There are people, places and creatures all over the world who could do with any time and effort that you are willing to give to help make their lives a little better through volunteer work.
Volunteer Work Opportunities
Choose from our volunteer work opportunities all over the world you'll know that you are doing something really wonderful and worthwhile!
Our volunteer work opportunities include community volunteering; make a difference in developing countries, conservation volunteering; help with wildlife conservation or environmental conservation and wildlife volunteering; get involved in research & rescue of endangered animals.
Check out our full list of volunteer work opportunities below.
Experience an exciting and varied volunteer project on a beautiful Big 5 Game Reserve near to South Africa’s coast. Assist in conservation management whilst learning new skills and meeting some great people. You will also have the opportunity to take part in a worthwhile community project.
This worthwhile project gives volunteers the opportunity to work in sports organisations and community clinics in Ghana. You will assist in providing physiotherapy treatment to West African athletes and local patients whilst experiencing a different culture and way of live in this beautiful country.
Help coach and play rugby with young Ghanaian players at a grass-roots level. There is so much passion for the sport, all they need is your help to try and fulfil their potential through structured training and matches.
Use your skills to help others. On this programme you will have the opportunity to coach some passionate and talented young hockey players in Ghana. Your help will allow these young players to get involved in fun, recreational activities and learn from your knowledge of the sport.
Help Coach and play football with keen young players in a country where the sport borders on religion by assisting with well thought-out training and matches. Encounter Ghana’s other undiscovered marvels including rainforests, golden beaches and some of Africa’s friendliest people!
Make a difference volunteering in clinics and hospitals in Ghana whilst help local medical staff administer essential treatment to their patients. You will also be supporting under funded clinics and overworked staff as well as gaining invaluable insight into medical care in Africa.
Choose from a huge range of projects set up to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and adults. You could teach in primary or secondary schools, raise awareness of AIDS, or get involved in handicraft projects.
Spend the night in a Buddhist temple, take part in a community project or trek through a national park, watch some fire dancing and snorkel off the island of Koh Samet. An unforgettable introduction to Thailand! Project Video Now Online
A rewarding programme that will see you help build stronger homes for families having to make do with cardboard and dirt floors. Their smiles when you hand them the keys will be more than enough compensation for your efforts.
Teach children who often make do with carrier bags for balls and inspire them to play football or take up other sports. You’ll combine much needed sports coaching with academic tuition.
Make a real difference to the lives of people in Himalayan India. Your work in orphanages, day centres and schools will have a direct impact and will be much appreciated. Cultural activities and a trip to the Taj Mahal included.
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Help ensure no more of these wonderful creatures are lost by contributing to a conservation project in the middle of the Pacific. You’ll take care of the adult turtles, their eggs and the irresistible baby turtles!
Get close to the fastest mammal in the world! Monitor cheetahs and leopards and help restore the plains back to their natural state. You’ll play a vital role in preserving African wildlife for the future.
Help relieve the pressure on teachers who have up to 200 children to look after! Any assistance with core and creative subjects, and sport, will be much appreciated by everyone in the community.
Live ranch life to the full with activities such as horse riding, cattle gathering, branding, trail riding and ranch chores. Campfires and scenery straight from the big screen make it perfect for horse-loving travellers!
Change the lives of children and young adults who live in some of Peru's poorest areas by volunteering on one of four excellent social programmes. You will work in schools, orphanages or day-care centres and will help make a considerable difference to their lives through teaching, activities and games. Project Video Now Online
Give children in Moldova the chance of a better life and teach them English or French. Be creative, be enthusiastic, take along games or toys, and you’ll make it fun for you and them.
Dedicate your skills, experience and enthusiasm to a very worthy cause. Teach in under funded schools, set up a sports programme, counsel those affected by HIV or AIDS – your work will be much appreciated.
The perfect combination of sport and conservation. Help look after turtle eggs and the baby turtles - not difficult when they’re so sweet! Then learn to surf or improve your technique at a nearby beach.
Dedicate your energy and skills to helping some of the world’s poorest children. Assist with community support, improve orphan skills, or spend your time teaching basic subjects and organising school activities.
