Laura Mc Grawth from Dublin writes about her time volunteeringin Nigeria:

Cathal From Co Mayo kept a diary about his is experience of working at a volunteer camp in Rajasthan, India. Here's an entry from part way through his time there:

Hey all

Hope everyone is well and good and all ready to enjoy the May weekend. was pretty shocked when i realised it was 1st May as that means I am home later on this month. Now finish week 9 and beginning to feel the countdown to the finish line. I have come back up to Mcleodganj the village where the Dalai Lama resides for the weekend because i liked it so much last weekend. it is a real chilled out and relaxed place and I am completely fascinated by the Tibetan influence and the Buddhist monks. It is fascinating religion.

Caroline Enright, a graduate in International Studies, spent 7 weeks volunteering with the Manav Sadhna Centre in Ahnedabad. This is an account of her time there:

The Manav Sadhna centre is fantastic and they do phenomenal work with women and children in the areas of education, empowerment, health, craft. I wrote a proposal for funding for the building of a new workshop for the women's craft part of the NGO which will hopefully be accepted soon...I got to use the qualifications I learned through my degree and it was good having my own projects to work on. I am also selling Manav Sadhna products through Amnesty in Ireland, they're really happy about this in the NGO as it means they can include more kids and women in their programes through greater demand for products...

June Keohane from Co Cork has spent 4 months in Guatemala volunteering for ADISA, a centre caring for people with special needs.

Sorcha Grehan is a teacher from Dublin, she wrote to EIL Ireland with news about her volunteering with the San Francisco school in Santa Fe.

Hola Anton...

How are you?

How is everything at home? 30 odd degrees here each day so the idea of Christmas seems a long way off!!

Ive wanted to write before but I´m working really hard here and don´t have the time for even keeping in touch with fiends and family hardly. Also there is so much to say and tell that I don´t even know where to start!!

Rosetta Reilly, a primary teacher from County Meath Ireland wrote the following email to Anton, EIL Ireland Volunteer Abroad project officer, updating him to how she's getting on with volunteering on a project in Argentina.

Hi Anton,