Category: Life of a Volunteer
Our Stories:
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Hank’s Volunteer Life (Part I)
Hank Rugg is an American teenager only a year out of high school. Before becoming a Gorilla Highlands volunteer he had an India experience that has deeply influenced him – therefore let us start over there…It’s important to understand that so far your whole life has been in classrooms. Pretty much all you can remember…
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12 Observations of White People
I’m gonna start by telling you why I know the Bazungu*, the whites. When I was young I wished to work with foreigners. When I was 12 years old in 2002 I joined school at Bufuka Primary School at Lake Bunyonyi. It was difficult for me to speak English because Dad and Mum don’t speak…
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Life of a Gorilla Highlands Volunteer
Katharina Lahner, sent to volunteer with Gorilla Highlands by Grenzenlos (Austria), is ending her three-month stay with us. We will miss her abundant positive energy, devotion and marketing skills! To celebrate her contribution we’ve asked for a little summary of her Gorilla Highlands life. This is what she wrote on Friday, before going to Queen…
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