Volunteer in the Andes and help with the day-to-day care and rehabilitation of animals that have been abused or injured. These might include monkeys, jaguars, lions, parrots and other native species.
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An excellent opportunity to teach Thai children and contribute to the local communities in a positive way – they’re really keen to learn English as this enhances their future employment opportunities.
With the help of volunteers, giant pandas can be saved from extinction. You’ll be involved in feeding and observing these amazing creatures and have opportunities to photograph them. The weekends will be free for you to explore China.
Volunteer in the Amazon and help with the day-to-day care and rehabilitation of animals that have been abused or injured. These might include monkeys, jaguars, lions, parrots and other native species.
Go back to basics in the Namib Desert as you take part in projects that help elephants and landowners to live together in harmony. You’ll go on a unique elephant patrol and get involved in building projects.
Nurse injured and confiscated wildlife back to health. You might care for monkeys, parrots, ocelots, taras or kinkajous, carry out wildlife surveys or get see the animals released. Take a trip to the Mayan ruins, too.
Feed the children’s appetite for learning and help relieve the pressure on the schools’ teachers. Teach English, set up arts, sports or social clubs and get immersed in the culture through a homestay.
Learn and build on your medical skills at a large practice, before using them at a rural Bushman clinic. There’s also the chance to nurse animals at a wildlife sanctuary – your patients could be baby baboons or tamed cheetahs.
Be amazed and humbled at the spirit of Guatemala’s poorest communities. You’ll play a vital role in improving their lives by teaching English and other lessons, or by helping with carpentry workshops or building projects.
Work with orang-utans in a zoo, before seeing them in a rehabilitation centre and the wild. The trip takes you deep into the Bornean jungle, where you’ll help build trails and get to know the Iban tribes.
Get stuck into the demanding but highly rewarding work of caring for sick animals, building enclosures, darting and relocating animals, and helping release them into natural surroundings.
Learn or improve your scuba diving, live with a local family, help build a marine protected area and enjoy the country’s amazing beaches in a 6-week programme of activities that make for the perfect Fijian experience.
Whether you work in an orphanage, women’s centre, school or clinic, you’ll be giving something back to an underdeveloped but extremely friendly community. Living with a local family will give you extraordinary insight into Ghanaian life. Project Video Now Online
Keep young people off the streets with sports sessions. Coach football, netball, rounders or whatever you fancy – even the simplest drills will fire their enthusiasm! Get involved in successful conservation and construction projects, too.
Give orphaned and injured sloths the TLC they need. You’ll help out at a centre dedicated to the protection of these endangered creatures, feeding them and helping them return to the wild.
Help change people’s opinions of wolves and wolf dogs, and care for those that have been neglected and abused. Take the chance to to discover the attractions of rural New Mexico too.
Teach at a school, an orphanage or in a monastery, work on a medical project or help with building and construction work. Jungle safaris, elephant rides and dance lessons will teach you about Nepal, too.
Enjoy the best bits of Tanzania, hand-picked by Real Gap staff. Carry out rewarding project work on a community project, trek Mt Kilimanjaro and go on a camping safari in some of the best scenery in Africa!
You’ll be invaluable to the over-worked leaders of orphanages and homes. Finger-printing, hopscotch or baking cakes will encourage abused, neglected and orphan children to smile again, while you’ll get a rare insight into Costa Rican life.
Help out zookeepers and learn about the likes and dislikes of sun bears, camels, elephants, tigers and more. Your tasks might include feeding, cleaning out and catching the animals and working as a guide. Project Video Now Online
Help out at homes for orphans and the elderly. Teach English and maths to give children a better chance in the future, organise games and activities and keep older adults from feeling lonely.
Do the unthinkable - walk with lions! Collect data, carry out research and watch as the lion cubs learn to hunt. You’ll also educate local children, and pay a memorable visit to elephant orphans.
Experience life in Kenya from the inside with the Kenya Gap Experience. It includes community work, a wildlife safari, a snorkelling excursion, visits to Diani, beach parties – and an overwhelming sense of achievement.
