Planting Volunteer Abroad

Volunteer in the USA -United Planet - 1-52 weeks

www.unitedplanet.org/volunteer-in-usa

Volunteer in Boston, Massachusetts, USA! One of the country's most historically cultured states, it is also an exciting city to live in and experience American culture. Projects include such places as food banks, teen empowerment programs, homeless shelters and others. United Planet's Volunteer Abroad Quest program offers signature pre-departure and in-country training, personal volunteer suppo...

Cambodia Forest Steward

www.globalteer.org/projects/cambodia-forest-steward.html

The Forest Steward Programme is based in Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia and works in conjunction with the Cambodia Elephant Forest Conservation Project. The project intends to promote the development of a new legal classification of forest that is primarily for the use of a village's domestic elephants. These managed forests will be of a suitable area, contain enough foodstuffs, forest cover and...

Kalani - Hawaiian Culture, Yoga and Wellness Retreat Center

www.kalani.com

Program Summary Kalani is the number one destination for volunteers on the Big Island of Hawai`i. It is a well-loved, non-profit educational village, yoga, wellness and spiritual retreat center whose worldwide volunteers return to year after year. Famed yoga instructor Shiva Rea calls Kalani "one of the most potent and nurturing retreat centers in the world." Bordered by tropical jungle and...

Do Meaningful Volunteer Work in India

www.knowledge-must.com

Participating in volunteer projects in India is an excellent way to become more engaged with the local culture while at the same time providing direct and personal opportunities to contribute constructively. It has never been so easy to make a useful contribution to our world and have the time of your life doing it! Many volunteer programs declare themselves authentic and beneficial for local c...

UWP Global - The Most Unique Way to Experience the World

www.upwithpeople.org

Travel. Perform. Impact. UWP is a multi-country semester abroad offering travel to 2 continents and 20+ communities. A one-of-a-kind global experience combining international travel, service-learning, performing arts, leadership and multi-cultural student environment. Earn academic credit through our university partner, Florida Southern College. The perfect Volunteer Abroad - Semester Abroad ...

Global Builders Trip to DPRK (North Korea)

www.fullercenter.org/global-builders

The Fuller Center will partner with the Paektusan Academy of Architecture, who will help manage the project, to build 50 new homes at Osan-Ri in the outskirts of Pyongyang, the capital of DPRK. The houses will be for farmers working on the tree nursery that surrounds the building site. Volunteers will help with the construction of these new homes.

Sports / Community Development

www.volunteermaldives.com

Sports are enjoyed by people the world over, and Maldivians are no exception! It's still one of the best ways to unite people, creating strong community spirit and forging lifelong friendships. Our sports programs have been very successful, with more to be implemented next year, working with new islands and NGO's. Volunteer Maldives works alongside local coaches who are either part of a you...

Building and Community Development - VPO Cambodia

www.querico.org.uk/

Want to experience authentic local culture from within, while making a life changing difference to struggling families, in a rural community by building homes and community infrastructure? then join us now. Placements cost GBP 200 / USD 300 for 1 week and GBP 100 / USD 150 for each subsequent week. 100% non profit volunteering - Yes your money goes to the project and not in our pockets. W...

Mannan Tribe Project - Western Ghat Mountains, South India

www.yearoutindia.com

This is a unique and fascinating opportunity for individuals and groups to live and volunteer at a Tribal Settlement project in the Western Ghat Mountain project. Yearoutindia is doing various community development project with the consent and support of the Mannan Tribal King since 2006. Since then, Year Out India has been able to complete 4 new house, 57 new toilets at the tribal settlement. ...

Volunteer and Travel in Peru

www.peruschallenge.com

The Peru's Challenge Program is different from most volunteer programs as it offers a complete volunteer and travel package. Each package is designed to offer you the opportunity to affordably travel in South America while contributing directly to local communities and creating real opportunities for the children of Peru. It is the best way to truly experience and understand a country. We ask t...

Gap Year in Israel - YJ Year Course

www.yearcourse.org

Young Judaea Year Course in Israel is a 9-month program of formal and informal education for recent high school graduates. Spend a dynamic year living, volunteering and studying in Israel. Placements include: Bat Yam Studies, Community Volunteering, Army, Magen David Adom and more. Participants earn up to a year's worth of college credit through the American Jewish University while building leader...

