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Volunteer in Environmental Projects in Brazil

www.volunteerhq.org/volunteer-in-brazil.html

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...

Volunteeer in Brazil for 1 to 12 weeks

www.crossculturalsolutions.org/countries/latin-america/volunteer-brazil/salvador.aspx

Volunteer abroad this summer in Brazil for 1 to 12 weeks with Cross-Cultural Solutions and change the lives of local residents in the city of Salvador. As a volunteer, you will support community development while working side-by-side with local people and other international volunteers. Your work will involve educating at-risk youth, promoting childhood development, offering skill-based training a...

Volunteer Australia - Australian Conservation Experience

www.goeco.org/project/81/Volunteer_in_Australia_Australian_Conservation_Experience

This conservation project in Australia is composed of many smaller projects, which allows you to tour the country and participate in a number of different conservation efforts. The more time you take to volunteer, the more you will be able to do and see, and the more places you can visit! Some examples of volunteer placements include: - 2 weeks in Victoria, helping with land restoration, an...

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...

Australasia Ethical Conservation Experiences

www.frontier.ac.uk/projects/17/Australasia-Ethical-Conservation-Experiences

Get Down Under with Frontier and experience the best of Australia and New Zealand on an unforgettable conservation trip. Participate in various conservation projects from all over Australia and New Zealand. You could be helping to conserve endangered and unique wildlife like koalas and kangaroos, planting trees, surveying and monitoring flora and fauna, or a range of other conservation based activ...

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...

Get AMPED Abroad: Conservation Volunteer in Ecuador

www.ampedabroad.com/volunteer_countries.cfm

As one of the most bio-diverse countries in the world, Ecuador is the ultimate playground when it comes to conservation. AMPED's conservation projects consist of many private and public reserves, national parks and NGOs based in the Andes, Pacific Coast, Amazonia, and the Galapagos Islands. Whether it is tree nursery, reforestation, conservation education, or organic agriculture they cover ever...

Volunteer Experience National Ayuda in Ecuador

www.venaecuador.org

Volunteer work in Ecuador is really needed and appreciated around the country. Why? Because poverty plagues almost half of the population shortage of jobs, combined with inadequate education is the reason that many parents (single mothers) can't feed and provide for their children. Often there parents are out of the country in jail or divorced. Sometimes these parents fall into alcoholism, drug ad...

Horse Riding for Disadvantaged Children and Youth

www.peacevillages.org/TherapeuticRiding.html

If you enjoy working with horses and being outdoors then this is a project that you would find very rewarding. Horses are incredible animals. They seem to sense when people have special needs and they try their best to adapt to meet those needs. These gentle giants are unbelievably understanding, compassionate and completely non-judgmental. Horses truly give their hearts and souls for the people t...

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...

Maleku Culture and Service Experience

www.rusticpathways.com/costarica/maleku.php

The village of Palenque Tonjibe says capi capi and welcomes you to an amazing week of nature, cultural immersion, art, and adventure with new friends in a colorful indigenous reservation. Maleku Culture The Maleku are one of Costa Rica's eight remaining indigenous groups and have lived in the northern regions of Costa Rica for centuries. They speak Maleku, a Chibchan dialect that is distinct f...

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...

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...

AFS Intercultural Programs: High School Abroad in Paraguay

www.afsusa.org/Paraguay

Paraguay, is alive with tradition, fusing the indigenous Guarani Indian culture with the culture of the Spanish conquistadors. While Spanish is the national language, you'll hear the native language of Guarani spoken often, which will provide you with a learning experience. West of Rio Paraguay is the hot infertile plain of Gran Chaco, so ninety-eight percent of the population lives in the more ve...

Volunteer in Heart of Peruvian Andes from USD115/week

www.tinkuyperu.com

Tinkuy Peru runs a school and various community programs in one of the poorest areas of Huancayo, a Peruvian city in the heart of the Andes. The children in our school range from 3 to 16 years old. All are disadvantaged in some way, from being abandoned by their families, experiencing physical or sexual abuse, malnutrition, family poverty or displacement from terrorism (during the 90's the area wa...

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...

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, ...

New Zealand Summer Program: volunteering, culture and travel

www.pacificdiscovery.org/student-programs-semester-summer-gap-year/new-zealand-volunteer-conservation-summer-program.aspx

A month immersion in New Zealand's incredible environments and unique culture. This program combines two weeks of rewarding volunteer conservation work in national parks and two weeks of insight, exploration and adventure travel through the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Try mountain biking, rafting, canoing, climbing; immerse yourself in the spectacular landscapes and wide open spaces. T...

Travel for Teens

www.travelforteens.com

Travel for Teens believes that teen travel should be both fun and enriching. Our programs feature choice in what you do, see, and experience, a dynamic that sets us apart from superficial tours that herd large groups from one site to another. Travel for Teens has grown exponentially over the years, from one trip to Paris in 2003 to 35 programs covering 24 countries on 4 continents today. In Eu...

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...

Maintenance/Handyman Project in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

www.travellersworldwide.com/08a-south-africa/08-sa-we-maintenance-crow.htm

If you have any maintenance / handyman / DIY skills, this volunteer project in South Africa would love to have you! You'll assist an Animal Rehabilitation Centre that desperately needs any help it can get and you'll be benefiting the animals at the same time! And, of course, the location is very unusual. And finally, conservationists are lovely people to work with! On this placement you'll use lot...

Conservation Volunteering in South Africa

www.edgeofafrica.com

Volunteering on the Wild EDGE Combination Project exposes volunteers to a variety of conservation and wildlife research projects in South Africa. Experience the best in the following projects and make a vast and hands-on contribution to conservation in Africa! * Big 5 Wildlife and Conservation Project on a Private Game Reserve * Wild and Captive Elephant Research in Various Areas of the Garde...

Conservation in Ecuador

www.internationalvolunteers.org/index.php/countries/ecuador

Volunteer abroad in Ecuador with a conservation project. Few countries have the biodiversity that can be found in Ecuador. Unfortunately, there are grave threats to that diversity. Volunteers work with local organizations devoted to conservation activities including reforestation, animal rescue, wildlife re-population, limiting invasive species and finding environmentally sustainable income source...

API at Universidad Veritas in San Jose

www.apistudyabroad.com/programs/costa-rica/san-jose/

Founded in 1991, Universidad Veritas is a private university that prides itself on the development of non-linear critical thought and creativity. The university's mission statement emphasizes the student's active participation in the learning process; every student is expected to play the role of protagonist in his/her own academic development. Approximately 1,700 students attend the university in...

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.

Volunteers for International Partnership (VIP)

www.partnershipvolunteers.org/

Become a Partnership Volunteer and learn a culture from the inside while doing valuable service, peer to peer, in a stimulating new environment. Equally important are the benefits your host community will derive from welcoming you and from the skills and experiences you'll bring. As a Partnership Volunteer you'll work side by side with local people in any of fifteen host countries and experienc...