Hard work and no money

Every year thousands of young people in Britain finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some young people go to other countries and work as volunteers. Volunteers give their time to help people – for example, the work in school or hospiltals, or they help with conservation.

Pauline jones, 18, live in cardiff, wales. Next year she wants to go to university to study spanish, but now she’s living in Belize.  pauline say’s I’m working with other people here to protect the coral reefs in the sea water is very polluted, the coral dies. I’m helping to do research on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something aout the peroblemm before it’s too late.

I’m staying with a family here and I help with the cooking and the cleaning. I don’t get any money, but that’s OK. I love my work here, and I’m learning a lot about the people of belize-and myself! When I fininsh my work , I Want to travel around belize and central america.