DWC Blogspot.

Stay current with our Team Leaders and participants as they share their meaningful adventures, in country as they post on our blog spot - "Notes from the Field." Blogs are updated as Team Leaders and participants post when Internet connections are available in respective communities.

Currently there are Volunteer Teams in:

GUATEMALA:

Click here to read about a group of high school students (and three chaperones) from Kamloops who are volunteering in village of San Miguel Duenas, Guatemala.   Along with refurbishing buildings, the group will be helping the host partner provide children with a basic foundation of literacy and life skills. 

PERU:

Follow a group of high school students from Kamloops who will be volunteering in Lima, Peru.  The students will be helping new Host Partner IFEJANT on the outskirts of Lima.   Click here to read about the group.

Read past postings from Developing World Connections Volunteers Teams:

SRI LANKA:

Follow the first team of 2010 in Sri Lanka.  They will continue work on the Trades Training Facility outside the city of Tangalle.  They will also be attending the 5th anniversary celebrations put on by the Tangalle- Kamloops Friendship Committee in Tangalle.  The celebrations will building a temple wall in the village of Ketakalawatta.  Click here to read about the group's adventures and project work.

INDIA:

Click here and read about how 13 University of Victoria students are working in the desert of Rajasthan, India. The group will be lending their human resources to the rural families in a village near the town of Bhinder.  They will be working along side villagers building wall partitions and a water harvesting structure.

CAMBODIA:

Click here to read about a unique group of people ranging in age from 14 - 70 and coming from Santa Barbara, Vanoucver, Kamloops, Cambodia and Denmark as they volunteer in the village of Chamcar Bei, building 'Dream Homes' for Cambodian families.

RWANDA:

Read the story of SoftChoice Cares 2009 Rwandan Mission.  They introduced the Internet and computers to the town of Gashora.   Click here to read about the group projects and their meaningful adventure in bridging the digital divide.

KENYA:

Click here to read about the team students from Ryerson University focusing their volunteer efforts on the creation of education and economic opportunities as a sustainable approach to poverty alleviation in and around the town of Maai Mahiu, Kenya.