Prithipura Communities: Disability Volunteering

I've worked at Prithipura for 3 months. These months were amazing. The staff is very friendly and funny. Everybody is happy that you are there to help and to meet you. I helped them with the daily routine and toke care of the kids. The workingdays are long but because of the atmosphere at Prithipura, the children and adults makes it worth it. You will get free food, a rove about your head in a nice room and a lot of fun with everybody. I loved my time at Prithipura!

this was my first Project ever i volunteered for and it was a really good choice! first of all you are welcomed in a very friendly way, so you nearly feel a bit like home, but what is even more important is that your help is really needed there!!! work can sometimes be very exausting but you are rewarded with the smiles of the Kids and you make the working life for the staff a lot easier as well :) i volunteered there as physiotherapist and also had to help in the daily Routine work such as feeding and cleaning. to get in contact is quite easy and you get amazing Food and a clean room in the volunteer area for free. you only have to pay for your flight, your visa and your travel insurance. to sum it all up i made great experiences there, i got a new perspective on working with People who have dissabilities in a new Environment, i met a lot of People and became friends with them and even been in prithipura three times within my travelling from summer 2013 to winter 2014 so i just can highly recommend to go there :) !!!

I had a great and rewarding time in the Prithipura Infants home in Sri Lanka! We had a lot of fun with other volunteers and the staff. I worked there as a physiotherapist. There are so many childreen, so you have the feeling, that your work is really needed. If I would have chance to go there, I would do it again. It is a really friendly and warmth organisation! I also helped with the feeding of the childreen and cleaning.

With over 80 residents at Prithi and less than 20 regular staff, the work is full-on and more help is needed! Despite their gruelling workload the staff are supportive, friendly and always happy. The children are a joy and I cannot wait to return.