volunteer testimonials Archives - Page 15 of 60

Julien Tempone, Australia , teaching-english-buddhist-monastery-nunnery

15/08/2010 to 06/11/2010

The first day I arrived in Nepal, I’ll admit I was terrified. I concealed it though, the insanity of Kathmandu traffic, being lost in Thamel and being harassed by hundreds of drug...

Hiroaki Okumura, Japan , women-empowerment

01/09/2009 to 28/10/2009

VIN has kindly supported me throughout my placement.I want to thank to all staffs especially, Babita for academic advice and Shyam for language help. VIN is an organisation which possess comprehensive goal...

Lynelle Barrett, Holland , office-administration

11/09/2009 to 22/10/2009

Mero naam Lynelle ho. Tapaai:ko naam ke ho? My name is Lynelle. What’s your name? I have been in Nepal now for three weeks. I came here by myself but I have...

Alastair Westwood, UK , teaching-english-buddhist-monastery-nunnery

15/09/2009 to 01/11/2009

To some the idea of working in a Buddhist monastery in Nepal might seem a little like an exotic fairytale. After having discovered that through VIN it was indeed a possibility I...

Iani de Kock, Namibia , teaching-english-buddhist-monastery-nunnery

09/09/2009 to 28/09/2009

My placement with VIN was at the Karma Ghedin Onsa Choekerling nunnery about 40 minutes outside of Kathmandu.I signed up for a 4 weeks stay, which included the training period in which...

Narissa Puran, USA , community-health-medical-care

01/08/2009 to 01/09/2008

Namaste From Nepal! Mero Naam Narissa Puran ho. For the past month, I have been working in Nepal as a Health intern. During this time I taught a 3 week health education...