Specialty Travel Volunteering
Below are some useful links about Volunteering on Specialty Travel:
See also:Remote Area Medical  - Provides free medical care to people in remote areas around the world via its fleet of aircraft. Information on volunteer opportunities, photo journal, and organization news. |
| ACDI/VOCA - A private, nonprofit organization that promotes broad-based economic growth and the development of civil society in emerging democracies and developing countries. |
| Africa Volunteer, Work, and Research - Nonprofit Educational Organization. Internships, Study Abroad, Travel-Study, field Study Academic credit - undergraduate or graduate level. |
| African Conservation Trust - Details of opportunities for volunteers to join conservation projects in Southern Africa. |
| AidCamps International - Offering opportunities for short term voluntary work on development aid projects overseas run by local non-governmental organisations in the third world. Information about projects, applying, and practicalities. |
| Amigos de las Americas - Offers opportunities for young people to in public health, education and community development. Stories, Locations, Dates, and Rates. |
| Amistad Institute - Spanish programs with options for activities, volunteers and internships. Also a camp for middle and high school student groups. Includes prices and contact information. |
| Amizade International Volunteering and Service-Learning - Provides community service volunteer programs around the world and international service-learning courses for academic credit. |
| ARCAS - ARCAS is a non-profit Guatemalan NGO formed in 1989 by a group of Guatemalan citizens who became concerned as they saw their precious natural heritage rapidly disappearing before their eyes. |
| Asociacion Casa Guatemala - An shelter in Guatemala for orphaned, abandoned, or abused children. Information about their activities, projects and supporters. Includes details of their needs, and on volunteering. |
| AustraLearn - Study abroad in Australia and New Zealand, detailing full degree program information, summer courses, internships, scholarships and financial aid, and application. |
| Australian Volunteers International - Recruit, prepare and support Australians who volunteer to live, work and learn alongside people of other cultures in developing countries. Information about opportunities, programs and history. |
| Belize Botanic Garden - Belizean species are presented in an educational setting, including special collections such as Heliconias, orchids, and palms. Goals are to recreate specific habitats such as Pine Ridge, Baldy Beacon, as well as a savannah, a rainforest, and a riverine eco-system. Education on the horticultural heritage of Belize, including sustainable agriculture. San Ignacio, Belize. |
| Bethany Home - Provides a service for children and adults who are disabled and lives in the Hilir Perak district but also throughout Malaysia. |
| Biosphere Expeditions - Offering volunteer wildlife conservation expeditions in various countries. |
| Blue Ventures Conservation - UK based not-for-profit organisation working to facilitating projects that enhance global coral reef conservation and research. |
| Brethren Volunteer Service - Offer religious volunteer youth opportunities abroad. |
| British Trust for Conservation Volunteers - Supporting volunteering opportunities throughout the UK and across the globe. |
| Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund - A UK registered charity that runs the Mvog-Betsi zoo and Mefou National Park in Cameroon, in conjunction with the Cameroon government. |
| Camphill Botswana - Working from the educational, curative and social impulses of the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner, Dr Karl Koenig and a group of close associates started a school for disabled children, set within the context of a shared, Christian, communal life. |
| Canada World Youth - Designs and delivers international educational programs for youth (aged 17-29) with a focus on volunteer work and community development in a cross-cultural setting. |
| Canadian Crossroads International - Non-profit organization dedicated to building a constituency of global citizens committed to voluntarism, international development and social action. |
| Careforce International - Meeting the medical, educational and spiritual needs of children around the world. |
| Carter Center - Center offers programs for academic credit or practical experience each year. |
| Casa Alianza - Nonprofit serving homeless children and youth in Central America. Includes information on programs, advocacy and street children. |
| Catholic Medical Mission Board - Medical relief agency providing international health care for third world relief. This Catholic charity sends medical donations including emergency medical supplies and pharmaceuticals for emergency aid. |
| Catholic Network of Volunteer Service (CNVS) - Offers faith-based volunteer opportunities for men and women with varying skills, to help others in need of volunteer service. Database of short and long-term opportunities, in US and abroad. |
