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Staffer: Katie Mossman www.i-to-i.com/campfire/mozzarella Hi everyone, I’m Katie and I’m the Customer Support Manager at i-to-i! I’ve worked here for three and a half years now, but before I worked here I was an i-to-i customer and I travelled to Uganda to teach English for one month in a tiny village with no electricity or running water. I got the chance to go to Uganda through my University (long live Leeds Met University!) who helped...

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I've never been so pleased to see the weekend - I'm tired to my very bones from digging, stomping, smashing rocks (OK I'll admit I didn't do that) carrying heavy things (beer) my scalp was sunburned so now I look like a boy wearing a baseball cap, but I fit in with the Canadians as they all have caps so there's my silver lining... On our last day on the project this week, I got...

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So we hit the building sites on the Tuesday morning, the first bus was supposed to leave the hotel to head to the site at 7.30am, I think it left at 8.45am...so a little late then! We had 4 building sites marked out for us, all at different stages of construction so that hopefully we'd get to see one of the houses finished. Everyone gets stuck in with either a pickaxe, shovel, hoe or camera...oh...

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So, we've left for Valle De Angeles and the journey takes a little longer than expected due to some pretty serious beer stops, Canada likes a drink I'm told, plus it helps the local Honduran economy! I can't argue with facts like that... Bohemian Rhapsody comes on the radio and the driver is INSTRUCTED (by me) to turn it UP! Mayhem ensues as we drive through tiny rural villages with Canadians spilling out of the...

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Hola Amigos! Just got back from building homes in Honduras for the last 2.5 weeks and had the most amazing time, can't wait to tell you all about it! Some other time maybe... Oh now you say? OK! Stoewie and I from the i-to-i customer support team here had the opportunity to go alongside a group of 65 people from a security firm based in Canada, so we jumped at said chance! Stoewie is based...

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Hola Amigos! Stoewie and I from the Customer Support team are currently over in Honduras and we're going to be helping build homes for the next two weeks at our building project! Woop! We're working alongside our Vigilon group of 78 people and we're planning to build 4 houses in the 2 weeks that we're here. Some of them are in different stages of completion already so that everyone gets to help out in lots...

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As a self-confessed travel addict and experienced member of the support team, I like to think I know a thing or two about volunteering! Once the giddy-excitement of getting your trip booked has passed, it's time to start that all important preparation and while deciding which tops to pack for maximum coordination is a must there is also another important packing decision to make if you're volunteering...what should you take to help the project? The...

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Hi everyone, I'm looking to go on a South Africa (both Cape Town and JBurg) trip in May this year and I was just wondering if anyone has been to South Africa this time of year? It's supposed to be one of the colder months and I don't want to go if it's their winter. HOWEVER, if I wait for June or July as it's World Cup the flights are £2200 compared to the modest...

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Jambo! We just received the latest version of the newsletter direct from Tumaini and we found the following request useful if anyone has any spare space in their luggage: Joan has given us a request - If anyone has a few bob and some space in their suitcase. Joan prints off her own flyers about the Home and requires ink cartridges to do this. They are very expensive in Kenya so - again, if anyone...

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Hello folks! If you've booked a trip with us and you need some help about visas, Criminal Records Checks (UK only), getting in touch with other travellers going to your destination or just to that question keeping you awake at night, you'll love our Customer Support campfire on here: http://www.i-to-i.com/campfire/groups/317-Customer-Support- Feel free to join our group and tag any journals, pictures or discussions to our group to get the noticed by more people on here....

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