Want a deeper insight into what an ICS placement looks like? Read the amazing blogs written by our past and present volunteers. Enjoy the journey!

11 July 2013
Nicaragua: The Culture of Machismo
With our partner-organisation FENACOOP, we recently carried a workshop in the town of Dipilto on...
Gender, ICS Nicaragua
Progressio ICS volunteers speaking to a crowd
2 January 2013
Zimbabwe: 16 days of activism against gender based violence
Like many countries there remain damaging gender stereotypes within Zimbabwe that restrict and...
Gender, Latest volunteer, ICS Zimbabwe
Amanda Gonzalez
1 November 2012
El Salvador: The women of Adecomupaz
Amanda Gonzalez has been known to many as a guerilla fighter for most of her life. She fought hard...
Gender, ICS El Salvador, Latest volunteer
ICS volunteers working hard to help Lorena and her family prepare land for crops
24 October 2012
Honduras: People powered development
I have been in Honduras for over 2 weeks now and have managed to find a space for myself here in a...
Honduras, Gender, Latest volunteer, ICS Honduras
Berta showing vols how to make pupusas
6 August 2012
El Salvador: 3 weeks in...
Three weeks in El Salvador and if the heat doesn’t kill me then the excitement will. Working as a...
El Salvador, Gender
Volunteers and villagers dancing
24 May 2012
Malawi: Learning what people think about HIV
On the first day of the eagerly anticipated placement we endured a teeth rattling drive down dusty...
Malawi, HIV, Gender

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