Kaya Responsible Travel

Ecuador: Bahia de Caraquez, San Cristobal, Canoa and 5 other cities, Quito, Guayaquil, Galapagos Islands, Tena, Puyo

Make a difference by joining Kaya to build a brighter future low-income families around Guayaquil, give the locals guidance and help in bettering their education and living situations, and strengthening their economy, and support a fantastic center t...

Ecuador: Guayaquil

If you are an outdoors adventurous type and conscious about the problems facing the earth then an environmental project is for you. Our projects from around the world range from forestry development, ecosystem preservation, national park development ...

Ecuador: Quito, Guayaquil

Kaya provides many English teaching placements but we also provide alternative education programs such as working with blind, deaf and children with Down syndrome. Education for these minority groups is poor and they are in great need of outside help...

Ecuador: Guayaquil

In today's world many of the mammal and plant species are endangered; and the ecosystems and habitats on which life depends is in decline. We have many projects that anyone with enthusiasm can be involved in from turtle conservation in Bolivia to Blu...

Ecuador: Guayaquil

A community project will enable you to fully immerse yourself within the community, and by the end you will feel like one of the locals. There are a diverse number of projects you can be involved in from ecotourism in Peru to women empowerment projec...

Ecuador: Quito

Whether you are a student, on a career break or retired there is a placement to suit your level. Those entering the medical profession will find volunteering in a developing country invaluable and inspiring. You will see what it is like not to have t...

Ecuador: Guayaquil, Quito

Volunteering with children is one of the most rewarding areas to volunteer in as you can really help change the future of the children around you. Kaya has over 30 projects working with children spanning South America, Central America and Asia. Wheth...

Ecuador: Canoa, Quito, Puyo and 4 other cities, Guayaquil, Mindo, Bahia de Caraquez, San Cristobal

Visions that spring to mind when you think of South America are rainforests overflowing with endless biodiversity, colourful vibrant carnivals, the soaring peaks of the Andes and of course the beautiful Caribbean coast containing the second largest b...

Ecuador: San Cristobal

Founded in 1985 with its original conservation center in the Amazon, this premiere biological preservation foundation is committed to research and habitat restoration in natural areas deemed the most at risk by international conservation organization...

Ecuador: Puyo

Founded in 2006 in partnership with a local indigenous family that lives in the Amazon rainforest, this centre works with the Ministry of the Environment and the Environmental Police to rescue and rehabilitate wild animals from the jungle that were v...

Ecuador: Quito

Volunteer on this project located in La Villaflora, an underserved area of south Quito. This integrated therapy centre calls on its dedicated, multidisciplinary team to treat children and adults with its broad spectrum of services: from early stimula...

Ecuador: Quito

It’s a sad reality to see children, often as young as three years old, working upwards of ten hours a day in the markets, streets and countryside to support their financially struggling families. This intervention programme takes a very proactive a...

Ecuador: Rural Areas, Quito

Founded in 1985 with its original conservation centre in the Amazon, this premiere biological preservation foundation is committed to research and habitat restoration in natural areas deemed the most at risk by international conservation organization...

Ecuador: Tena

Volunteer and join this unique Fair Trade tea project focussed on sustainable economic development, cultural preservation and conservation beneath the Amazonian rainforest canopy. By working directly with indigenous farming families, this innovative ...

Ecuador: Quito

Volunteer and work in this orphanage that has seen over 500 children pass through it’s doors since it first opened in 1990. Currently, 50 to 60 homeless children with regular and special needs are cared for in three residential care homes at this o...

Ecuador: Quito

Volunteer and join one of our most unique projects in South America supporting children of a rubbish dump community. For years, the maltreated workers at Quito ?s biggest landfill, called ?miners ?, spent hours shifting through toxic garbage in unsaf...

Ecuador: Quito

Volunteer with a grassroots NGO that implements sustainable development projects in isolated communities to provide their members with the tools necessary to escape poverty. There are a range of grassroots NGOs which seek to leverage human capital an...

Ecuador: Canoa

Volunteer on the Coast and get involved with a unique project working to develop an Organic Farm. The farm was set up in 1994 and is considered Ecuador’s first eco-city - situated in a beautiful valley on the mid coast of Ecuador. The farm holds a ...

Ecuador: Rural Areas

Volunteer and assist teachers at a child care centre in an indigenous community giving children, age two to five, the tools, skills, and confidence they need to get a head start to success in elementary school. Lunch is provided to ensure that the ch...

Ecuador: Bahia de Caraquez

Do more than just travel! Learn worthwhile skills that you can put into practice back home and help to save the environment we live in? This Training Course in Organic Farming and Permaculture is an inspiring course in which you will be introduced to...

Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, San Cristobal

This research, conservation and education project located on the Pacific Coast works to protect the lives and habitats of marine birds and rare endangered turtles. The critically endangered Hawksbill Turtle nests on beaches of Machalilla National Par...

Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, San Cristobal

Volunteer in the islands of Ecuador and get involved with a foundation that was started as a partnership of resident Galapagueno conservationists and volunteer English teachers, to address the social and ecological challenges facing conservation in t...

Ecuador: Tena

Join this unique project focussed on sustainable economic development, cultural preservation and conservation beneath the Amazonian rainforest canopy. By working directly with indigenous farming families, this innovative social enterprise seeks to re...

Ecuador: Tena

The original goal of the project was to further incentivise the production of this ancient, native tea and to ensure that the current Fair Trade price truly surpassed all of the hidden costs of production. This continues to be a primary objective of ...

Ecuador: Quito

This total immersion medical programme will give you insight into issues in global health, traditional medicine and medical practice in poor communities. The clinical placements in Quito are supervised by a clinic staff member and focused primarily o...

Ecuador: Tena

Join this unique project focussed on sustainable economic development, cultural preservation and environmental conservation underneath the Amazonian rainforest canopy. By working directly with indigenous farming families, this amazing social enterpr...

Ecuador: Quito

Travel and learn worthwhile skills that you can put into practice back home? Want to learn Spanish from qualified teachers who will produce a programme that matches your individual needs and experience levels? Come and learn Spanish on an intensive c...

Ecuador: Quito

Travel and learn worthwhile skills that you can put into practice back home? Want to learn Spanish from qualified teachers who will produce a programme that matches your individual needs and experience levels? If your conversational Medical Spanis...