<p>Second mini and momrath on the Third World service stints. </p>
<p>My S1 did a six week volunteer project in Tanzania with a group of 20 students from the UK. The group ranged from age 17 (my son) to 28 (a microbiologist Phd on leave with her partner). There were a few upper class students but the majority were self-starters from middle class backgrounds travelling on funds they had raised themselves. 17 out of 20 were girls--and i believe that is standard.</p>
<p>A few of the students (3 girls) stopped in here on their way around the world. I'd take any one of them for a daughter-in-law because none of them were the proverbial 'Hothouse Flower' that has to have everything just so! These girls were funny, adventurous, non-plussed and easily entertained. A delight!</p>