Learn how to identify and photograph dolphins, penguins and other sea creatures. You’ll be working towards making dolphin watching a tourist attraction, and thus persuading fishermen not to kill them for food.
Help brighten up the lives of underprivileged children in Rio. Whether you teach them English, play games with them or run arts and crafts sessions, you’ll improve their self-confidence and social skills.
This is an amazing opportunity for you to give the children of Phnom Penh a chance to a brighter future. You will be able to make such a difference to the lives of these orphaned children by providing them with the vital education and care they are in desperate need of.
Give disillusioned young people a reason to be positive. Play games and sports with them, set up clubs, collect food and clothes donations, run workshops, serve them meals or organise trips out.
Channel the enthusiasm of poor but extremely eager children into learning. Teach English, run after-school activities, organise sports lessons and give them a chance to make a success of their lives.
Contribute towards a fascinating marine research project that focuses on whale sharks, mangroves, dolphins and coral on the second largest barrier reef system in the world!
Organise fun activities that allow the vulnerable children of Bolivia to enjoy themselves and be children again. Run painting, dancing, drawing, music or sport sessions, and help out with cooking, cleaning and feeding the children.
Teach English or computer skills or organise fun activities such as plays, arts and crafts and sport in schools or centres around Costa Rica. Living with a family will give you an excellent opportunity to practise your Spanish.
Volunteers with medical qualifications assist in hospitals while those that don’t are just as valuable in the orphanages. Plus, you’ll be involved in tough but very rewarding work to improve life in Nairobi slums.
Nurse injured and orphaned monkeys, plus baboons, snakes, crocodiles and any other animals needing attention. Longer-staying volunteers have the chance to work on sites that release monkeys back into the wild. Project Video Now Online
Give some much-needed assistance to medical staff. Help out at a hospital or clinic in the mornings, then dedicate your skills to playing with children, renovating schools or the Elephant Pepper Project in the afternoons.
Get a recognised TEFL certificate, teach English to disadvantaged children and make a valuable difference to many lives. Any extra time you spend with them – even just helping brush their hair - will be gratefully received.
Take in the best of Indonesia in a four-week programme. Learn to cook Indonesian-style, meet the locals, visit the temples, explore the beaches and take part in a volunteer project or a week of adventure activities.
Learn to build houses the Swazi way! Get hands-on construction, painting and repair experience and provide children with secure shelter and proper facilities. A great project that desperately needs volunteer support.
Walk with lions and watch cubs hunt their first prey. This is a rare opportunity to get close to wild animals while contributing to valuable breeding and release work. Explore the grasslands on horseback or elephant-back, too.
Help give children in Quito a better future by working with them on the streets or in a special summer school. Your work improving parent-child relationships or planning activities will make a difference. Project Video Now Online
Teach English and other activities to underprivileged children on two of the most remote and beautiful islands in the world. The help you give them will greatly improve their chances of working in tourism or other industries.
Organising activities, visiting children in hospital or helping decorate classrooms will make a huge difference to one of Venezuela’s friendliest but most deprived communities. The project is based in the stunning Gran Sabana national park.
Dig for archaeological treasures in Jerusalem and uncover more of its fascinating history. You’ll be digging, sifting and recording what you find, with experts on hand at all times. You could unearth the next Dead Sea scrolls…
Put your interest in rugby to good use and develop talent in a country becoming more and more interested in the sport. Coaching is needed at all levels – you could teach beginners or the international team.
Spend your time in Malawi introducing children to community sports and getting involved with community projects. Based in an idyllic but desperately poor country, you’ll make a real difference to young people’s lives.
Get properly involved in conservation work to protect turtles and caimans. Take part in the nightly beach patrols, help release the hatchlings, work on iguana and caiman breeding projects and much more.
Lend children your skills and experience and help them out of poverty. Teach English, take drawing and painting lessons, draw up lesson plans, encourage children to develop their vocational skills and give them hope for the future.
Help teach invaluable computer and sport skills set amongst Africa’s most spectacular scenery. This is a great teaching project, especially for first time travellers or those who may be nervous about taking the first step to teach. Project Video Now Online
Give vulnerable children what they crave – love and affection. By organising games, teaching them basic English and maths, and helping build profiles of deprived children, you’ll play a vital role in improving their quality of life.
