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Volunteer Projects in South America
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Volunteer projects in South America are a brilliant way to gain a far more rewarding and authentic travel experience when you visit this fabulous continent. Most importantly, volunteer projects are all about giving up some of your time on your gap year in order to ‘give something back' on your travels.
It's easy to forget how fortunate many of us in the west are to be able to travel the world, so volunteer projects are a way to be a responsible tourist and make a positive impact whilst you travel South America. |
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One of the great things about volunteer projects in South America is that they benefit the volunteers in many ways too. For example volunteer projects in South America provide a perfect opportunity to get to know local people properly on a ‘normal' everyday basis - rather than as a passing tourist.
When you work as a volunteer on a gap year in South America you gain a far greater understanding of what local life is really like away from all the usual tourist hot-spots. Also, many of the people you work with on volunteer projects in South America will be other like-minded volunteers - so the post-work social life is usually excellent.
If you're keen to learn some new skills on your gap year, volunteer projects in South America are a particularly good choice in that they all include comprehensive Spanish tuition. Learning Spanish is a lot of fun and makes life on volunteer projects in South America far easier. |
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Real Gap has numerous volunteer projects in South America to choose from.
Broadly speaking volunteer projects in South America fall within three main categories…
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Volunteer projects in South America - Wildlife
- Real Gap has a diverse range of volunteer projects in South America which focus on wildlife conservation - from the wildlife of the Amazon through to coastal projects.
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Volunteer projects in South America - Environment
- There are also volunteer projects in South America dedicated to preserving some of the continent's most fragile ecosystems - including the nature-lovers' paradise of the Galapagos Islands.
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Volunteer projects in South America - People
- Many of Real Gap's volunteer projects in South America provide help and assistance to impoverished communities - from street kids to people with physical disabilities.
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