Want a deeper insight into what an ICS placement looks like? Read the amazing blogs written by our past and present volunteers. Enjoy the journey!

Monju Meah helping at a soup kitchen
2 March 2012
Peru: The challenges of international development
ICS volunteer Monju Meah reflects on some of the challenges of international development: Around 60...
Peru
Portrait of a boy in Malawi
1 March 2012
Malawi: Setting up a children's centre
This week we have been focusing on preparations for our community based children’s centre that we...
Malawi
A girl in an English lesson in Peru
24 February 2012
ICS: Setting the record straight
In an article published in the Sunday Telegraph on 12 February 2012, "Gap year holidays that reveal...
A boy in Malawi
21 February 2012
Malawi: Strategies for learning about HIV and looking after children
This week we have been visiting different groups that run activities to do with HIV so we can see...
Malawi, HIV
Houses in Villa El Salvador in Peru
20 February 2012
Peru: People's pride in their community
I have been to a fair few places around the world, in both the Global North and the Global South,...
Peru
Susan Teale interviewing the head chief of the Nsanje district
20 February 2012
Malawi: Alternative ways of farming with limited resources
We finally have lift off! After all the preparation and planning the practical work has finally...
Malawi

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