Help out an orphanage for children who have been abused or abandoned by their families. Babies and toddlers up to the age of four need waking, feeding and bathing – but most of all, love and attention.
Take part in projects aimed at helping children and adults in rural Mozambique. They could be fun days, English lessons, HIV/AIDS workshops, football tournaments, craft workshops, cooking lessons or house rebuilding for disabled villagers.
Handle rhino, train elephants and make a real difference to the future of endangered species in Zimbabwe. Living close to the animals will give you a unique insight into their lives and make for fantastic photos opportunities.
Take an unforgettable tour of southern Africa, getting close to game in South Africa, working with orphans in Swaziland and snorkelling with whale sharks in Mozambique. Indian Ocean beaches provide a paradisiacal finale!
Help with the day-to-day care of sick and disabled wild animals. You might be preparing food for bears, crocodiles, big cats or other animals, or assisting with building enclosures!
Explore jungle, beach and mountains on this exotic tropical island. Assist local communities in their day-to-day life, while being enriched by their culture and traditions that are unique to this island. There are options to experience many exciting adventure activities throughout this journey including: diving, mountain climbing, jungle trekking and white water rafting.
Get up close and personal with whale sharks – they eat plankton, not humans! Learn to dive in tropical waters and collect data on whale sharks, coral reefs and turtles.
A rewarding experience in an awe-inspiring setting. Your time in Ethiopia will involve helping children transform their lives through education. Your role offers diversity ranging from teaching English at an elementary or secondary school to supporting community activities.
Put your love of children and horses to a worthy cause. Work with disabled children as they learn to ride and care for horses, and watch how their confidence increases. You can improve your own riding at weekends, too.
Use songs, games and anything else your imagination comes up with to make vital English lessons fun. Relieve some of the pressure on the schools by helping with homework, conversation, sports coaching, computer classes or music tuition.
Make a difference to a country crippled by AIDS and unemployment. Help teachers with English classes or give your own lessons, set up new sports clubs, put on plays or get involved in building new facilities for the schools.
Enrol on one of many challenging but rewarding projects in Senegal - teaching English, looking after orphans, caring for the disabled, increasing awareness of HIV and AIDS, building schools or teaching vocational subjects.
Study the fascinating workings of the African savannah and help protect its fragile ecosystem. Enjoy a five day Kruger safari where you’ll have the chance to see elephants, rhinos, lions and leopards before working along side wildlife researchers in a national park in Swaziland learning hands-on conservation techniques.
Get up close to jaguars, parrots and other wildlife. The creatures have been held captive, but will hopefully be returned to the wild. Help nurse them back to health and educate the public about the centre’s work.
Gain an in depth knowledge of koalas and other native species by helping with feeding, monitoring and more. Free time can be spent in nearby Brisbane or getting to know the animals better.
Cultivate your interest in botany and nature on the remote Island of Kauai. You’ll help the flora thrive by carrying out tasks such as planting native species and clearing trials in the Hawaiian forests.
Escort baby turtles to the sea, take part in patrols to protect the eggs and observe turtle behaviour. Working next to the Pacific Ocean, you’ll be part of a highly successful conservation project.
Play a part in conserving the famously beautiful landscapes of New Zealand. Your projects might involve coastal restoration, tree planting and surveying flora and fauna and there’ll be plenty of free time to enjoy outdoor life!
Offer vital support to young boys in Tanzania – AIDS victims, and those who have been neglected or abused. Teach them the skills and show them the affection they’ll need to lead happier lives as adults.
Volunteer on the coast of Ecuador and help with the day-to-day care and rehabilitation of animals that have been abused or injured. These might include monkeys, jaguars, lions, parrots and other native species.
Give some much-needed help to social or labour projects in Indian villages. You might carry out restoration work or raise awareness of AIDS, and will get a real feel for village life. Trips to top attractions are included.
Choose a volunteer project that lets you put your skills to use: therapeutic horse riding or sailing, volunteering in a school or gallery, nature and wildlife conservation, or a specially requested project. Explore British Columbia in your free time.
