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Visiting a possible new partner in Senegal

Visiting a possible new partner in Senegal

When Sallie and I were in the Gambia is January, we took the opportunity to go with Adama, our colleague and partner in The Gambia, into the neighbouring country of Senegal to explore the possibilities for us working there too.  The Gambia and Senegal have close ties in the field of responsible tourism and Adama had identified possible new partners and projects for us to look at. We travelled south from the Gambia into the beautiful region of Casamance in…

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New faces for the people and places team

New faces for the people and places team

We are excited to introduce two additions to the people and places team. Mariana Bah works with Sallie on the business management side of people and places, including accounting, marketing, organisational best practice, and on liaison with our local partners.  She has been involved with people and places since the early days, working from 2009-2012 as volunteer coordinator in The Gambia. Some of you may spot that she has the same surname as our partner Adama in The Gambia – she is…

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Have you booked your slot for our online social on February 8th?

Have you booked your slot for our online social on February 8th?

Don’t miss out! Our socials are popular events and we’d love to see you there, whether you are a previous volunteer catching up with old friends, a new volunteer looking forward to their placement or just thinking about possibly volunteering in the future. Our online events mean that people can join from around the world – all our local partners will be there even though they are in different countries in very different time zones. Volunteers in the middle of…

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“Reassuring, informative…part of a special club” – good reasons to come to our next volunteer meeting

“Reassuring, informative…part of a special club” – good reasons to come to our next volunteer meeting

Our November social is filling up – if you would like to come please let us know ASAP “I just wanted to drop you a line to thankyou for arranging the volunteer on line meetings. The first meeting I attended was before I volunteered with you and I found it so reassuring to be able to hear from previous volunteers and local partners before I travelled. A few months after my return I attended another meeting and it was great…

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Wondering what to do on a Saturday morning in February?  Here’s a date for your diary

Wondering what to do on a Saturday morning in February?  Here’s a date for your diary

The holiday season is over so you are unlikely to be meeting family and friends.  It’s too early in the year to get out in the garden.  It may well be cold and rainy so not the day to go into town.  Why not attend our next online social?  An opportunity to meet us, our partners and project staff from the different countries where we work, and previous, current and prospective volunteers.  We promise you a friendly welcome.  SATURDAY FEBRUARY…

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Kate – mistress of identifying transferable skills – has retired

Kate – mistress of identifying transferable skills – has retired

Many of you will have worked with Kate – some of you will have heard of her and some will wonder who on earth she is! Kate and I ( Sallie ) met in a garden in The Gambia 20 years ago and that’s when we decided to create people and places together. Kate is very much a people person….not great at systems – some of you no doubt have stories that will perfectly exemplify this! Kate’s greatest skill? –…

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Another fantastic volunteer meeting

Another fantastic volunteer meeting

“I really enjoyed listening to the other volunteers and their experiences and it was managed most skilfully by Paul who drew in plenty of people as well as managing the time very well.  What struck me was that most were, like me, people who had not worked abroad before but welcomed the opportunity to share skills, visit new places (eventually!) and meet people from other countries. ” “Thankyou for arranging such an informative session – I am now even more excited…

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Did you get our invite to the virtual volunteer meeting in January?

Did you get our invite to the virtual volunteer meeting in January?

Once upon a time we all had to travel for hours to meet up with each other and many of you couldn’t join us due to distance and oceans and our local partners could rarely attend – again oceans but most of all prohibitive travel costs…… then we discovered ZOOM – now we can all be together in the same room. We think the success of our Zoom volunteer meetings may be the biggest plus of all in the last…

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online volunteer socials – a real success

online volunteer socials – a real success

We have always held regular volunteer socials – a way for volunteers to meet us, each other and any of our local partners able to attend. But what to do during lockdown? Like everything else, we decide to move our social events online – and what a successful move this turned out to be! ‘A very positive afternoon.  It achieved what it set out to do, allowing those familiar with the projects to delve a little deeper and express their…

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volunteering where now?

volunteering where now?

people and places and Treak (our partners in Cambodia) talk about resilience, opportunity and innovation on a webinar discussing volunteering during and post the pandemic. Click on picture below to watch the video ( Michael starts speaking 21.12 into the video – followed by Sallie) See if you can spot who the non-academics are!!!!