Volunteer Abroad in Xela, Guatemala

Central America : Indigenous Community, Culture, and Spanish

In Guatemala and Nicaragua, study Spanish, live with home stay families, and teach at local community schools with your new language skills. Then volunteer at a sustainable arts center and live in an eco-lodge as you learn about permaculture and alternative building techniques, enriching your experience as you embrace local cuisine, folklore, and indigenous culture. As you learn first-hand about... Learn More

Global Leadership Adventures: Teen Volunteer Abroad Trips

Global Leadership Adventures offers life-changing community service trips to Africa, Asia and Latin America. Programs are only for high schools students and focus on volunteering and learning about grassroots social movements. On the weekends, students engage in exciting excursions to places of cultural or historical significance. Click on the link to request a free catalog. Programs in 11 dest... Learn More

One Revolution - "Be the Change"

One Revolution is a group program of travel and service in Central America, Asia and Africa - the only program we know of that takes you around the world in four months! Between August and December or January and May, the small group and two experienced leaders embark on a pilgrimage to survey communities that are serving the world through conscious action. The program is bound together with thre... Learn More

Learn Spanish and Volunteer with Humanitravels

Humanitravels offers volunteer and language programs in Latin America. The programs are tailored to meet your needs and personalized to ensure you reach all your goals for the experience. Not only will you be able to round out your resume but also expand your horizons and gain intimate knowledge of the people and place. All our programs have been personally visited and inspected by Humanitrave... Learn More

Miguel Angel Asturias Spanish School - Language and Volunteer Programs

Miguel Angel Asturias Spanish School provides intensive one-on-one Spanish instruction. In addition, we sponsor half and full-time social volunteer programs for our students in education, health care, agriculture, rural development, journalism, and more. A Medical Spanish program is also available for medical students who wish specialized vocabulary and clinical experience. Other extras include cu... Learn More

Health Services and Medical Spanish Program

Spanish for Medical Professionals - Learn Medical Spanish in the Pop-Wuj Clinic by immersing yourself into the culture of Guatemalan. The clinical experience in the Pop-Wuj Clinic is suitable for an elective rotation for medicine students and credits are given by most Medical Schools. One of the most important goals of Pop Wuj's Medical Program is to increase students' cultural competency in ad... Learn More

Volunteer in Guatemala with Educacion para Todos

There is no better way to have a fuller, more rewarding experience and have innumerable opportunities to practice your Spanish than to volunteer in a local organization. To help you do this, Educación para Todos created the Volunteer Center. The goal of the center is to link students up based on their level of Spanish, talents, abilities and interests. The Volunteer Center works as a liaison betw... Learn More

Quetzal Trekkers

We have 5 treks between one and five days that we offer around throughout the highlands of Guatemala. The proceeds from these treks provide the main source of funding for our programs. Quetzaltrekker guides and office staff are all working as volunteers. We have a minimum three month commitment with the organization, but many people stay for longer and often return to their homelands and conti... Learn More