A couple of years ago, my mother asked me if I wanted tutor Simon, a boy living across the street. His mother had approached mine because this little boy has had 6 different tutors that year alone already, but none of them were able to explain math to him. Curious as...
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Never forget to love
From the Netherlands to Greece – after 4 hours flight plus 3,5 hours by bus I arrived at my destination: Patras! The third biggest city in Greece, located in the north-west. It was smaller than I expected, but with very beautiful sea and mountain views. In the late...
Exchange Standards – what are they?
Exchange Standards - what are they? By Jesler van Houdt What are the exchange standards? The AIESEC exchange standards are 16 promises from us to you. They describe what you can expect from us once you decide to go abroad with AIESEC. Why does AIESEC have exchange...
My top 8 tips for volunteering with AIESEC
In the months January/February I participated in the “We Speak”-project volunteering with AIESEC in Bogotá, Colombia. I taught women from the “Casa de Igualdad” (house of equality) English in the hope for them to become more self-confident and make them stand out from...
Where will I live while I’m abroad?
One of the benefits of volunteering abroad with AIESEC is that you don’t have to worry about your accommodation once you’re abroad. All AIESEC projects provide, and sometimes even cover, a place for you to stay. But what will this place look like? In general, there...
My 6½ weeks volunteering in Moshi, Tanzania
AIESEC Kilimanjaro, Women Empowerment My idea of volunteering abroad arose a few days before New Year’s Eve, when I was listing up my resolutions. One of them was to make the most of my long long summer holidays. So, when I went back to uni in January, the first...