9-Credit Summer and 15-Credit Fall and Spring Semester Programs in Tanzania

www.globalservicecorps.org/site/for-students/

Embark on a truly unique educational opportunity with Global Service Corps! Built on 17 years of experience providing service-learning programs in East Africa, GSC is offering Integrated Programs in HIV/AIDS, Sustainable Agriculture, and Food Security for college credit. Global Service Corps, in partnership with SUNY-Albany, is proud to offer a 9 Credit Summer and a 15 Credit Semester Integrat...

Organic Garden in a Psychiatric Hospital in Buenos Aires

www.voluntarioglobal.org

The psychiatric hospital is one of few such hospitals in Buenos Aires and is home to more than 1300 patients. The organic garden was created by Argentinean volunteers to give the patients and the neighboring community a crafted space to see the growth of crops, and to learn and share in the open-air. The working day includes cleaning the weeds, planting and harvesting in a sociable space full ...

Environmental Awareness Nepal

www.volunteers.org.np

Chhahari Group Nepal is a Social Organization. It is a non-governmental and extremely non-profitable organization established with the objective of changing and promoting the status of the country. All the members of this group are from different parts and have traveled many sites of the country. The members of this group have collected enough experiences in volunteering works and are familiar wit...

Volunteer at a Boarding School for Orphans in Tanzania!

www.peacehouseafrica.org/volunteerTZ.html

**Important update: Peace House Africa has been forced to suspend this volunteer program until further notice. Please contact us if you would like to be notified when the situation on campus changes and we are able to reinstate the program. We are grateful for your support during this trying time, and hope to work with you in the future. ---------------------------------------------------...

Spanish & Volunteer in Costa Rica

www.aicr-edu.org

AICR is proud to announce the only organization in Costa Rica providing a full curriculum in Spanish language as well as fully organized Volunteer programs in 5 different areas: Teaching, Children, Community, Ecology, and Professional Experience (Journalism, Tourism, Health, Non for profit, Hotelier, Veterinary, and more); we believe in the sustainability of our programs, that is why we offer ver...

Volunteer Programs in the Peruvian Amazon

www.yantalo.org

Participants will be actively involved in teaching adults and K-12 students. Health care professionals will see clinical, surgical, nutrition, maternity and child care areas. The school year in Peru is March to December. Active participation with the community of 600 families is expected.

Conservation - Ideal for the Hands-on Person who Enjoys the Outdoors

www.peacevillages.org/Conservation.html

Conservation work is ideal for the hands-on, contemplative person. Do you enjoy the outdoors? How about trying your hand at tropical conservation? Helping to sustain small-scale, long-term conservation projects, you will work together with local grounds-work staff and possibly other volunteers. There is also potential for work in indigenous communities. Conservation is a wonderful way to make ...

Ghana Community Building

www.podvolunteer.org/Community-Development/building-ghana.html

Volunteers are needed to work with a small charity helping with a variety of community building projects in tropical villages in Ghana. You will help to build a brighter future for some of the world's poorest communities and work in a team alongside local volunteers. Volunteers get involved in construction of toilets, water harvesting, schools or community buildings. This is a fantastic opportu...

Help Create a Hamlet for Primary Age School Children to Visit in France

www.lagiraudiere.com/study_abroad_france.html

Come to south west France and help put a small holiday or learning hamlet in place. La Giraudiere was once a maison de maitre or masters house. In 1997 we acquired the property which had been left in a state of ruin and decided to create a small holiday hamlet which upon completion will specialize if providing accommodation and facilities for school trips visiting France. Initially the school trip...

Help us Protect Sea Turtles in Montezuma, Costa Rica

www.facebook.com/RefugioRomelia

Wildlife refuge in a pristine beach area on the tip of the peninsula de Nicoya in Montezuma, Costa Rica. We need your help with the: + Protection and data collection of sea-turtles that nest in our beaches. + Collection and separation of the trash that has being left by the sea on the shore. + Maintenance of the facilities. + Helping the cook in the preparation of the meals and clean u...

Volunteer Program China

www.iesglobal.com/program/china-volunteer-program

Find Happiness Through Helping! The Volunteer Program China (VPC) has been set up in conjunction with a wonderful non-profit organisation, which supports the development of blind and visually impaired orphans in Beijing. This 8 or 12 Week project runs 4 times a year, offering hands on volunteering experience and full cultural exchange for those who are serious about dedicating their time to ...

