Eco Volunteer UP Foundation

Ecuador: Quito

The voluntary project is located in a day care school where mothers have been working together for their own benefit and for all the mothers who don't have a place where their children can stay while they are working. The age of the children ranges f...

Ecuador: Mindo

Urcu Puyujunda is quechua name that means 'urcu' = forest, 'puyujunda' = cloud. This beautiful place is administered by Ecuadorian couple graduated in Eco-tourism. Urcu Puyujunda is an Ecological Lodge designed to conserve Cloud Forest near Quito, th...

Ecuador: Chiguilpe, Tena, Puyo and 3 other cities, El Coca, Morona Santiago, Archidona

About 50 km from Puyo, the Rainforest Reserve is situated at the foothills of the Andes, in one of the world's biodiversity hot spots. This project provides natural scientists (professional or non-professional) with chances to study an incredible amo...

Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, San Cristobal, Quito

The aim of this volunteer work is to bring as much benefit as possible to the local people, especially the children. In this volunteer program the farm works together with the families of the community and with the school of the area. There is widesp...

Ecuador: Bahia de Caraquez, Rural Areas, Canoa and 4 other cities, Manta, Montanita, Portoviejo, Puerto Lopez

The volunteer community is located on the south coast of the Manabi Province, about 12.5 km (8 miles) from.the town of Puerto Lopez. The locale is along the road known as "the Spondylus Route" (spondylus, a spiky red oyster-like sea shell, was highly...

Ecuador: Quito, Mindo

The project is located in the community of San Jose de Las Tolas. There are about 40 families. They have their own houses or farms and they work their own land. Some of the families make handcrafts and they have started doing their own Eco-tourism pr...

Ecuador: Canoa, Puerto Lopez, Manta and 7 other cities, Chiguilpe, Salango, Portoviejo, Montanita, Rural Areas, Bahia de Caraquez, Piedra Blanca

This exciting volunteer opportunity is located on a private Reserve, about 20 minutes from the city of Manta. The Reserve includes a lush tropical dry forest and semi-dry habitats, surrounded by beautiful beaches and cultural features of the Ecuadori...

Ecuador: Mindo, Rural Areas, Ibarra and 2 other cities, Quito, Intag

This volunteer project is located in the north of Quito, near Otavalo, in the Cloud Forest Reserve (situated on 2,500 hectares). This project is two fold: 1) provide refuge for the Andean bear and 2) help in reforestation efforts. The Andean bear ...

Ecuador: Puerto Lopez, Bahia de Caraquez, Rural Areas and 2 other cities, Canoa, Montanita

Coral reefs are among the most productive and bio-diverse ecosystems on the planet. Despite the importance of the coral reef ecosystems, very little is known about their status and condition in our country The National Park (Ecuadorian south coast) p...

Ecuador: Chiguilpe, Montanita, Bahia de Caraquez and 3 other cities, Puerto Lopez, Canoa, Rural Areas

Photo identification of individual animals will help provide further understanding of the Giant Manta Ray population that migrates annually to the Island in the Park (PNM) in Manabi province. Collecting and categorizing photos will help us to ide...

Ecuador: Canoa, Rural Areas, Manta and 6 other cities, Galapagos Islands, Quito, Portoviejo, Montanita, Bahia de Caraquez, Puerto Lopez

All volunteers, interns and students will spend most of their time in the field helping the organization with different projects. Every person that joins us receives our direct guidance from the time of their arrival. In addition, the safety of every...

Ecuador: Manta, Montanita, Quito and 6 other cities, Bahia de Caraquez, Puerto Lopez, Canoa, Salango, Galapagos Islands, Rural Areas

The National Park beaches, in Manabi, are considered some of the last nesting areas for sea turtles in Ecuador. Even though the number of sea turtles which migrate yearly to the coast is low compared to other areas of the world, it is very important ...

Ecuador: Montanita, Puerto Lopez, Manta and 3 other cities, Rural Areas, Canoa, Quito

Since shark populations are diminishing around the world, this program's objective is to obtain data about shark landings in an artisanal fishery port. Collecting this information is very useful towards a population assessment of sharks and rays in E...

