Volunteer Abroad in Central America

Program fees from $180! Apply now with IVHQ.

www.volunteerhq.org

International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ) provides safe, quality and extremely affordable volunteering placements in developing countries all over the world.

Global Volunteer Network

www.globalvolunteernetwork.org

Our vision is to support the work of local community organizations in developing countries through the placement of international volunteers. We believe that local communities are in the best position to determine their needs, and we provide volunteers to help them achieve their goals.

Volunteer Abroad with Cross-Cultural Solutions

www.crossculturalsolutions.org

Volunteer Abroad is the perfect short-term international volunteer experience, designed with flexibility and individual attention in mind so we can meet your needs and interests while ensuring that your time spent is effectively contributing to a positive impact on the community.

Volunteering Solutions

www.volunteeringsolutions.com

One of the main reasons to start Volunteering Solutions was to provide highly safe, meaningful and affordable volunteer programs abroad. Although there are many companies providing the same services as we are, our aim is to provide the most affordable and high quality volunteer programs.

Volunteering Programs with Projects Abroad

www.projects-abroad.org

If you want to spend a period of time working as a volunteer abroad in the developing world, look no further than Projects Abroad. We have directly-employed staff in every destination that will organize all aspects of your project, and guide you through your time with us.

International Student Volunteers

www.isvolunteers.org/

Now is the time to extend your reach to the world! ISV programs are for everyone who wants to make a leap of difference abroad! ISV does quality programs with the combination of informative, hands-on, and educational volunteer projects, mixed with exciting adventure programs in a safe and well-organized environment as well as fun and supportive staff.

Basecamp International Centers

www.basecampvolunteerabroad.com

BaseCamp International Centers' Volunteer Abroad Program has numerous placements overseas - from Social to Building projects. We have individual placements and group projects available all year only for you. Come make a difference with BaseCamp!

Kaya Responsible Travel

www.kayavolunteer.com

Kaya gives you the opportunity to volunteer abroad, learn a language abroad, gain valuable work experience overseas, take a gap year or become TEFL qualified. With over 200 volunteer projects and work experience opportunities in more than 20 countries across the globe, Kaya can offer you a world of choice!

GoEco

www.goeco.org/

GoEco was created by experienced volunteers for people who are eager to travel and contribute to the community, wildlife and environment they visit. Based on years of practice and in-depth field reports, GoEco presents you a careful selection of excellent yet affordable volunteer and ecological minded vacations

United Planet

www.unitedplanet.org

United Planet's holistic approach integrates international, local, and online initiatives to facilitate ongoing engagement. All United Planet programs create points of access for people of all cultures, nationalities, ages, and socio-economic classes to participate worldwide. Each program feeds into and builds momentum for the other.

Foundation for Sustainable Development

www.fsdinternational.org

Foundation for Sustainable Development has 53 programs in 8 different locations. Programs are offered in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, India, Kenya and 3 other countries.

ELI-Experiential Learning International

www.eliabroad.org

Whether you are a student, a professional, or a retiree, there is a wide world to explore, with endless opportunities to learn. Welcome to ELI, a non-profit organization that creates volunteer, internship, and study abroad opportunities for the globally-minded who want a travel experience that goes beyond the ordinary.

GeoVisions

www.geovisions.org

GeoVisions … We’re small enough to pay close attention to our students and our employers, and large enough to give you the support and resources you need to be assured of a rewarding international experience.

Volunteer Work Abroad Opportunities

www.lovevolunteers.org

Love Volunteers is the most affordable way to volunteer and help local communities in developing countries. Whether you have a passion for teaching, construction, medical work, helping children or the elderly, helping people living with HIV/AIDS, we have a volunteer work abroad program that will suit you - and probably one in each continent.

Volunteer with Global Vision International

www.gviusa.com

Global Vision International work with local charities, government bodies and community organizations across the world, helping them to find volunteers to work on a wide range of worthwhile and vitally important projects.

Volunteer Programs in Central America

www.culturalembracebyapi.com

We share the same passions you have about traveling abroad. We treat you the way that we want to be treated, and provide the service that we hope to get on the road. Through our personal and professional experiences, we are familiar with the excitement, insecurity, exhilaration, frustration, and anticipation of traveling and are here to support you. We will assist you with ALL of your travel needs...