| Catholic Relief Services - Catholic Relief Services does not currently have a volunteer program. To be considered for International job openings you need a Visa and work documentation. |
| CENIT - Center for the Working Girl - Nonprofit NGO in Quito, Ecuador providing a variety of educational, vocational, and health services to working girls and their families. Information on programs, longterm follow-up, and volunteering. |
| Center for Cultural Interchange (CCI) - Exchange program for students in the U.S.A. and 30 other countries. School year and short-term programs are described, including information on how to become a host family. |
| Cercopan Primate Sanctuary - Provides sanctuary and rehabilitation to more than 60 individuals of six species. |
| CESO (Canadian Executive Service Organization) - Founded in 1967, CESO is a not-for-profit, volunteer-based organization providing social and economic development expertise to Canadian Aboriginal Peoples, non-Aboriginal Canadians, developing nations and the new market economies of Central and Eastern Europe. |
| CharityFocus - Non-profit organization, located in Artesia, CA. serving South Asian residents of Southern California. Learn about the services and programs. |
| Château de St-Ferriol, 11500 Aude, Languedoc, France - Château de St-Ferriol is a late Medieval - early Renaissance château-fort in the foothills of the Pyrenees, looking for volunteer help with organic farming and restoration work, in exchange for accommodation and keep. |
| Cheetah Outreach - If you are a student in Cape Peninsula, South Africa, Cheetah Outreach will bring a cheetah to your school. The rest of will have to make due with the Photo Gallery and the Meet our Cheetahs page. Also included is the page, Plight of the Cheetah which describes how the cheetah is losing habitat, and their conflict with livestock farmers in Namibia, a south African country. |
| Child Family Health International - Service Learning in International Health for medical, pre-medical, and nursing students. |
| Child Haven International - Asists children and women in 4 countries, who are in need of food, education, health care, shelter and clothing, emotional and moral support. |
| Children Better Way - A non-profit to rehabilitate and develop children who are suffering due to man-made and/or natural disasters by providing quality education, including HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention, shelter, and recreation. |
| CHOICE Humanitarian - CHOICE Humanitarian offers solutions to the hardships of poverty in the rural villages of the world with simple technologies, self-help initiatives and public awareness. |
| The Chol-Chol Foundation - The Chol-Chol Foundation is a non-profit human development organization which works in indigenous communities in the ninth region of Chile. |
| Christian Peacemaker Teams - Responding to Christ's call to confront injustice, its members attempt to bring the redemptive love of God to violent situations through direct, personal involvement. FAQ, calendar, history and mission, and action alerts. |
| CISV Canada - Contact information and news from the organization. |
| Citizens Democracy Corps - A quasi-governmental body that functions as a local administration of its District, initiating, planning and managing community programmes. Information about its various services (jobs, social assistance, skills upgrading, healthcare) and even how you can volunteer. |
| Community Service Volunteers - Charity dedicated to giving everyone the chance to play an active part in their community through volunteering, training, education and the media. |
| Concern America - A small nonprofit, nonsectarian, nongovernmental development and refugee aid organization. |
| Conservation Volunteers Australia - Help create a Better Earth become a conservation volunteer. |
| Coral Cay Conservation - Volunteer expeditions that provide resources to help sustain livelihoods and alleviate poverty through the protection, restoration and management of coral reefs and tropical forests. |
| Cosmic Volunteers - Offers programs to volunteer and intern in Ecuador, Ghana, India, and Nepal from one week to one year. Site offers information about Cosmic Volunteers and their programs. |
| Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound School - Rainforest trekking, whitewater rafting, Spanish language study, kayaking, scuba diving, and study abroad for university credit. (San Jose, Costa Rica) |
| Council on International Educational Exchange - To help people gain understanding, acquire knowledge and develop skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world, is Council's mission. |
| Crispaz - A faith-based organization dedicated to mutual accompaniment with the church of the poor and marginalized communities in El Salvador. |
| Cross-Cultural Solutions - An international volunteer program, with opportunities in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Peru, Russia, Tanzania, and Thailand. |
