Every year many young people finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to college. Some of them go to other countries and work as volunteers give their time to help people. For example,they work in schools or hospitals, or they help with conservation.
Mike Coleman is 19 and live in Omaha , Nebraska, in the United States. He want to become a teachers but now he's living in Namibia. He's working in a hospital near Katima Mulilo. He says, " I'm working with the doctors and nurses here to help sick people. I'm not a doctor but I can do a lot things to help. For example, I help carry people who can't walk. Sometimes I go to villages in the mobile hospital,too. There aren't many doctors here so they need help from people like me. I don't get any money, but that's OK, I'm not here for the money.