Volunteering Worldwide with Frontier

www.frontier.ac.uk/

Explore remote and spectacular landscapes, work with deprived and deserving communities, or campaign for wildlife care and conservation on a travel adventure you’ll never forget.

Discover the world of differences we all have in common!

www.globalcitizens.org

Work side-by-side and build relationships with members of our indigenous partner communities in the U.S. and abroad.

AMPED Abroad

www.ampedabroad.com

Welcome to Adventure Minded People Exploring Diversity Abroad. Offering quality, safe programs is at the core of our organization. As a result, we are kicking off our efforts in Latin America, with carefully researched projects and with local partners we know and trust.

Maximo Nivel: Volunteer and Internships

www.maximonivel.com

Maximo Nivel’s volunteer and internship projects in Peru, Costa Rica, and Guatemala provide unique opportunities to live and work internationally while experiencing the countries’ rich cultural diversity and building your proficiency in the Spanish language.

Teen Travel Programs with 360 Student Travel

www.360studenttravel.com

Regardless of travel style, all programs are created with the understanding that no matter what you want to accomplish during the summer, the challenges and experiences should be enjoyable as well as rewarding.

A Broader View Volunteers Corp

www.abroaderview.org

A Broader View Volunteers is a 501(c)(3) based non-profit organization based in Pennsylvania. With a love for humankind, and a motivated spirit to help others, A Broader View was created on the belief that one person can make a difference in the lives of others.

Volunteer Programs with Performing Arts Abroad

www.performingartsabroad.com

Performing Arts Abroad offers unique and fulfilling international performing arts programs to individuals and groups, enhancing understanding of our diverse world through the transformative arts of theater, music, and dance.

Greenheart Travel

www.greenhearttravel.org

Greenheart Travel’s Volunteer Abroad programs combine rewarding service work with unmatched opportunities to learn about fascinating cultures from the inside, as you never could through the windows of a tour bus.

Spanish at Locations

www.spanishatlocations.com

Spanish by the Sea / the River has 2 programs in 2 different locations. Programs are offered in Costa Rica and Panama

Volunteer Programs in Central America

allaccessvolunteers.com

All Access Volunteers (AAV) is a volunteer placement organization, with partnerships across Central & South America. Projects include building, teaching, health care, conservation, community development and working with children. AAV makes all project arrangements including accommodation, transportation, basic travel & medical insurance and extras, such as language classes and adventure tours.

Tropical Adventures

www.tropicaladventures.com

The Tropical Adventures Foundation is a non-profit organization providing volunteer tour packages for individuals, families and groups interested in exploring the culture, language and natural beauty of Costa Rica.

Volunteer Programs around Central America

www.globalnomadic.com

Global Nomadic hosts a variety of projects and internships around the world, specially chosen for their ability to enhance career prospects in unique and diverse areas. We seek to specialise in serious placements, catering for those looking to get a foot in the door to the career they aspire to. We put you directly in touch with the project provider, offering a complete and ethical service.

Youth Challenge International

www.yci.org

Volunteer in one of Youth Challenge International Customs’ international youth development programs! YCI engages with youth and communities across the world to address local development issues. Our programs are ideal if you are: Interested in international youth development; Motivated to make positive change; Seeking an international team based volunteer experience!

BaseCamp Centers

www.basecampvolunteerabroad.com

uVolunteer, Volunteer Travel Abroad

www.uvolunteer.org/

uVolunteer is run by former-volunteers for volunteers, and is built on the principle that volunteer community service programs abroad should be affordable and accessible to all.

Protect and Save Our Planet By Volunteering Abroad

www.earthwatch.org

For nearly 40 years, Earthwatch has protected our shared planet. Now, in the face of today's most pressing environmental emergencies—climate change, declining ocean health, unsustainable resource management, and threatened cultures—Earthwatch is mobilizing like never before.

InterExchange

www.InterExchange.org

InterExchange is a non-profit organization devoted to promoting cross-cultural awareness through work and volunteer exchange programs. For more than 40 years, InterExchange has been connecting young people from all over the world with life-changing international cultural exchange opportunities.

Volunteer Abroad with Personal Overseas Development (PoD)

www.podvolunteer.org

Whether it is for 1 week or 6 months, volunteers are needed to help work with disadvantaged children, communities, animals and conservation projects in Belize, Cambodia, Nepal, Peru, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand and Vietnam.