Ecuador: Mindo, Nanegalito, Nanegal and 4 other cities, Pichincha, Rural Areas, Intag, Quito

The slopes of the Andes are dressed with a wonderful dense ecosystem: the Cloud Forest. This ecosystem, also called "Andean eyebrow" due to its generous vegetation, is one of the most diverse in the world. Many of its characteristics are similar ...

Ecuador: Quito

Report shows that nearly 300,000 children suffer from different forms of disabilities in Ecuador, and approximately 35 percent of orphaned children are disabled (deaf, blind etc). In many cases or mostly in the poor and indigenous families, these dis...

Ecuador: Banos, Mindo, Ibarra and 3 other cities, Quito, Nanegalito, Otavalo

This programme includes volunteering and trips in Ecuador and you can choose this programme if you like adventure and helping at the same time. Ecuador is a country of boundless diversity, friendly people and spectacular natural wonders. You can ...

Ecuador: Pichincha, Otavalo and 2 other cities, Atacames, Quito

This project was created out of the need for the many poor elderly people who have become sick and abandoned by their own families who have neither the time nor can afford to take care of them. The Elderly project is a centre that gives home to el...

Ecuador: Intag, Banos, Puyo and 3 other cities, Tena, Morona Santiago, Archidona

You can volunteer to make a real difference! Your work can increase the opportunities for the children of the Amazon by preparing them to face a changing world and by raising their cultural and environmental awareness. The involvement of volunteers i...

Ecuador: Intag, Rural Areas, Puyo and 3 other cities, Mindo, Pichincha, Montanita

Ecuador remains one of those mystical and mysterious places that are very difficult to find in the developed world. Therefore Ecuador is the perfect destination for people who love nature and adventure and its natural beauty cannot be compared. The h...

Ecuador: Manta, Puerto Lopez, Bahia de Caraquez and 3 other cities, Rural Areas, Canoa, Montanita

Lack of historical data about Ecuador's marine resources makes very hard to establish the right policies to manage our resources today. The goal of this project this will be to interview old fishermen to recreate the status of past Ecuador marine res...

Ecuador: Banos, Galapagos Islands, Archidona and 5 other cities, Puyo, Otavalo, Mindo, Canoa, Quito

For this volunteer project the farm has a stable of seven horses, with saddles and tack, offers the only horseback trail rides on the Galapagos island. The volunteer work is required volunteers being a physic therapist or some knowledge and have been...

Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, San Cristobal, Quito

Eco Volunteer UP offers a unique internship both to students and other participants. This experience will be an important part of your self-development and at the same time all your support will help in the environmental conservation and in the susta...

Ecuador: San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands

This volunteer opportunity is situated on a farm with 50 hectare plot of land located in the tiny 15 family farming community on the island of San Cristobal in the Galapagos. The plot of land itself is extremely impressive, as it borders the national...

Ecuador: Portoviejo, Quito, Bahia de Caraquez and 2 other cities, Canoa, Montanita

The Organic Farm is located in the valley on the mid-coast of Ecuador (near Manabi). The Farm is 8 kilometers in-land. The area was once a dense rain forest that has been primarily cleared for cattle farming and raising crops. However, some rain fore...

Ecuador: Ibarra, Pichincha, Puyo and 14 other cities, Atacames, Esmeraldas, Otavalo, Mindo, Rural Areas, Tena, Tungurahua, Montanita, Machachi, Banos, Ambato, Canoa, San Pablo, Quito

Eco-Volunteer UP offers you the opportunity to volunteer in the magical country of Ecuador, specifically in Quito, which is located near the Equator line and surrounded by the Pacific Ocean. Ecuador gives the tourists a mega bio-diversity and a chanc...

Ecuador: Nanegalito, Montanita, Cuenca and 6 other cities, Otavalo, Rural Areas, Banos, Canoa, Ibarra, Intag

This volunteer project is located in the north of Quito, near Otavalo, in the Cloud Forest Reserve (situated on 2,500 hectares). This project is two fold: 1) provide refuge for the Andean bear and 2) help in reforestation efforts The Andean ...

