Earlier this year, I spent a wonderful 10 weeks in the county of Taita Taveta, Kenya volunteering with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) through International Citizens Service (ICS) – a UK government funded programme allowing 18-25 year olds the opportunity to volunteer abroad in one of twenty developing countries on a three month placement.
Several reasons had led me to the ICS programme: my contract at my job was coming to an end and applications for another had fallen on deaf ears; I wanted to gain the skills I needed for a job in campaigning; and I was hankering to travel but didn’t have the money to do so.
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