Volunteer in Central America!

www.aideabroad.org/

AIDE was born in 2007 in order to allow Alliance Abroad Group to expand its reach to give back to local and global communities, and to create socially responsible citizens. AIDE’s programs help participants and communities develop the knowledge, skills and understanding required to build a more tolerant, more just world.

Rustic Pathways

www.rusticpathways.com

Rustic Pathways is committed to providing high-quality community service programs that enrich the hearts and minds of our students and offer tangible benefits to the communities we serve.

World Endeavors

www.worldendeavors.com

Through village-based programs, volunteers promote mutual friendship, world peace, and solidarity in addition to enriching their own experience and making a meaningful contribution.

Volunteer Abroad Trips for Teens

www.experiencegla.com/campaigns/google/volunteer-goabroad-frontpage/

All GLA programs have a community service aspect. However, some emphasize community service and allow students to earn more community service hours.

Make A World of Difference, Volunteer with AFS

www.afsusa.org

Helping to bring the people of the world together is exciting, interesting, and rewarding work. For more than 60 years, AFS Volunteers have been building bridges of intercultural understanding and changing the way the world works.

Meet the Global Citizen in you with Broadreach

www.gobroadreach.com

If you're looking to experience the world, climb aboard. Since 1993, Broadreach has taken over 12,000 students on adventures abroad for middle school, high school and college students. Prepare for hands-on experience, trying new things, making lifelong friends and having amazing adventures while earning a pile of certifications as proof of your achievements. The world awaits!

Volunteer Programs with Toucan Education Programs

www.studyinbelize.com/

TEP is the premier service provider for education abroad programs in Belize. We are a private independent company established to provide quality study abroad experiences for students and universities primarily from North America and the UK.

LEAPNOW: Transforming Education

www.leapnow.org

LEAPNOW aspires to keep our programs on the cutting edge of human evolution. We feel that we can have the most positive impact on the world by working in the area of education – which ideally is concerned with transforming and expanding the consciousness of our students.

Volunteer Abroad Programs with Costa Rica Sanctuary

www.costaricasanctuary.org

Our Rescue Center and Sanctuary in Costa Rica is a privately owned wildlife rescue facility focusing on the care, rehabilitation and study of Costa Rica wildlife.

Ecoteer's Various Volunteer Programs in India

www.ecoteer.com

Ecoteer is a unique volunteer opportunities agency - offering a directory of cheap volunteer work opportunities, volunteer jobs abroad and working holidays.

NicaEco / Inertia Tours

nicaeco.com/

Learn Spanish and contribute to the community in Leon! Four days a week you will be enrolled in Spanish classes at a local language school to increase your proficiency. In the afternoons, do your part to help change the lives and environment of Nicaragua by volunteering.

Travel For Teens

www.travelforteens.com

We have crafted our unique programs to engender love for travel, hunger for learning, curiosity about differences, appreciation of similarities across cultures, and an understanding of what it means to be a global citizen. We look forward to traveling with you!

Pop Wuj - Spanish School Guatemala

www.pop-wuj.org

Learn Spanish while helping the people of Guatemala through a host of Volunteer opportunities in our Community Development Projects.

International Volunteers

www.internationalvolunteers.org

All International Volunteers programs are set up on a completely individual basis and tailored to the specific requests and skills of each participant.

WorldTeach

www.worldteach.org

Witness firsthand the challenges and rewards of education in a developing country. Share the skills and knowledge gained through your education and life experience with students who have not had the same advantages, and you will make a concrete and lasting difference in their lives.

Academic Programs International (API)

www.apistudyabroad.com

API is committed to providing the best comprehensive study abroad experience possible with personal attention available to our students throughout his or her program, and to working closely with home universities to offer support before, during and after the education abroad experience.

Volunteering Worldwide with CADIP

www.Cadip.org

Through various charity, volunteer and youth initiatives, Cadip promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and international surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development.

Volunteers for International Partnership

www.partnershipvolunteers.org

Volunteers for International Partnership. The mix of language immersion, homestays, and host project placements with local co-workers and international volunteers, makes VIP distinct among international service programs.

AmeriSpan Study Abroad

www.amerispan.com

AmeriSpan sends thousands of people of all ages to participate in language immersion, volunteer projects, internship placements and educational programs abroad. Working with more than 200 organizations throughout world, AmeriSpan's Volunteer & Internship program offers something for everyone.