Conservation Volunteer at Sonafluka Community Development

www.basecampvolunteerabroad.com/sites/online-application/index.cfm

This placement needs volunteers because although the town has many plans to improve its infrastructure and facilities, they lack the labour force. The Youth Group ("Jovenes Activos Sonafluca") has stepped up to the challenge but needs lots of extra hands. As in most communities, there is always lots of work to be done to help the community by keeping in clean,providing new social projects and b...

Mombasa and Kenyan Children's Home and Outreach Projects

www.inspirevolunteering.com

Amazing chance to get hands on with orphans in a number of different roles. We have several location that volunteers can care for, teach and nurture the many orphans Kenya has. From cooking, washing, playing to doing your own projects. Each experience is special and will create a memory to last forever. Rewarding and most of all fun. Our children's home projects under the hot sun will and have cha...

Vounteer and Internship Program in South Africa

www.ghs.co.za/en/south-africa/volunteer-work/

Are you ready for the experience of a lifetime? Want to work with disadvantage children in Africa? Make a difference in a community? Or help protect Africa's amazing wildlife? Good Hope Studies, a language school in Cape Town is offering its volunteer program to North American students. You can select from over a dozen community service programs in and around Cape Town - from 2 weeks to 3 months. ...

Volunteer in Ecuador! Conserve the Biological Reserve

www.fundaciontangare.org

La Hesperia Biological Reserve and Station La Hesperia is a nature reserve located in the western range of the Andes at an altitude of 1100 2040 meters above sea level. With an area of 814 hectares, it is located in the center of the Rio Toachi-Chiriboga IBA (Important Bird Area, declared by Bird Life International and Conservation International) and it is part of two important bioregions: The...

Do Meaningful Volunteer Work in China

www.knowledge-must.com

Participating in volunteer projects in China is an excellent way to become more engaged with the local culture while at the same time providing direct and personal opportunities to contribute constructively. It has never been so easy to make a useful contribution to our world and have the time of your life doing it! Many volunteer programs declare themselves authentic and beneficial for local c...

Sea Turtle Conservation & Sustainability Volunteer Project

www.juaraturtleproject.com

On Tioman Island, at JTP we run open-ended year-round volunteer programs where we live and work together intertwined with the small Malay Village, Kampung Juara, right on a beautiful beach. Daily activities are always changing depending on whats going on. Our work area is determined by the turtles which is usually in the morning and evening. The foundations of what we do are "Turtles First" an...

SEEDS, Volunteer in Iceland - Environmental & Cultural Projects

www.seeds.is

SEEDS hosts International work camps (short-term voluntary service projects) focused on environmental conservation and cultural issues. Since 2006 SEEDS has hosted around 3200 international volunteers from 60 different countries. Our projects are located in every corner of the Icelandic map! Between 4 and 20 committed individuals, from (between 3 and 12) different countries make up each work ca...

Volunteer in Krobo Land, Ghana

www.linkedheartvolunteers.org

Eco tourism: The eastern region of Ghana is endowed with Eco tourism sites that need to be improved. Most of our tourism sites are not well preserved. Volunteers are needed to educate our people on good environmental practices at tourist sites and making of simple boards to locate the sites. We focus on the Yilo Krobo, Manya Krobo, Akuapim ridge and Asujuaman districts. Teaching: Internation...

Muliru Farmers Conservation Group

www.helptouchafrica.com

Be inspired by the volunteering in Kenya. Muliru Farmers Conservation group is a community based organization formed in 1997 and registered in 1999 in Kenya. the main purpose of the group is to promote non-forest derived income generating activities to the community around Kakamega rain forest in western Kenya. The group consists of around 30 members of whom 18 are women and 12 are men who live ad...

Volunteering, Touring and Cultural Experiences in Ghana

www.pao-gh.org

Travelling and Holidaying nowadays are not limited to only sightseeing and relaxation but now includes adventure, socializing with the people of your host country and learning more about them and their culture through voluntary service in the communities of the host country, country-wide tour and excursions.

Amigos de Iracambi: Saving Forests, Changing Lives

www.iracambi.com

Work with us on the cutting edge of conservation and sustainability to make the conservation of the Rainforest more attractive than its destruction. One of Conservation International's top five global biodiversity hot spots, the conservation of the Atlantic Rainforest is in a critical condition. For over 500 years this rich source of biological wealth has been under attack, and despite governm...

