Melanie Earp
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Melanie Earp
The original plan was to just do 3 months volunteering to get some experience before I could start applying for jobs in conservation....and it just grew!! I have had to reel myself in a little and am now doing 'The World' in 2 halves, with possibly some other little excursions in between. The first half being Ghana, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. More details later. After looking into volunteering and realising how expensive some of the projects were I decided to go it alone and I'm hoping that my personal experiences will help others to realise that you don't have to spend £800 -£1500 per week to volunteer. Having said that I can see why, in some instances, it is expensive, it takes a lot of planning, research and organisation. I've spent the last 18 months or so planning my trip and I've probably still missed something but that's part of the adventure. Anyway, my trip starts on 9th June (thanks to Alitalia) more later. Hopefully someone will find my rantings interesting.