longest running volunteer travel companies, IVI has helped thousands of people from around the globe on their incredible volunteering journey! You can also have a watch of our video showing volunteers speaking about their experiences from some of our destinations.
I did have a wonderful time in the Philippines and I treasure every opportunity to volunteer abroad every now and then. Highlights of the trip: One of the highlights of this trip was that
Hi Lauren, I just wanted to say a huge thank you for organising this amazing experience. I had such a memorable time, I will never forget it. Would you recommend any other kinds of
Hi Lauren, Thank you for your email. I had an amazing time volunteering at the KAT center. I really loved spending time with the animals. Answers are below. Highlights of the trip: The
I had a great time! I am thankful for the trip 🙂 Returning to the Melbourne cold has been a bit of a freeze haha Here is my feedback! Highlights of the trip: The
Hi Lauren! Highlights of the trip: Spending time with the dogs Comments on the team, food and accommodation: The team was amazing! Helpful and understanding always! Food was the best i ever had!! The
Wish I never got to leave as I’m already having withdrawals. Highlights of the trip: The overall trip was amazing. I loved getting to know the students and having full control of teaching the
Hi Lauren, Thank you so much for helping me with my volunteering adventure, I had a great experience! I have given some feedback below, hopefully you will find it helpful. Fiji: Highlights:
Highlights of the trip: Honestly my entire trip was a highlight. Being in the school compound fully immersed on a local remote island made everyday full of indescribable experiences that I will cherish forever.
Hi Lauren, Thankyou and yes I had the most amazing experience! I have attached a few photos we took in Sing Buri, I’ll send some photos of the kids once I get the
Dear Lauren, Thanks for your email! Please find my responses below. Highlights of the trip: Unlike being on a typical holiday, I loved being immersed in Fijian culture by living and working
Highlights of the trip: Getting to always interact with the students and teachers from other countries was always a positive experience.Comments on the team, food and accommodation: The team were super friendly and I
Hi, Highlights: Being able to see the Galungan and Kuningan celebrations up close and be given the chance to actively participate in it was a once in a lifetime experience. Comments: The team made us
We came to Sri Lanka intending to do 10 weeks of temple renovation, but after we arrived ended up doing 6 weeks of special needs, 2 weeks of temple renovation and hill country. That’s
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity in helping out these beautiful people. I was blown away by the amount of aloha this little village possesses despite their living conditions. With their lack of running
It was an amazing opportunity that I will never forget. Will definitely be interested in doing some more volunteering in the near future. Highlights of the trip: Teaching the kids at Nokonoko District was
Oh so blessed to work with a bunch of likeminded legends to complete health checks on the local Fijian people over the past two weeks Involvement Volunteers International Our first week was spent in
I finally got around to summarising my 2 week volunteer trip in Indonesia! I had so much fun! Initially I was very worried since I was going by myself and that I would feel
Highlights of the trip: Not only teaching but also getting to know the children during break time. Talking to them, singing Ed Sheeran with them and laughing although we barely understand each other’s language.
Highlights of the trip: It was an amazing experience. First I was very happy to see that we were a big team of volunteers. I was very surprised and excited when I knew I was going to teach
Highlights: – meeting other volunteers and making life long friends – seeing how appreciative the children were to have volunteers teach them English – the coordinators made me feel so welcomed – the food
Highlights of the trip: It was my first time in nepal and i really enjoyed being amongst mountains, experiencing a little of the local culture and making new friends from around the world. Comments
Hi Lauren, Highlights of the trip: – culture of the country – teaching in low socio economic status – greetings from the children and staff Comments on the team, food and
Hi Lauren! The past weeks have been so different to everything I’ve ever experienced. It has been so eye-opening and inspiring, suuper intense and at times very challenging (in a good way) My students really
Highlights of the trip: My highlights included the adventure week package there were so many new places that we visited and created many memories from. The week was full of a wide range of
I’ve spent 11 weeks in Sri Lanka and it was the best experience I had so far in my life. Sri Lanka is a beautiful country, I love it so much and I consider
Hi Lauren, We had an amazing time. It was such a great experience. It was so hard to leave the people. Highlights : I worked with the village nurse for 3 days. We
Hi Lauren, yes of course! Highlights of the trip: I love every second of it but if I have to choose my favourite ones would be the goat track from Nameka to Natuva village.
✨Each of us are on this hard journey called life✨. Let’s not beat around the bush, our journey’s can be extremely challenging in every way, but it can be so much harder for others ? #begrateful.
My amazing journey in the Philippines. Highlights of the trip: I think the actual work placement is the highlights of the whole trip and there’s no part that I don’t enjoy. We worked on
I had an amazing time in Cambodia! Highlights of the trip: I really appreciated the diversity of the work. Each day was a different mix of planting and collecting seeds which made it all
I had the most wonderful time in Fiji, thank you! Probably the greatest experience of my life so far 🙂 I was going to post this little spill up on my Facebook along with
Below is some feedback from my recent stay with the Bodhi Tree Educational Project Highlights of the trip: – Learning about the project and seeing first hand the good work it’s doing for its
Highlights The highlight of the trip was meeting new people and living the Fijian life and not a tourist life. We used the public transport to get to the orphanage. It was a 20
Highlights The biggest highlight was easily the teaching itself. The children are so happy and enthusiastic, making it an absolute pleasure to teach them. The cultural week had some interesting activities and seeing other
Highlights of the trip: I would say the highlight was just meeting and working with the women I was teaching English to. Comments on the team, food and accommodation: Team, food and accommodation was
Dear Lauren, I just wanted to thank you for this opportunity. I know I was hesitant to stay a week alone, but I am so so grateful I did. My time was life changing.
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