Experience Ecuador through Spanish lessons, cooking classes, trips around Quito, community and conservation projects in the Andes and the Amazon, horseback rides, sunbathing on the beaches, surfing, scuba diving, a night forest walk and lots more!
Huge amounts of emotional and practical support are needed in Kenya. You can get involved in two of these projects – bringing new ideas to an orphanage and taking relief supplies to poverty-stricken families.
Walk with lions and work with rhinos on a programme that gives you an unforgettable taste of Africa. You’ll get an incredible insight into their lives, and you’ll take part in vital conservation work to save them from extinction. Learning bush survival skills, paddling down the mighty Zambezi River and seeing the even mightier Victoria Falls make for some wonderful memories, not to mention glorious photos! This is a rewarding programme that benefits an amazing country.
Make a difference from heart of the Amazon Jungle by teaching English and other subjects to local children – vital if they want a job in the future. Help preserve the traditional values of Ecuadorian tribes too.
Help doctors with sick children in the mornings and get involved in building and painting schools, AIDS support and an education centre in the afternoons. You’ll make a difference and have time to explore Cape Town’s sights.
Help care for unwanted, abused or neglected primates at this tranquil rescue centre in central Florida. You will work hard, make great friends and return home having had an extremely rewarding experience.
Get yourself on course to manage a game farm or nature reserve. Surrounded by the Big Five and other African wildlife, you’ll learn about educational bush walks, how to identify animals, game tracking, navigation and more. Project Video Now Online
If you are seeking a rewarding and meaningful experience set in a fascinating country rich in colour and culture, why not volunteer with children in Rajasthan’s beautiful ‘Pink City’ Jaipur.
A flexible programme for people wanting to help protect Australia’s amazing flora and fauna. You can choose from ten locations and stay for as little as two weeks – and you get to experience the Great Outdoors, Aussie-style.
Join other medical interns and a team of multidisciplinary professionals to provide support in complete medical treatment and exams, prosthetic and orthotic laboratory, physical, language and occupational therapy and psychotherapy and technical aids.
Care for sick and orphaned children in a rehabilitation centre or boarding school. You’ll play with the little ones and teach the older ones. Mainly, though, you’ll give them much-needed love and affection.
Get hands-on with orphaned and injured animals. The centre cares for big cats, baboons, crocodiles and many others, and is also working to tackle the problem of wild animals attacking farmers’ livestock.
Get a feel for Zulu culture and help counteract the effect of AIDS. Play games with orphans, raise awareness of HIV and AIDS and destroy the myths surrounding them, visit sick people at home and help build classrooms.
Carry out work that will benefit an entire Indian community. Your role will be to empower an isolated community and give them the means to tackle poverty, social stigma and lack of education.
Take your TEFL, then help out with lessons or lead your own. Teach deprived children or teenagers, or adults that need English to improve their job prospects. Combine it with Spanish lessons to make communicating easier.
Help mahouts (elephant riders) in the grounds of a hotel resort as they take care of the elephants. Join them for weekly exercise in the national forests of Thailand!
Help protect some of America’s most beautiful lakes, mountains, deserts and national parks. You’ll build dry stonewalls and create trails that won’t spoil the scenery, and then camp under the stars at night!
Help out a city with exceptional levels of poverty by teaching English and organising fun activities. Your work will keep children off the streets, contribute to their social wellbeing and show them how to enjoy their childhood.
Work with some of the rarest groups of gibbons - small, endangered apes. Through this project, you can get involved with all aspects of their care and efforts to keep them from extinction.
The chance to volunteer at a wildlife sanctuary on Kangaroo Island is a truly unique opportunity to learn about the amazing Australian wildlife in a simply stunning location.
Sample some of Africa’s exhilarating highlights. Camp in Kruger National Park with the big five, do a volunteer placement in Swaziland and learn to scuba dive in Mozambique. An adventure with a bit of everything!
Play a part in protecting South Africa’s beautiful Wild Coast. Work at a lion cub centre, sleep under the stars, learn about wildlife management, go on game drives and bushwalks, and more – perfect for outdoor people!