Costa Rica and Panama Primate Studies

www.gobroadreach.com/program-overview-for-primate-studies-high-school-study-abroad-in-panama.asp

Join Broadreach on an eye-opening expedition to the wilds of Costa Rica and Panama to learn about New World monkeys and how we can help protect them from extinction. Among the many endangered creatures, few are more intriguing than monkeys of Central America. White-faced capuchins, spider monkeys, squirrel monkeys and mantled howler monkeys steal your hearts as they gaze at you from the trees. Tra...

Snapshot in Belize

www.studyinbelize.com/

The Snapshot in Belize program is identical to our Volunteer in Belize in virtually every respect, except that we have made special provisions for the fact that volunteers are in-country for only one week providing specific projects to complete. Experience volunteering in Belize for just one week. Our one week Volunteer in Belize Program gives participants the opportunity to work side by side ...

Help Protect the Leatherback Sea Turtles in the Caribbean Side of Costa Rica

www.costaricasanctuary.org

Last year thanks to the volunteers, baby sea turtles where released back to the ocean, after more than 10 years missing due to poaching. Our sea turtle program is starting. This is second year of study. Our Moin beach has 100% of poaching. We patrol every night trying to save as many nests as we can. Due to the extreme poaching, we patrol every night and mantain a hatchery. Several poa...

Children and Community Projects in South Africa

www.aviva-sa.com

Like many previous volunteers, you can join one or more of our rewarding Community uplifting projects and open your eyes to new adventures, new friends, and an experience that will capture your heart and mind. Play an active role in the development of young children at a world famous orphanage, contribute to the introduction of Computer Literacy and Sports skills to rural Xhosa schools, assist ...

Dragons Himalayan Semester Abroad - A Gap Year Program

www.wheretherebedragons.com

The Himalayas... Since time immemorial, these colossal peaks with their vast web of rugged, isolated valleys and distinct ethnic groups have drawn only the most intrepid travelers from distant lands. Through rural and urban homestays, ten days in a Buddhist monastery, trekking, service learning, and independent study, students have the opportunity to explore this remarkable region and its people, ...

Brazil Environmental Volunteering Program

www.ikoporan.org/en/environmental-programs

This program is for volunteer who enjoy the outdoors and want to help preserve the natural wonders of Brazil. Volunteers will have the opportunity to work in variety of conservation and urban renewal programs. Rio de Janeiro boasts one of the most magnificent contrasting landscapes in the world: cascading forests on massive mountains adjacent to a world class city. However, this contrast is no...

Volunteer at Farming Communities

www.awaitingangels.org

Volunteering at Farming Communities This cultural immersion program is developed in the Peruvian highlands where people speaks Quechua and Spanish. We set up this program with the aim to settle a rural network of alternative tourism in Peru. The goal of this project is to bring people from around the world to experience life in small farming communities. This project seeks to provide an alter...

Professional and Student Volunteer Programs in Peru!

www.peruvolunteerandtravel.com

Peru Volunteer and Travel is a non profit organization, started by volunteers, that is committed to helping children, adults, animals and ecosystems of Peru. As volunteers we know exactly what you are looking to get out of your experience here in Peru. That is how we successfully place professional and student volunteers in a variety of projects every month and we guarantee our volunteers a life c...

Volunteer with Orphans & Vulnerable Children at Malaika

malaikaophanage.cfsites.org

Malaika (Angel) Orphanage Center was established in 2005. The Founders with the community members wanted to do something for underprivileged children in the area after seeing the hardship first-hand when caring for an abandoned child Amina Mathoho. Amina was severely disabled and left to fend for herself. Osman Ssengendo and his wife took her in and have been caring for her in their home ever si...

Pioneer Madagascar Programme

www.madagascar.co.uk/getinvolved/pioneer.htm

Running for over 10 years, this project involves working on a variety of sustainable development projects, while gaining first-hand experience of the resource needs of impoverished communities and how these impact on conservation efforts. Based around Fort Dauphin in southeast Madagascar, you will be living and working in some of the most beautiful parts of the island and camping within rural, iso...

