Category Archives: Testimonials

  • Carolina (Study in Cuba): “Immediately I could feel the Cuban spirit”

    Posted on February 23, 2020 by in Testimonials

    See here our Study / Volunteer / Internship in Cuba program! Hola Me llamo Carolina y soy de Bélgica. The rest of this little note, I’m going to write in English. After a long search for an opportunity to learn Spanish in Cuba I found ‘Best programs’ online. I left for Cuba on the 4th […]

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  • Intern in Russia Testimonial – Interview with Bertrand Fonteyn

    Posted on July 18, 2020 by in Testimonials

    Bertrand Fonteyn /Best Programs participant in our:  Intern in Russia program. Bertrand is from Belgium, where he studied Art History and Slavic Languages. He has worked in Thailand as an English teacher, in China as an English teacher (university level), and in Kazakhstan as an English and French teacher (university level). Bertrand is currently working in […]

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  • Feelings towards my experience in Cuba

    Posted on June 12, 2017 by in Testimonials

    See here our Study / Volunteer / Internship in Cuba program! The following are some of my feelings towards my experience in Cuba:1. Why did you decide to study and intern abroad?Travel has always been my way of living.  At the end of 2016, there was a point when I felt endless drifting didn´t bring […]

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  • “I wanted to experience the Cuban lifestyle first hand”

    Posted on March 4, 2017 by in Testimonials

    The first time I visited Cuba was a package programme staying in hotels and travelling with a local tour guide. I fell in love with the Cuban culture and the Cuban optimism, but I wanted to experience the Cuban lifestyle first hand.     While searching for a programme in Cuba, I found out that […]

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  • Emilia Hovestadt. Intern abroad in Madrid: Interview and Photo Gallery

    Posted on January 29, 2017 by in Gallery, Testimonials

    An intern abroad experience. Emilia Hovestadt spent 2.5 months with us in Madrid last fall from October 1st to December 14th, 2016.  She was a Marketing intern for a company which we started working with over 10 years ago.  Their area of expertise is the conciliation of the private and professional lives of workers through […]

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  • Volunteer Interview: Sabadell, una pequeña gran ciudad

    Posted on December 15, 2016 by in Testimonials

    by Alex Holgado Llegó a España en Julio y, tras dos meses en Málaga, está viviendo en Barcelona. Melissa Vogt procede de Adelaida, la capital de Australia, y está perfeccionando su español (es hija de madre peruana) al tiempo que colabora con la fundación local SID Moskitia. En Australia -dice- soy voluntaria de Oxfam y […]

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  • “I wanted to experience the Cuban lifestyle first hand”

    Posted on December 7, 2016 by in Testimonials

    1. Why did you decide to study and intern abroad? In April 2016, I visited Cuba for the first time on a one week vacation which was a package programme staying in hotels and travelling with a local tour guide. I fell in love with the Cuban culture and the Cuban optimism, but I wanted […]

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  • Testimonial: Alexander Cameron, Canadian Volunteer

    Posted on November 25, 2016 by in Testimonials

    Hijo de canadiense y peruana, Alexander Cameron, 27 años, procede de Victoria (Vancouver, Canadá), Licenciado en Ciencias Políticas, llegó el pasado mes de abril a Barcelona para perfeccionar su español y, fiel a su sensibilización social, buscó una ONG donde poder echar una mano durante su estancia en España. De este modo, recaló en la […]

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  • A week in Santiago de Cuba – Rose’s Testimonial

    Posted on November 13, 2016 by in Testimonials

    Dear BEST, I’m happy to try to give some feedback about our week in Santiago de Cuba. First, Waldo was fantastic as a guide. We really valued his advice, and he knew all the best places to go and found a wonderful taxi driver for us. You asked about safety. There was no problem with […]

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  • Shirley Douglas: Feelings about my Trip to Cuba with BEST Programs

    Posted on November 12, 2016 by in Testimonials

    MY FEELINGS ABOUT MY FIRST WEEK IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA WITH BEST PROGRAMS: CONTACTS, FRIENDS, AND DESIRE TO RETURN SOON By Shirley Douglas (December, 2015) From the first night when BEST´s Cuban representative, Waldo Regueiferos and I met at the airport I felt a connection to Santiago de Cuba. Perhaps it was his smile of […]

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