Paula Burgi / November 2009

I found out about the Learn2give project through a website called helpx.net. The website involves giving your help in exchange for accommodation. I was still new to the website, and had been disappointed by hosts failing to send responses to my emails, so I was very happy when I got not only a quick response, but a very excited email welcoming me to the project.


After sending a resume and a few more confirmation emails, I was on a bus to Ubon Ratachani. At the bus station, I was picked up by 2 very enthusiastic students, both first years and part of the English Crazy Club. They took me to the Ubon Museum, and then to the University, where I met tons of people and felt instantly welcomed. As a gap year student thus soon going to college, it was great to be around other college students, as I had been with a bunch of middle aged people for the past month