Community Development Short-Term Internship in Cape Town

I loved my time on Karongwe and would highly recommend it to people. I would ultimately have fewer people there, as the small base became very crowded and tensions could rise. I would also make it easier to get off base. With only sunday off and having to rent a car it became very difficult and expensive to get off base, resulting in many people not being able to do as much sightseeing as they would like. I also wished staff members hadn't had such blatant favouritism. Certain volunteers became ...

I've seen some amazing sites which I'm very lucky to have witnessed as some may not ever have the opportunity. I've definitely gained a big 5 memory collection! However I was disappointed with the internship, staff management at times and especially disappointed in the head office at GVI. I feel like we are being overcharged for what we get, so much of our money goes into gvi but yet the bases we love at don't seem to get much from it. The plumbing kept having problems, the mattresses are well o...