Africa & Asia Venture (AV)

Established in 1993, Africa & Asia Venture (known as AV) is a small UK-based not-for-profit social enterprise specialising in gap year and summer volunteering programs in Africa and Asia for 18 – 25 year olds. Over 5,500 people from 30+ countries have together contributed more than 1,200 man-years of service to the communities in which we operate. We offer a unique experience of group-based full-immersion projects in rural communities, where volunteers live with the locals the way the locals live and after which they have a period of independent travel time to go wherever they wish, all supported by our dedicated, 24/7, in-country management teams. No other organisation offers young volunteers so much independence and yet is there 24/7 in the background. Also, as AV only accepts abo...