Ecuador: Quito

Christ-Centered organization created to address societal problems which manifest themselves in the psychological and social areas. To this end, the Center is developing preventative activities for a population seen as poor in the four levels of exis...

Ecuador: Esmeraldas, Otavalo, Mindo and 15 other cities, San Cristobal, Quito, Tena, Canoa, Montanita, Puerto Lopez, Nanegalito, Galapagos Islands, Nanegal, Atacames, Ibarra, Pichincha, Puyo, San Pablo, Rural Areas

Eco-Volunteer UP Foundation is a non-profit organization which is recognized legally by Ecuadorian Government. We offer volunteers real immersion in the various Ecuadorian ecosystems, and real opportunities for learning and sharing the Ecuadorian cul...

Ecuador: Canoa, Rural Areas, Montanita and 5 other cities, Quito, Guayaquil, Puerto Lopez, Esmeraldas, Atacames

This volunteer project is located in a Forest Reserve, about 7 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean and about 3 kilometers from a small agricultural community. The project works to protect one of the last remnants of tropical rainforest and cloud forest...

Ecuador: Otavalo, Rural Areas, San Pablo and 3 other cities, Cayambe, Ambato, Tabacundo

Providing quality education is key to overcoming poverty and to forging healthy communities. In turn, healthy, thriving communities contribute to the overall progress of developing countries and to building a better world for all people. This volunte...

Ecuador: Rural Areas

The project is located in a small village in the Ecuadorian Andes, about 4 hours by bus from Quito. This traditional village is inhabited by significant populations of both indigenous people and mestizos. The village lies in the Quilotoa area, which ...

Ecuador: Rural Areas

In Ecuador, passion for English language develops due to the rapidly growing tourism industry, and the country's desire to get access into the global economy. A country blessed with cultural and natural majesty, tourism emerges as an increasingly via...

Ecuador: Quito

The project is located in a day care school which mothers have been working together in this place for their own benefits and for all the mothers who don't have a place where their children can stay while they are working. The children are from 8 mon...

Ecuador: Pichincha, San Pablo, Quito and 9 other cities, Banos, Otavalo, San Cristobal, Esmeraldas, Galapagos Islands, Atacames, Tena, Mindo, Rural Areas

Looking to volunteer abroad? This is the chance to help others in Ecuador - South America. Ecuador is a country of boundless diversity, friendly people and spectacular natural wonders. Eco Volunteer UP will broaden your horizons with gaining an under...

Ecuador: Quito

This project is located in Quito at the Public Children's Hospital. It is a pediatric hospital that provides specialized health care for children from birth to 14 years of age. This is one of the main public hospitals in Ecuador and many of the child...

Ecuador: Puyo, Quito and 2 other cities, Banos, Tena

The volunteer project is a center who works together with the Ecuadorian Ministry of Environment and the Environmental Police Force to prevent the illegal trafficking of wildlife located at 10 minutes of Puyo. The main mutual role is rescuing animals...

Ecuador: Banos, Morona Santiago, Tena and 3 other cities, Rural Areas, Archidona, Puyo

The rescue and rehabilitation Centre is based in the Ecuadorian rainforest, just where The Andes and the Amazon rainforest join together. This intersection of biomes creates one of the most diverse places in the world for Biology and Ecology study. T...

Ecuador: Quito, Banos, Puerto Lopez

This volunteer project is located at one hour South of Quito in a Wild Animal Rescue Centre. Animal rights are more or less non-existent in Ecuador. Some wild animals are bought as pets when they are young, but as they grow larger, the owners fin...

Ecuador: Intag, Mindo, Ambato and 3 other cities, Nanegal, Nanegalito, Quito

Rising health problems and the idea of sustainable development makes organic farming a popular agricultural practice in Ecuador. Work on the San Jose de Las Tolas Organic farm in Ecuador offers volunteers opportunities to live and work on an organic ...

Ecuador: Quito, Banos

In Ecuador, it is not uncommon for women to raise 5 or more children, each with different biological fathers. A sad reality is that it is also common for the mother's latest companion to rape the eldest daughter, often resulting in pregnancy. One...