My Nonprofit Reviews

I spent 4 beautiful weeks in Zanzibar, Tanzania this past summer and the experience I had was remarkable!

I'm sure each volunteer and each program has their own personal story to share but the mission and goals of One Heart Source are quite clear to me. Educating and inspiring self-sustained learning and connection is what we worked towards.

In addition to formal class each morning and an evening extracurricular club/ workshop at night, I was assigned 4 little girls ages 9-12 for after school tutoring called Mentorship. The work I did with these girls were the highlight of my whole experience. They were full of joy, excitement, light and love. We laughed, played, danced and learned from one another. I taught traditional academics like Math and English but also chose to focus our time together on building and maintaining positive relationships through compliments and attention, mental clarity with breathing excercises and meditation, and lastly just having fun and being silly with one another. With their help, I, in turn learned more about generosity, vulnerability, patience, respect, affection, the Swahili language and innocence.

I couldn't be more happy with the One Heart Source organization. All the coordinators I've worked with share a similar perspective on humanity and connection. The OHS mission is very much aligned with my own ideas and feelings about awareness and education so being involved with these ideas put-to-action has been an incredible blessing.

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