| CUSO - Supports alliances for global social justice. Information about current volunteer opportunities, development programs worldwide, and global education activities in Canada. (French and English) |
| Development Projects and Adventurous Overland Travel - Combines award winning development projects and adventurous overland travel. |
| Doctors Without Borders - Doctors and nurses volunteer to provide urgent medical care in countries to victims of war and disaster. Includes news, exhibits, publications, speeches, field news, and volunteering information. |
| Earthwatch Institute - An international non-profit organization supporting scientific field research and offering members of the public the opportunity to work with distinguished field scientists. |
| Ecovolunteer - Gives volunteers the opportunity to protect nature and its inhabitants by helping local organizations with their conservation projects. |
| Edinburgh Cyrenians - Works to create opportunities for disadvantaged people by offering effective and lasting routes out of homelessness and promoting social inclusion. |
| Enkosini - A 12,000 acre preserve in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa created to protect natural habitat and create a sanctuary for African wildlife in need. |
| Experience Mexico - Experience Mexico a non profit organisation offering volunteer a range of different opportunities in west Mexico. |
| Explorations In Travel Inc. - Outdoor and cultural adventures for women over 40. Domestic and international active travel trips for women. |
| Flying Samaritans - A volunteer organization which operates free medical clinics in Baja California, Mexico. Doctors, dentists, nurses, translators, pilots and support personnel fly to clinics in private aircraft. |
| Foundation for Sustainable Development - Offering several different service projects, a trip to the cloud forest in northern Nicaragua, and a trip to the beach on the Pacific ocean. |
| Fundacion Brethren y Unida - NGO based in Ecuador working on rural development and volunteer projects in agro-ecology, environmental education and small business development. |
| Fundacion Zoobreviven - Ecuador conservation organisation preserving cloud forests and running community projects. Volunteer projects in reforestation, organic and coffee plantation farming, plant and tree study, bird, mammal, insect study in the Alto Choco bioregion. |
| Genesis Voluntary Teaching Program - Seeking volunteers to teach English to children in Ecuador coast. Information about the town, Bahia, and about volunteering. |
| Global Crossroad - Offers a variety of volunteering, intership, trekking, adventure and cross-cultural experience to international volunteers in Nepal, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, Mongolia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Kenya, Ghana, and Tibet. |
| Global Deaf Connection - Hosts volunteer vacations to individuals interested in working with deaf children throughout the world. |
| Global Service Corps - International volunteering and internship opportunities for cross-cultural learning and community service in Thailand and Tanzania. Short-term (two to four weeks), long-term (two to six months), and student internship programs are available, in projects in healthcare, education, and environment/sustainable agriculture. |
| Global Vision International (GVI) - Hosts volunteer opportunities from 2 weeks to 12 months in over 20 countries including China, Mexico and the Central African Republic. |
| Global Volunteer Network - A non profit organisation which places volunteers in community projects worldwide. |
| Global Volunteers - Sends teams of volunteers to work on short-term development projects worldwide. Coordinates over 150 teams per year. Trip information and contacts for Minnesota non-profit organization. |
| Global Works - Summer programs located in all types of cultures around the world. Students live in places that range from small villages to ruined castles. Community service, language and adventure travel programs for teenagers. |
| Green Volunteers - Resource for finding voluntary work in nature conservation. Lists short and long term projects. Volunteers can work worldwide, with marine mammals or terrestrial fauna, in national parks or in wildlife rescue centers. |
| Greenforce Conservation Expeditions - Specializes in marine and terrestrial scientific conservation expeditions for gap year students, university students and those wanting to undertake international voluntary work in Borneo, The Bahamas, Fiji and Zambia. |
| Help Exchange - Volunteer work in exchange for free accommodation and food (bed and board) in Australia, New Zealand and Europe on farms, backpacker hostels, lodges and other properties. |
| Iko poran - Offers international volunteers programs in Brazil. Focused on community development programs. |
| Inter-community Development Involvement (ICODEI), Kenya - Organization working on HIV/AIDS education in Kenya, building libraries and pre-schools, encouraging micro-enterprise for women and providing health care for the people of Western Kenya. |
| Inter-Cultural Youth Exchange - Sends volunteers to work with communities overseas in social and welfare placements from 3 weeks to one year. |
