"We want to start by thanking EIL for their generous contribution to our stay in Thailand. We are 21 and 22 years of age, we tied the knott last August and are now volunteer workers helping a Christian charity called HANDS (Health and Nutritional Development Services) for fifteen months.

The charity works with displaced, vulnerable and disadvantaged people in Thailand. They mainly work with hill tribe people, such as the Akha and Shan tribes.

Our passion over here is relationships – We love spending time with Thai people as they are caring, joyful and giving and they always challenge us to be better people.

WYSTC 2009 was held in Manchester, England from September 22 - 25. This was the 18th annual World Youth Student and Travel Conference but the first time it has been hosted in the United Kingdom. With over 100,000 university students and one of the largest populations of international students in Europe, Manchester was a very fitting venue for what many consider one of the key trade events for organizations involved with youth, student and educational travel.

Welcome to EIL UK’s new website.

Though it’s still a little rough around the edges and there’s plenty more to be added over time we hope you’ll find it a useful way to learn about our programmes.

We’re also beginning to reach out and offer ways in which you can get involed online with EIL UK: be it writing a blog on this website while you’re volunteering in Ecuador, or helping to raise awareness of development education issues on the EIL UK Facebook page.

If you have any comments, or run into any problems with the website please let us know.