Archive for the ‘Testimonials’ Category

I didn’t really appreciate how great HELP was until I got the chance to talk to some other teachers in Kalimpong. I met at least four or five others who were teaching and all of them seemed to say their placements were unorganized and boring. Some also paid as much as 6 times the amount I paid and they didn’t know where any of the money went. HELP gave me the opportunity to work very independently with the comfort of having a number of reliable contacts in and out of my placement. I can’t say enough how glad I am to have chosen this organization over some of the other available opportunities. (Justin Bradley, Bright Life Academy, July 2008)

HELP is rare for an organisation offering volunteer teaching in that it puts the needs of the local people before the desires of the western person wanting ‘the experience’. For example, insisting on a minimum of 8 weeks of teaching is an excellent policy (Alastair Skeffington, Saraswatimata Yumahangma English School, 2008)

‘I think HELP is the volunteer organization that I looked for for a long time. It is the most easily accessible and responsive organization I found on the web. I really like the self donation to the school and how independent it requires its volunteers to be, unlike many other organizations.’ (Michael Winterstein, St. Paul Primary School, 2008)

“HELP is a tremendous organization that allows volunteers to be placed in schools that can really use their help. The reason we were attracted to HELP, in part, was that the funds expected from the volunteer were not overly cumbersome, and were directed primarily at the school, not toward a large, somewhat unaccountable Not For Profit organization expecting unreasonable fees.
Jim can be very proud of what he has accomplished. The schools are so lucky that he has devoted so much to HELP.” (Marc and Molly Young, GPS Bhagsu Nag, 2008)