| IT in Isan - Computer learning program in Thailand taught by international volunteers. |
| i-to-i International Projects - Provides a variety of work experiences including teaching English as a foreign language, community development, conservation, construction, and skills development. |
| Jesuit Volunteer Corps - Serve the homeless, the unemployed, refugees, people with AIDS, the elderly, street youth, abused women and children, the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled. |
| Jifunze Project - Charitable project aimed at improving education facilities in rural areas. Information on the project, people and helping. |
| La Sabranenque - Offers architecture restoration projects for volunteers in southern France. Saint Victor la Coste, France operation. (French/English) |
| Living With Elephants - A non-profit organization in Botswana which explores the relationship between the African Elephant and people, with an emphasis on research and educational programs aimed at reducing conflict between the two species. |
| Minnesota Studies in International Development - University of Minnesota's resource for study, work, intern, volunteer, and travel experiences. |
| Mobility International USA (MIUSA) - Empowers people with disabilities around the world through international exchange, information, technical assistance and training, and to ensure the inclusion of people with disabilities in international exchange and development programs. |
| Mokolodi Game Reserve - The 12,500 acre non-profit reserve provides environmental educate to children of Botswana. |
| Mosoq Ayllu Volunteering - Short term volunteering opportunities in Peru, South America, giving volunteers the opportunity to serve communities in a developing country while improving their Spanish language ability. |
| Openmindprojects - Openmindprojects offers volunteers a cross-cultural opportunities in Thailand and with IT Isan projects. Volunteer information, forum, contact info, links and news. |
| Organic gardens in subtropical Australia - Volunteering in New South Wales dealing organic gardens, permaculture methods, landscaping or building. Free board and food in exchange for 4-5 hours a work a day. Photos and contact information. |
| Personal Overseas Development - Voluntary work and adventure travel in Africa and South America. Opportunities include teaching, helping in orphanages and health care. |
| Rainforest Research - Looking for volunteers to help with conservation and research projects at a remote research station in the Amazon basin, South East Peru. Volunteers can choose to take part in a range of projects depending upon their background, interests and experience. Photos, links, research and volunteer placement information. |
| Ravine Saab Collective - Hosts volunteers at a sustainable orchard project in St Lucia in the Caribbean. |
| Reto Juvenil Internacional - A non profit organization offering programs for post high school youth volunteers in community development, environmental education and conservation. Program calendar, participation requirements and application form. |
| Save The Turtles Of Parismina - Turtle conservation program in Parismina, Costa Rica. Seeking volunteers to help patrol the beach and protect Leatherback and Green Sea Turtles that are nesting. Volunteers assist and also help to relocate the eggs in the turtle hatchery. |
| ServeYourWorld.com - Independent guide offering articles, tutorials, forums, volunteer abroad program reviews, and a volunteering abroad opportunity database. |
| Service Civil International - Worldwide volunteer placement for generalists in short term 2 week workcamps and long term 3-12 month social service or non profit community grassroots projects. SCI is based in Seattle, Washington. |
| Starfish Ventures - A company offering volunteer placements available in Thailand from 4 to 12 weeks. Offers TEFL training. |
| Tararu Valley Sanctuary - Co-operatively run rainforest property at the head of Tararu Valley, surrounded by 140,000 acres of the Coromandel State Forest Park - 1.5 hours from Auckland, New Zealand. |
| [TH] Childlife - A future for street children in Mae Sai. The purpose of Childlife is to provide the street children in Mae Sai with a safe refuge, shelter and home, food, health and non-formal education. |
| Travel to Teach - Provides teaching volunteering opportunities in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Mexico and Ecuador. |
| Travel with a Purpose - Arranges trips of voluntouring - combination of travelling and volunteering worldwide. Located in San Diego, California. |
| Uganda Wildlife Education Centre - Voluntary organisation for conservation education and the rescue of animals orphaned or confiscated from poachers. Formerly Entebbe Zoo. |
| The United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS) - Aims at creating a worldwide program for information technology volunteers. |
| United Nations Volunteers - The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that supports human development globally by promoting volunteerism and by mobilizing volunteers. |
