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Fundraising Idea: Events & Occasions

A great way to fundraise is to hold an event on a special occasion or holiday, so we have put together a list of different holidays and events throughout the year so you can start planning your fundraising events now… 1st January – New Years Day – time to think of those new years resolutions, […]

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The Suss Man (Mike)

Case Study: Fundraising Experience

Sarah Redgewell volunteered with VESL and below explains the different ways she raised money to reach her fundraising target, most importantly Sarah was able to have fun and fit in the fundraising around her final year of study at university! “At first the thought of raising my contribution was fairly daunting, especially because I had […]

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Prezi

A-Z of Fundraising

The idea of fundraising putting you off volunteering with VESL? Don’t let it! We have decided to be a little bit creative here at VESL and create our very own Prezi! Check it out below for 25 (we couldn’t think of anything for Z!) great ideas on how you can reach your fundraising target!! Not […]

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Volunteer Diary: Adjusting to life in the village

Olivia Higginson is writing a great blog about her time volunteering in Kerala, India for 3 months, below are some excerpts from her blog describing her first couple of days and adjusting to life in an Indian fishing community… So have spent 2 nights with my new family. Where to start? (more…)

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Children in my host family

Student Leader Diary – India 2012 – Saying Goodbye

“There really is an endless list of what I will miss… but hopefully I will get to visit at some point next year!” Lauren Plüss, 2012

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2012 Student Leaders with the Country Manager - Nueng

Student Leader Diary – Thailand 2012 – ‘An Honorary Thai’

Ellie Livermore was our Student Leader from Manchester Metropolitan University this year in Thailand, she volunteered with VESL in 2010 and was able to return to Thailand this year as a Student Leader, here she reflects on her experience. When the opportunity to be a VESL student co-ordinator came up, it was too good to […]

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James with his host and member of his team

Student Leader Diary – Thailand 2012 – The Land of Smiles

James Hallworth was selected as a Student Leader for one of the two Thailand projects that VESL ran at Edgehill University this year, here he reflects on his time overseas and the challenges he faced.   I was very nervous about taking this role due to having no previous management experience. Looking back, I am so […]

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Student's reading their new library books

Student Leader Diary – India 2012 – Opening a School Library

We were very lucky to receive a donation of books from Usborne Books before we left, and there was a great selection of books for the children to use.  With these books and money we had raised, we decided, with permission of the school, that it would be good to start a school English library […]

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Lesson on the olympics

Student Leader Diary – India 2012 – Free time…what free time?!

In true context of this post, we have been so busy that we have not had time to write another post – so although this a little delayed… here is my next post about what we have been up to in our free time! We have managed to become involved in lots of different activities […]

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Eve with washing bucket

Tips for Hand Washing Your Clothes

Washing your clothes while overseas can be an interesting experience.  In my host family, watching me hand wash my clothes was something they found totally hilarious. No matter how many times I did it, and how many lessons I had, I never seemed to quite match up to their standards! These are some tips that […]

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Past volunteers, Hannah Pilcher and Eleanor Reilly, at The Golden Traingle

5 Things to See and Do in Chiang Rai, Thailand

Following on from our blog on what to see and do in Kerala – we didn’t want our Thailand volunteers to feel left out, so we got in contact with some of our past volunteers and have put together a list of top things to do in Thailand – after all you will want to […]

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Sticker Charts

Help – I need some tips to control my class

For students, having volunteers in their classroom is a new and exciting novelty, and like students anywhere they will try to push the boundaries at the beginning.  Below are a few tips that will help you manage the behaviour of the students, particularly in those first few weeks as you settle into the role (some of them may sound very […]

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Pin the tail on the donkey

Starting an After School Club

There are lots of opportunities to run extra-curricula activities and it is a great way to fully involve yourself in the project. Just make sure you ask permission from the school before you set anything up. My experience teaching English in Kerala I spent three months teaching English in Kerala. The students in the English medium class […]

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Surviving the monsoon?

Help! It’s monsoon season!

A lot of our volunteers go out in the summer months to fit in around university and teaching holidays, unfortunately this means that it is monsoon season in Thailand, India and Sri Lanka! Locals will try and stay inside when it is monsoon rain but there are times where you get caught out in it…and […]

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