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One of our volunteers came to Canada for a month and choose children’s programming. Her host family love hosting volunteers and were so excited to tell me that Aya had written a 4 page letter about her experiences. She learned so much about primary education in Canada and also about our culture that they described her experience as “transformational”! She departed with a few tears, lots of new ideas and renewed determination to become a teacher.
I just read Aya’s 4 page letter about her volunteer experience and it is inspiring! She works with children in Japan and came to Canada to learn about our systems here. She came with very clear ideas about what she wanted to learn and we were able to find her the right opportunity so her goals would be met. She was an active participant in the programming and if she didn’t understand why things were being done in a certain way, she asked questions. She wrote that she had a wonderful time and will never forget her time here. She said that she has new confidence and thinks she will be a better teacher for having spent time volunteering in Canada. She sent a big thank you to everyone who helped her!
Tip: Tell us what you hope to learn when you apply to volunteer.
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