| United Planet - An international non-profit with members and programs in over 100 countries. |
| VIA (Volunteers in Asia) - VIA is a private, non-profit, non-sectarian organization dedicated to increasing understanding between the United States and Asia. |
| Vijnana Kala Vedi Centre - This organization in Aranmula, Pathanamthitta District offers courses in traditional art forms. |
| Volunteer Abroad Free - A small site listing free volunteer abroad programs. Programs are primarily for professionals looking to volunteer abroad for free. |
| Volunteer Abroad with EIL Intercultural Learning - Non-profit organisation sending volunteers to work on development projects around the world. |
| Volunteer Africa - Get information and advice on volunteering in Africa. Recruits volunteers for community projects of 1-3 months in rural Tanzania. |
| Volunteer Bolivia - Provides positions with humanitarian and ecological organizations in Cochabamba, Bolivia. |
| Volunteer Travel - Individual and group volunteer placements in South and Central America, New Zealand, Australia, Samoa and Nepal. Conservation projects, teaching, farming, and animal rescues feature in their options. |
| Volunteering Ireland - We Provide practical support, information and other resources for individuals wanting to volunteer and organisations working with volunteers in Ireland through an online Volunteer placement service. |
| Volunteering Vacations - Annotated list of organizational Web sites that offer opportunities to combine good works with travel. |
| Volunteers For Africa Service - (VFA) is a Private Not-For-Profit International Service destined to assist people of all walks of life come to work and volunteer in Africa and assist in long term development. |
| Volunteers for Rural Development Ghana - Ghanaian workcamp service for volunteers willing to make a positive contribution to the communities in the rural areas. Possible projects are school building, HIV/AIDS campaigns and tree planting. Photos, activity details and information on Ghana. |
| VSO - (Voluntary Service Overseas). An international development charity which works through volunteers. Enables people aged 17-70 to share their skills and experience with local communities in the developing world. |
| Watamu Turtle Watch - A marine conservation organisation working to protect sea turtles and the marine environment through conservation, research, education, campaigning and community development. Offers news, events, links, and information. |
| 2Way Development - Skilled Volunteers Overseas - Organizes tailor-made international travel and volunteer placements. Information on prices, packages, and services. |
| Wild at Heart - Youth safari adventures in Zambia. Includes wildlife and community volunteering opportunities. |
| Willing Workers in South Africa - WWISA arranges working volunteer holidays to South Africa and abroad. |
| Willing Workers on Organic Farms - Canada - Prints a directory of over 600 hosts. Includes information on programs, farm listings, host guidelines and FAQs. |
| Willing Workers on Organic Farms Australia - Prints a directory of over 1,000 organic host farms; includes information on WWOOF programs, directory of agents, and bulletin board of opportunities. |
| Winant and Clayton Volunteers - The Winant and Clayton Volunteers provide service opportunity combined with travel abroad. |
| Witness for Peace - Politically independent grassroots organization with a mission is to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas by changing US policies and corporate practices in Latin America and the Caribbean. |
| Women in Progress - International volunteer program focusing on assisting women in Africa to grow their micro enterprises and become self sufficient through business and IT consulting and training. Information for students as well as details on programs and internships. |
| WorkerAnts - Directories of health, development, environmental, volunteering, education and other charity/activist causes. Includes links to resources. |
| World University Service of Canada - World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a network of individuals and postsecondary institutions who believe that all peoples are entitled to the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute to a more equitable world. |
| World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms - USA - Produces a printed directory of organic farmers in the United States who participate in WWOOF programs. |
| World Youth International - Offers volunteering opportunities and overseas programs for teenages, adults and seniors. Destinations include Kenya, Nepal, China, North and South America. |
| WWOOF International - Organization assisting those who would like to work as volunteers on organic farms internationally. Program highlights and contact information. |
| Youth Challenge Australia - Offers youth volunteers the opportunity to volunteer on a range of powerful, community initiated development projects in South and Central America, Asia and the Pacific. |