Work with the traditional hill tribes of northern Thailand, teaching, building and getting involved with new projects. If you’re patient, compassionate and creative, and interested in new cultures, this is an ideal project.
Travel from Darwin to Adelaide to Sydney and finish in Cairns. Hike in national parks, enjoy spectacular sunsets, see some native wildlife, do a week of activities in Sydney, try your hand at surfing – plus lots more!
Escort baby turtles to the sea, take part in patrols to protect the eggs and observe turtle behaviour. Working next to the Caribbean Sea, you’ll be part of a highly successful conservation project.
A varied programme that sees volunteers working on childcare projects in the Rajasthan Desert then on a community project near Goa’s beautiful beaches. You’ll change people’s lives while soaking up the scenery. Cultural activities included.
Play a vital role in improving levels of English – vital for people’s futures. Work with children or adults in a school, orphanage or language centre, and get a unique insight into a fascinating culture.
A massively rewarding project that involves helping wash, feed and look after mentally and physically handicapped children, and, if you wish, getting involved in their lessons. Great whether you have care experience or just want to make them smile.
Help children develop a love of reading with one-on-one sessions. Read with them, and work in the library, and also get involved in teaching, running garden projects and more besides.
Help provide vital teaching assistance at two schools within underprivileged communities of Fish Hoek, on the outskirts of Cape Town. Assist in community work and development initiatives and gain an insight into the lives of underprivileged individuals in Cape Town.
Mentor excited and enthusiastic youngsters as they make friends and have new adventures. You could lead them in anything from crafts to extreme sports! Use your free time to explore Canada’s spectacular and varied scenery.
Animal lovers can play an active role in caring for mistreated cats, dogs, monkeys, camels and other creatures. Your duties could also include touring with the animal ambulance, manning the rescue hotline and helping with the vaccination programme.
Help with PE lessons in local schools and organise games of football and other sports. Your skills and enthusiasm will inspire underprivileged children who often have to make do with little or no equipment.
Let sport work its magic on enthusiastic but deprived children in Swaziland. Organise sports days and run training sessions in football, tennis, netball and volleyball – or all four. Don’t be surprised if the children mob you!
Get involved with innovative and highly successful work to enrich the lives of the resident rescued gibbons. Study them, help care for them on a daily basis and just enjoy watching them interact against a stunning natural background.
Hands-on involvement with conservation projects that will give you in depth insight into Australia’s fauna. Help out with fun days and present pythons, lizards and other animals to the public.
Give children in the most deprived part of Brazil the chance of a better future by teaching football, English or arts and crafts. You’ll get the feel-good factor and they’ll get improved social skills, more confidence and brighter prospects.
Help soothe the effects of abuse, poverty and neglect. Lend a hand with schoolwork or computer skills or just arrange games and activities that will let them enjoy being children again.
Help ensure the beauty of La Gran Sabana national park lives on. Get involved with projects that protect the monkeys, toucans and other wildlife, and pass on your enthusiasm for conservation to local children.
Need a career change? Want a qualification? Always dreamt of working alongside the wildlife of Africa? Then this is field guide course in South Africa is the ideal programme for you!
Care for some of Australia’s truly unique animals in a sanctuary situated in the tropical rainforest of north Queensland. Assist the experienced wildlife keepers and help visitors see the great conservation work the sanctuary is continuing to do.
Ever wanted to travel to China but do more than scratch the surface as a tourist?
This rewarding programme is a great way for you to discover China, its culture, customs
and people. You will be teaching in schools in the stunning province of Guangxi. As a
volunteer your time will be spent mainly teaching conversational English.
Make a difference to a community that is slowly but surely helping itself. Get involved with one of several successful projects, teaching English, taking craft sessions, coaching sports, promoting dancing or helping in other ways.
Work with the blind and help reintegrate them back into society. Accompany them on visits, run dance sessions, help with occupational activities and get involved in promoting the work of the centre.
Learn about and help preserve the fascinating culture of the Pemon Indians. Work on projects set up to protect their beautiful surroundings, teach English to native tour guides or help build facilities.
