Thankyou to all people and places volunteers - past and future.

1. “The world is hugged by the
faithful arms of
volunteers.”
Everett Mámor

3. “ I am very proud of
the fact that I might
have started
something that
could do so much
good.”
Nigel

4. “Volunteer - you
will get far
more out of it
than you have
put in.”
Monica

5. “There is nothing that
harvests more of a feeling
of empowerment than
being of service to someone
in need.”
Gillian Anderson

6. “You only get
out of it
what you
put in”
Duncan

7. Mel and Peter Nobody
can do everything,
but everyone can
do something.
Author Unknown

8. “In addition to
making a
difference, our
family actually came
home richer in
personal and global
perspectives.”
Mike Hsieh Mapoch

9. “I was very impressed
by Lisong’s focus on
teacher training as the
way to raise education
standards nationwide
rather than working in
individual schools
where improvements
will affect only a small
number of children.”
Dianne

10. “As a UK teacher, I am
used to everything
being structured. I
never knew when
children would turn up
and more and more
would appear once I'd
started an activity.”
Lucy

11. “ people & places were
the only organisation I
came across which
focused on matching skills
to project needs. They
provided the opportunity
to apply my professional
skills and thus allow me
to make a more
significant difference to
my project.”
Kris (in Lucy’s tiara)

12. “Perhaps travel cannot
prevent bigotry, but by
demonstrating that all
peoples
cry, laugh, eat, worry, and
die, it can introduce the
idea that if we try to
understand each other, we
Sue and Salome
may even become friends'
Maya Angelou

13. I would recommend
volunteering to others
because you learn about
the people as well as the
place. It’s not easy - I was
very tired in the evenings
but at the end of it you
really feel that you have
done something
worthwhile.
Tony

14. “We feel that our
skills have been well
matched to the
needs of the staff
and it has been a
pleasure
to serve them.”
Hugh and Joan

15. “I was so impressed
with the level of
enthusiasm within the
staff. They were so
eager to learn new
techniques and to
observe these
techniques within their
classrooms.”
Sara

16. “The home stay
accommodations were
wonderful. We weren’t
sure what to expect, and
we ended up just loving
the home and the
township. There was a
true sense of community
and everyone was
extremely friendly to us.”
Eileen

17. "This old white man has
done what other people
of my own colour refuse
to, he has given me the
chance to learn to work
with my own hands”.
Nathi- local unemployed youth
about Charles

18. “Going home was
really hard. In South
Africa, not a day
passed when I didn't
feel valuable, or like I
was learning and
seeing new things.”
Emma

19. “If you think you are too
small to be effective, you
have never been in bed
with a mosquito.”
Betty Reese

20. “I always felt safe
and with the many
activities, I never had
a dull moment.
I went there with an
open mind and so
wasn’t disappointed
about anything!”
Edwina

21. “The true meaning of life is
to plant trees, under
whose shade you do not
expect to sit.”
Nelson Henderson

22. “My job is to design
the curriculum and
then develop
appropriate learning
materials – so far so
good in fact so far so
brilliant!”
Bill

23. “ I am only one, but I am one.
I cannot do everything, but I can do
something. And I will not let
what I cannot do interfere with what I
can do. ”
Edward Everett Hale

24. Thank you for contributing to
human development. You
may consider the role you
have played or about to play
small in such a big world full
with all sorts of problems but
do not forget it is one kick at
a time that scores the
winning goal! Therefore, no
role is small until we win!
Adama - local partner The Gambia

25. Nokwakha( Nita) and Pumesa

26. There are two ways of
spreading light - to be the
candle or the mirror that
reflects it.
Edith Wharton