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Review for Cross-Cultural Solutions, New Rochelle, NY, USA

Rating: 5 stars  

I have worked with CCS as a volunteer in India, China, Morocco and Brazil. All of my experiences were amazing and I cannot express the impact that this organization has had on my life.
CCS has all local staff in each of the countries they serve and the staff are organized, very friendly and accommodating and they are just great people to deal with. The CCS homes are very typical for the country they are in and they are very comfortable. The food is all local food and it was amazing in every country. And the friends you make in a CCS program end up being friends for life. I still keep in touch with more than 10 volunteers that I met over the years and we have visited each other numerous times.
The placements with CCS are the center of the program. You are placed in a volunteer job that best suits you and you work with locals that really need and appreciate your service. In Morocco for example I was teaching students in their late teens and early 20s English so they could get jobs in the city of Rabat. The students welcomed me every day I arrived and were so happy to have a foreigner come in especially for them to help them succeed. Often the students of CCS volunteers end up doing something good for the community themselves when they get older by becoming teachers or volunteers themselves. I believe that this 'pay it forward' phenomena is one of the biggest benefits of volunteering with CCS.
The CCS experience itself is an education... not just in the culture and the realities of the country you are in ... but an education in what is important in life. CCS helps you put things in perspective as a global citizen and they help you to appreciate what life is all about.
Thank you CCS

I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...

Some of the students that I have worked with as a volunteer in this organization have gone on to be very helpful themselves in the community.

If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...

None

Would you volunteer for this group again?

Definitely

For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?

A lot

Did the organization use your time wisely?

Very Well

Would you recommend this group to a friend?

Definitely

What one change could this group make that would improve your volunteer experience?

None

When was your last experience with this nonprofit?

2010

Role:  Volunteer & Teach english to adults and kids, work at orphanage, career planning, red cross assistant.