.Int FAQs

A project can be any hosting facility that enables our volunteers to have their volunteering experiences abroad. Some examples are; Boarding schools, social activism organisation or a media printing outlet.

The training  will usually start in February and end in June. So, volunteers will be able to leave earliest by July. After that it’s up to you to choose a date. However, if you’re joining in alone and don’t want to go on the experience alone you should know most of the other volunteers usually leave between July and October. We try to pair up and create small groups but it’s not always possible when volunteers have very tight availability.

You can either go alone or in small groups of 2, 3 or 4 depending on the hosting project’s needs.

No, we don’t have a fixed price, in fact SPYS doesn’t ask for any money. If we rent premises for during training the price is split evenly between trainers  and volunteers. The volunteers pay for their own flight and we provide accommodation and food during the duration of their experience.*

There are experiences in different countries but these vary year by year depending on the needs of the our partners. These countries are located in Africa, South America and Asia. The most common places we send volunteers is not limited to, but most commonly are; Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, India, Ecuador. We prefer sending volunteers to places we visit and have a strong relationship with the managing partner organisation to make sure the project is a good experience.

As we are a Salesian organisation, most of our experiences involve working with children. Depending on the project’s needs we will do our best to send the best fitting volunteer and vise versa, we try to find projects where our volunteers will feel useful. After we get to know them during the training course will find the best fitting project for them. In some occasions there may be manual work involved in the project as well however this is very rare.