Regions: Southern Africa

Teach English to children in schools around Siem Reap in Cambodia Highlights Work in a Cambodian school for 8, 12,16, 20, 24 or 28 weeks Live in a designated volunteer house and work alongside local people Make a genuine and worthwhile difference an ...
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At Crossroads International we recruit volunteers with expertise in a wide range of sectors including information and communications technology, insurance, law, community economic development and women.
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VentureCo specializes in gap year and career break adventures; all of the programmes are about working within a group, helping developing communities and exploring off the beaten track. VentureCo provides travel with a purpose in the company of like-minde ...
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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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Dealing with an environmental issue is no easy task and you can quickly realize how little can be achieved on an individual basis. Ending environmental deterioration caused by poverty is complicated and requires the skills, experience and creativity of ma ...
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Askari Wilderness Conservation Programme offers the experience of a lifetime - the chance for volunteers to make a real contribution to conservation and wildlife research in Africa. Askari is based on 'Pidwa Wilderness' and volunteers become part of the f ...
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Taking Off is a placement agency that works with the student and their families to facilitate a gap year experience for each participant. Taking Off works to clarify, define and prioritize the parameters that will come to shape each participants' experien ...
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Youth Action for Peace (YAP) organizes a great variety of activities to give young people the experience to learn and demonstrate peaceful living together with people from different cultures and to contribute to local community and peace development. Thei ...
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Whether you want to get hands-on in a wildlife rehabilitation centre, experience life as a wildlife vet, learn how to track wildlife or join a research project in a national park – volunteering with African Conservation Experience allows you to make a rea ...
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Concern America recruits and sends professionals who serve as non-salaried volunteers for two or more years. Positions include medical doctors, public health specialists, educators, agriculturists, engineers, and other experts are sent to share their skil ...
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Experiential Learning International (ELI) partners with local organizations to provide international volunteer placements in various fields including social work, education, conservation and health care. Placements include positions in schools, orphanages ...
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ELI works with charitable hospitals in Chennai and Madurai to create unique internships designed for pre-med students. Interns have the opportunity to shadow medical professionals, observe diagnosis and treatments, and learn firsthand about the day to day ...
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We have been hosting volunteers at our Children’s Centres, for many years now. During this period we found it necessary to add adventure travel for volunteers. Our main focus still remains on volunteering and we are still careful on selecting the kind of ...
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Vets go Wild can provide hands-on veterinary experience and fulfill some a portion of university Veterinary Science requirements. Amakhala/Shamwari Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, is the setting for the new 16-day module for students under ...
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We encourage early career scientists, post grad marine biology students and anyone with a burning passion for ocean conservation to join our research team to get hands on experience in the various research projects we conduct. From our dorsal fin identifi ...
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Volunteers for International Partnership (VIP) offers volunteer opportunities for individuals or groups to do international community service in health, social services, environment and education. Work with a rural development project, volunteer in a heal ...
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Adventure travel holidays which include a few days in a local community contributing to a project.
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Blue Ventures is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to marine conservation, education and sustainable development in tropical coastal communities. Through marine expeditions, volunteers from around the world participate on career breaks, student gap ...
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Programmes offered by the African Conservation Trust are projects conceived by Africans and implemented by Africans to achieve self-sustained funding for environmental research in Southern Africa. The difference between the Trust and other volunteer organ ...
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World Challenge offers long and short term adventure travel expeditions. Expeditions take place all around the globe, and range from one to four weeks. While short term expeditions focus on adventure travel, long term expeditions incorporate volunteer com ...
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