Volunteers Section

Liam Paul McGrath
UK

Volunteered: Autumn, 2002

Rebecca Ellis
UK

Volunteered: June 15 - July 31, 2004

John Stevenson
New Zealand
email: caelin@dodo.com.au
Today, at least as I write, is exactly twelve months since I arrived in Izhevsk. It seems an age, and is, since I left Russia. In the time since, I have spoken many times, to many people of my experience, but to this moment I have put nothing in writing. While most of this procrastination has been due to fitting back into my old routine, it was also because I didn’t want to put my thoughts on record while the experience was so fresh and vivid in my memory. Time (a lot of it) has passed, and though the experiences have lost none of their clarity, I believe that I can now write uninfluenced by emotion, on my time in the schools program. If time has, what has not passed, or faded, is a deep satisfaction. I have done many things, and traveled a great deal in my life, but the short period in the schools program stands out as one of my most rewarding experiences ...more

Volunteered: October 10 - December 5, 2004

Tom Latter
UK

Volunteered: From January 9, 2008