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At the Naankuse Foundation in Namibia, Africa, we focus on responsible voluntourism. Our main area of conservation research is that of human-wildlife conflict mitigation, assisting local landowners in forging a peaceful co-existence with the wild, in part ...
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Last year World at Play sent a team of volunteers to work for the first time at Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement in Uganda. 78,000 refugees live in the settlement, 43,000 of whom are children. There is limited access to safe water and good sanitation. Food is ...
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The Kibbutz Programme Center accepts volunteers for a minimum period of two months and a maximum of six months. In the kibbutz, the volunteers live and breath the kibbutz atmosphere, and during their stay they benefit from many of the social and material ...
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There is nothing more rewarding than helping those in need. South Africa is in many ways a first-world country. Yet in other respects it is very much a developing country. This dichotomy presents the country with some of its greatest challenges. As a volu ...
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We are a nonprofit working at the intersection of education abroad and international development. Our team is based in Bucerías, Mexico, where we have developed partnerships with local artisans, entrepreneurs, and organizations. We connect these local par ...
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When you put exemplary care and a competitive education in the hands of critically-poor children, stories are rewritten. At Flying Kites, we are igniting the potential of vulnerable Kenyan children in our Home, School, and LaunchPad. Through our emphasis ...
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A wide variety of different international volunteer short term projects, including:
work with orphans and other socially disadvantaged children
environmental and nature protection activities, ecology, gardening and forestry
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Our mission is two-fold: to restore the planet to a more livable state and to bring different cultures together. Located up in the mountains along the Pan-American Highway, south of San Jose where much of our world famous coffee is grown, Los Santos is pa ...
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The programme is based in the beautiful coastal region of Sainte Luce which is surrounded by extremely rare and threatened fragments of littoral (coastal) forest. It integrates practical hands-on conservation research on endangered flora and fauna, in par ...
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Combining volunteering and sight seeing this is a fantastic opportunity to get down and dirty helping at a co-operative farm on the outskirts of Pyongyang. The farming volunteer program is a incredible opportunity for you to not only build relationships w ...
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International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ) is travel provider of choice for thousands of people looking to volunteer for periods ranging from 1 week to 6 months.
We have volunteer programs in 30+ different countries with a wide range of volunteer opportunities, i ...
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Mundo Verde offers different volunteering programs. There is no programme fee for these volunteer programmes. The organizations that Mundo Verde is affiliated with work with homeless children, woman suffering domestic violence and environmental conservati ...
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Running for over 14 years, Future Leaders Underprivileged Children's Centre (UCC) is an educational and sports programme dedicated to integrating out-of-school youth into the formal education system and promoting free vocational training for young adults ...
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Odyssey Expeditions offers sailing, scuba diving, marine biology and island exploration on adventures exploring the British Virgin Islands and Windward Islands. The service, education and adventure voyages feature focused adventures with hands-on marine e ...
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Atlantic Whale Foundation offers volunteer placements to international volunteers who are interested in contributing their time to this environmental project. Volunteers will work as research guides on the whale watching boats three or so days per week an ...
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Youth have always been at the heart of what we do, how we do it, and why we do it.
Our community-driven development projects were created to provide young people with the knowledge and experience they need to make an impact on a global scale.
Our Six-Ni ...
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Our international volunteer programs tackle humanity's challenges in Africa, Asia, Central & South America and the Middle East & North Africa (MENA). Apply your skills in business, nursing/ medicine, public health, nutrition, social work/ psycholo ...
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Volunteers enhance all elements of Oxfam Canada
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Oikos is an association engaged in the protection of the environment and the promotion of voluntary service. Projects include conservation projects, but recently Oikos has expanded its focus to include humanitarian programmes as well.
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