Free Community Involvement

www.destinationisrael.com/free-community-involvement/

Oranim's Community Involvement program offers you an incredible opportunity to spend 5 meaningful months immersed in Israeli society as a functioning member of the community, and get the real experience of free community involvement. You will be exposed to life in Israel by living among its citizens, volunteering in Israel and working together strengthening your ties with the country and its peopl...

Learn Spanish and Volunteer with Humanitravels

www.humanitravels.com

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...

Spiritual Volunteer Expedition and Adventure Trekking in Guatemala and Mexico

www.soulprojects.org

At the moment Soul Projects has its first spiritual volunteer expedition and adventure trek in Central and North America, starting on Lake Atitlan in Western Guatemala and gradually moving to the Sierra Madre mountain range of Northern Mexico. Some of the expedition highlights involve yoga and meditation in the forest; Living in a homestay with a local indigenous Mayan family; Learning Spanish and...

Freewalker Volunteer & Adventures for Charity

www.freewalker.co.za

What is Freewalker? Freewalker is a state of being…it is humanitarian, adventure, and freeing, it is realizing that one person can make a difference...and that person can be you! Freewalker is a Volunteer & Adventures for Charity organization that is doing its part in making a difference in South Africa, while having fun at the same time! The mission of Freewalker is to create sustainable s...

Individual Volunteer Placements and Learn Spanish at the Mariposa

www.mariposaspanishschool.com

La Mariposa is a non-profit Spanish School and Eco-hotel, in which our main goal is to provide employment to the local community. We also use the income generated by our guests to fund a range of environmental and community projects, which are designed and run by local people. Our volunteer packages allow students to participate in community projects, while learning from local people and improving...

Volunteer with ISA-ELAP in San Jose, Costa Rica

www.isaelap.com/locations/san_jose

Current placements in San Jose: Public or Private Clinic Observe medical procedures and consultations with patients and learn Spanish medical terminology. Volunteers help analyze and develop X-rays and work with blood tests in the laboratory. Other possible responsibilities include giving educational health talks on various topics such as nutrition, dengue, TB, diarrhea, breast exams, and immu...

Volunteers Needed: Andean Conservation in Peru

www.volunteeradventures.com/proj_peru_an_cp.htm

Help conserve a vital portion of Peru's ecosystem when you volunteer with our Andean Conservation Project. Peru is one of the most biologically diverse nations on the planet. Peru's geography includes the second-highest mountain range on earth, the world's driest desert, wind-swept beaches and the sprawling Amazon jungle. To add to this natural wealth, the Incas and other pre-Colombian civilizatio...

Co-worker Volunteer in England

www.pennine.org.uk

We are approximately 40 co-workers and their families at any one time. There's always a strong international element with co-workers coming from many different countries. About half of the co-workers live at the Pennine on a permanent basis and half have come for a year or more to help. We have four separate houses where the co-workers and students live alongside each other and share in all the ho...

Chile Welcomes Volunteers!

www.samconnects.com

South America Connections opens the door to a host of unique volunteer experiences in Chile. Working hand-in-hand with Chilean professionals and volunteers, you can contribute in a variety of settings: teaching English in rural or urban schools; helping underprivileged children who are wards o the state; working with indigenous communities; learning and working on organic arms; and lending your en...

Volunteer Abroad Poland - Low Cost Programs

www.studyabroadpoland.com

Have you ever dreamed of volunteering in Poland? Well here is your chance to do it and earn college credit in the process! We offer a wide variety of volunteer programs in a number of fields: working with children, environmental works, and renovation/restoration works. Knowledge of Polish is not required. College credit is awarded through an American college.

AmeriSpan - Volunteer in Costa Rica

www.amerispan.com/landing/volunteer-programs-worldwide.asp

Costa Rica is known as the Switzerland of Central America, has an abundance of natural beauty and is populated by a friendly, well-educated people. This small country is a paradise for nature lovers with national parks, jungles, volcanoes, beaches and more water per square mile than any other country in the world, excluding New Zealand. Costa Rica is one of the world's most popular places for ...

Spring Break in Ecuador

www.iepabroad.org

Spend your spring break working with orphans, working with community development and earning Jacksonville University credit in International Studies or Geography. Participants have the opportunity to make a direct positive impact on the people of Ecuador. JU students can fulfill their community service requirement and make a difference in the lives of others while changing their own world perspect...