Help provide much needed medical assistance and educate the local community about HIV/AIDS awareness on this medical programme in the beautiful location of St Lucia.
Swim with great whites…in a cage! Sail through Sharks’ Alley, among seals and penguins, while you record shark activity. Tuition on shark behaviour, underwater filming and lots more will give you an in depth understanding of these magnificent creatures.
Live a horse lover’s dream! Help with the day-to-day care of neglected and abused horses and build up their confidence. You’ll be able to ride the Wild Coast’s spectacular beach and bush trails too.
If you like tennis, this is an opportunity to teach it to deprived children in Belo Horizonte. You’ll also learn Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro, with time to explore some of the most beautiful areas of Brazil.
Teach English, take part in vocational and health workshops, organise leisure activities and help with fundraising. You’ll give people of all ages the chance of a better education and a better life.
Learn more than you thought possible about Australia’s wildlife. Your tasks might include feeding and caring for the animals, maintaining the sanctuary and helping out with animal shows and night walks.
Put your love of photography to good use on a World Heritage Site. Photograph elephants, rhinos and many other creatures for a database, and possibly magazines. You’ll also teach local children about their surroundings.
Get up close and personal with Africa’s wildlife, from Black Mambas to Baboon Spiders. As a reptile centre volunteer, you’ll be involved in research, feeding, building enclosures, demonstrating and much more. Project Video Now Online
Use your love of football to inspire and educate children from disadvantaged backgrounds. You’ll work on a street project or a talent academy, organising training sessions and tournaments, refereeing, advising on tactics and teaching new exercises.
If you’ve ever played or coached Netball and would like to use your skills and knowledge to help improve and develop young talent whilst experiencing an amazing country then this is the programme for you! You will have the opportunity to organise training and matches whilst playing the sport yourself and meeting some fantastic people in this stunning country.
Looking to pursue a career in physiotherapy or sports therapy? Currently training or already qualified and hoping to use your skills to give something back? Then this programme is an excellent opportunity for you to combine physiotherapy work experience and sports coaching in one of Africa’s most welcoming countries.
Train to be a better boxer in Ghana and experience the sport in a totally different culture. You will also have the chance to use your skills and knowledge to coach young fighters with some free time to explore this amazing West African country.
Choose from teaching, health care, orphanage, community development or AIDS prevention projects, in rural and urban areas. You’ll work and live with local people, giving you a unique insight into their lives, and take a tour of Ghana. Project Video Now Online
Work with local staff to offer friendship, love and support to orphans and disadvantaged children in West Africa. Help with homework, organise fun games and activities and most importantly build friendships and trust in this rewarding programme in the beautiful country of Ghana.
Enable school children from poor backgrounds the chance to a better future by helping to teach English, Maths, Science and Sports. This is a truly life changing project for both you and the children.
This is a fantastic opportunity to experience African wilderness whilst contributing to the conservation of large carnivores in this area. The carnivore research project offers a hands-on scientific experience as well as helping to conserve habitats and wildlife.
Help with the construction of a new children’s centre, and come away feeling you’ve made a worthwhile contribution. Learn new skills or practise your old ones – but what really counts is enthusiasm and a positive attitude.
Help care and teach orphans and children whose parents can no longer look after them. Your love and attention can make a huge difference to the children in these two centres near Port Elizabeth.
Help improve the literacy, numeracy and communication skills of children in Port Elizabeth; you can really make a difference to the lives of your students and their future prospects.
Offer your time, energy and attention to poor and orphaned children in the beautiful surroundings of a Buddhist pagoda. Organise and play games, help initiate a teaching English programme and assist with feeding the babies!
Experience the ultimate in wildlife conservation and walk with lions through the African bush. As you walk alongside the lions, enjoy the exhilaration of being part of a hunt as the young cubs learn to stalk their prey so that eventually they can be released back into the wild.
Based in the Indian Ocean paradise of Zanzibar, this invaluable project helps local communities affected by poverty, lack of education, training and employment. By getting involved in the local nursery and primary and secondary school programmes as well as aiding community development, you are able to offer skills and knowledge to many on the island.
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