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Looking for an opportunity to share a holiday with a group of people to help a less fortune society? Join a Bangladesh Work Camps Association (BWCA) camp! Work Camp projects include social welfare, rural development, community and organizational developme ...
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Cosmic Volunteers offers volunteer programs in Africa, Asia, and South America. These programs include teaching English, working in orphanages, in healthcare, in journalism, in HIV/AIDS clinics, in conservation and cultural tours.
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Centro de Intercambio y Solidaridad (CIS) offers opportunities for volunteers in the areas of education and social programmes. More specifically, volunteers can donate their time as English teachers or as election volunteers. Volunteers must cover the cos ...
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The intention of the Zajel Youth Exchange is to provide foreign youth and An-Najah National University students, a venue to create a type of symbiotic relationship that will surpass what other exchange programmes have offered. Zajel focuses on three main ...
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We value the self-realization of each participant as highly as caring and love for each member in society. We integrate people from all over the world who share the same value as ours with the need of society, bridging the connection between the two throu ...
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Ecuador is a small country, but one that has it all. Andes, Coast, Amazon and Galapagos Islands. Not only one of the best destinations in the world to travel, but one of the best destinations for Spanish learning. The accent is neutral, the diction ...
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Place for Change connects volunteers and interns to genuine volunteer abroad projects in India and Nepal. We provide volunteer consultancy, suitable volunteer placement options with non-profit organizations and complete in-country support and care for eac ...
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Ruach Tova provides volunteer opportunities in a variety of languages. Our Volunteer Management System (VMS) contains 3,000+ nationwide organizations and 8,000+ volunteer projects in Israel. We match interested volunteers to causes and organizations accor ...
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Friends of ATD Fourth World volunteer their time and talents, offering all kinds of experience and skills. They are essential for the development of their anti-poverty work in the UK and work closely with the full-time team. There are many opportunities f ...
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Conservation Experience is an amazing way to enjoy the beautiful Australian or New Zealand environment while making a contribution to its practical conservation. Volunteers are part of a team and get to meet people from around the world. Projects which do ...
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Is volunteering abroad helping or harming the developing world? Is there a way for us to contribute to development while also critiquing it? At Operation Groundswell, we connect with local activists, artists, organizations, farmers and change-makers that ...
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Expeditions with Trekforce Worldwide last from 4 weeks to 5 months and include volunteer work on projects including carrying out research work, building up the infrastructure of national parks and constructing research and visitor centres. These exciting ...
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Volunteers are the heart of the Canadian Red Cross and the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. The work of the Red Cross is only made possible because thousands of volunteers willingly give their time to help vulnerable people. Volunteer activi ...
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The aim of Rokpa UK is to improve the quality of life of the poorest peoples around the world irrespective of their religion, nationality or cultural background. The majority of Rokpa's projects are aimed at giving children from the poorest backgrounds th ...
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As a part of its activities, UNV opens up opportunities for professional women and men to serve as UNV volunteers and contribute to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
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ELEP Volunteer and Internship Programs is an experiential learning and service learning program provider that facilitates quality and affordable volunteer, internships and Spanish training programs across Ecuador in South America for individuals and group ...
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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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Gapforce is an established provider of structured Gap Year and summer programs overseas. We offer volunteering programs, expeditions, training courses and internships across 5 specialist divisions:
Greenforce: Marine research projects, teaching, communit ...
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Volunteer Action for Change Kenya is an established national organization that provides structured development service project activities through out the year within Kenyan communities. We offer volunteering programs, expeditions, training courses and int ...
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Volunteer Bolivia provide volunteer programs that match a volunteer's skills and interests to local needs. Volunteer Bolivia offer language programs and options to volunteer abroad in South America.
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When I think back on it, my first experience volunteering overseas kind of sucked. It's a long story, but the short version is that I showed up in Nepal thinking that I was going to save the world and found out that really I was on an adventure tour posing as a volunteer programme.