Community organizing Volunteer Abroad in Costa Rica

Volunteer from 1 week to 3 months in Costa Rica, in meaningful projects that will let you work side-by-side with local people and experience the Costa Rican culture like never before. As an international volunteer with Cross-Cultural Solutions, you're making a positive contribution, by sharing in the goals of a Costa Rican community that warmly welcomes you.

Join us in beautiful Costa Rica and play an important role in the survival of sea turtles, conservation of incredible biodiversity, projects in rural areas that help and assist with wildlife, education, and children or research initiatives that directly impact the local preservation efforts.

Volunteer with Experiential Learning International in Costa Rica and pick a program from a list of opportunities, including programs in gender equality and women's empowerment, community health, environment conservation efforts, and youth education. Programs require participants to have basic to advanced Spanish language skills. Volunteers are given room and board at homes of host families.

Costa Rica, which means "Rich Coast" in English, is located in Central America (to south of Nicaragua and to the north of Panama). When Gil Gonzalez Davila, a Spanish explorer, arrived in Central America, he named Costa Rica after the lush beaches on the Pacific and Caribbean coasts and the gold worn by the indigenous people. Costa Rica boasts of cool scenic mountainous locations and volcano to...

ISV offers a unique combination of volunteer projects and action-packed adventure travel in a fun, safe, educational and well-organized environment. ISV participants make a significant difference in the world by annually contributing over 250,000 hours of volunteer work abroad in the fields of conservation and community development.

Come to know Costa Rica for yourself by taking part in one of many of AMPED Abroad’s community based projects in and near the town of Atenas, located an hour from San Jose in the heart of Costa Rica’s fertile Central Valley region, where the people are as balmy as the weather for which the area is known.

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!

Volunteer programs with 360 Student Travel in Central America are available in Costa Rica. Participants can build homes together with the locals, teach children, work in forest preservation, and make a difference while growing personally and professionally. After a hard days work, individuals have the opportunity to experience thrilling adventures through guided excursions. Students will receiv...

If you're looking for a unique travel experience abroad, look no further! A Broader View's programs are the perfect way to meet new people, immerse yourself in new cultures and make a difference abroad.

Help communities by joining Volunteers For Peace international volunteer placements in Croatia. Participants can experience the unique culture and interact with the locals while staying in the city of Zagreb for two to four weeks. This program is open to motivated and flexible American philanthropists.

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.

Costa Rica is a country famous for its pristine beauty and environmental conservation. With GLA, you'll be in the center of this Central American nations splendor. Rich in natural parks, rivers, beaches, rainforests, and wildlife, Costa Rica beckons adventure-seekers to volunteer in its local communities.

Help save leatherback sea turtles from extinction at one of the most important remaining nesting beaches in the world, OR Explore the fascinating world of caterpillars to see how they protect themselves and respond to changes in their habitats. Volunteer in Costa Rica with Earthwatch.

This gem of a country has something for almost every traveler, from surfing and scuba diving, to hiking and exploring the interior. All programs take place in 100% Spanish speaking environments. For the soup kitchen, children's programs, and some environment projects, participants need to have a high-beginner level of Spanish language. For the elderly centers, health projects, and teaching Engl...

Surf the thrilling beach break at Marino Ballena National Park near the charming coastal village of Uvita. Enjoy this pristine stretch of the Pacific, home to whales, dolphins, sea turtles and a variety of exotic marine life and lend a hand on a local community service project, make new friends, and immerse yourself in Costa Rican Culture.