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Marine Conservation Philippines: Reef monitoring & community engagement 🪸 🇵🇭

Group of marine conservation volunteers sitting on a boat and holding a Reef Buddy banner above clear turquoise sea, with a tropical coastline in the background.

Marine conservation volunteering in Dauin, Philippines 🤿 🇵🇭

Three smiling international volunteers posing indoors in Ghana, supporting Ghana Exchange health and education projects in Accra and Senya Beraku.

Volunteer at a non-profit organisation in Ghana 🇬🇭

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Teaching and exploring culture in Vietnam 🇻🇳

Group of Yohoo au pairs and Chinese staff holding red lucky character posters during a cultural workshop in China, part of the Yohoo au pair program with host families, free accommodation and pocket money.

Yohoo Au Pair China Culture Exchange Program (Culture Homestay/Tutoring) 🇨🇳

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Volunteer opportunity at a zoo in Ecuador’s Amazon region 🇪🇨

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Volunteer in an indigenous community in the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador 🇪🇨

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Volunteer at a Organic farm and Natural building learning center in Thailand 🇹🇭

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Ecuador internships in architecture, anthropology, medicine & more! 🇪🇨

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Support local women and children of Uganda, Africa 🇺🇬

Volunteer accommodation at a tiny yoga retreat in Nymboida, NSW, Australia, surrounded by forest and open lawn.

Volunteer for Tiny Yoga Retreat in Australia 🇦🇺

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Reforestation and sustainable living in south India 🇮🇳

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Volunteer in Sharon Children Home in India 🇮🇳

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Volunteer at our Christian community in Kenya 🇰🇪

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Empower vulnerable communities by volunteering in Uganda 🇺🇬

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Volunteering opportunities & youth exchanges in India 🇮🇳

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Volunteer at Tabasamu NGO in Tanzania – culture, education & general help with kids 🇹🇿

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Volunteer as a Fundraiser in Cambodia and help increase access to clean water 🚰

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Volunteer at a nonprofit Organization near Arusha, in Tanzania 🇹🇿

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Volunteer at MAFOBA for women rights in Burundi, Africa 🇧🇮

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Volunteer to Support Kids with WAVO (Ghana) 🇬🇭

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Volunteer to make an impact in Ghana at SFLIG 🇬🇭

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Help us keep children out of orphanages in Arusha, Tanzania!

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Help with building our family home using sustainable practices (France)

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Volunteer at our Pre and Primary school in Dandora Slum, Kenya

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Help us improve the lives of the needy in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪

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Volunteer at Saint Ann Foundation NGO in Uganda

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Volunteer at an NGO in Ghana with Art and International Languages for the vulnerable

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Learning Opportunities for Volunteers at CLED Ghana, NGO

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Natural Horsemanship, Art & Healing at Appaloosa Stud 🇿🇦

International students in a Chinese art workshop holding traditional ink wash landscape paintings, smiling in a bright classroom—Abridge Academy cultural exchange activity in China.

Abridge Homestay Tutor: free au pair program in China including flights! 🇨🇳

Abridge EduCamp group of international students at Beijing’s Forbidden City during a cultural exchange program.

Summer camp teaching in China, including flights! 🇨🇳

Volunt2Thai volunteer with Thai students in traditional dance costumes at a school cultural event in Udon Thani, Thailand

Volunteer at a campus and cultural center in Thailand 🇹🇭

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Au pair in China – cultural exchange and pocket money

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Volunteer at the Community Care Foundation in Uganda 🇺🇬

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How do we spend the time of our lives?

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Join an off-grid intentional community in Missouri

Aya House retreat centre near Maspalomas in Gran Canaria and a man meditating in its yoga studio

Volunteer at a queer-led retreat centre in Gran Canaria

Salvatierra Lodge in Puerto Cisnes, Chilean Patagonia, surrounded by forest, mountains and a turquoise river.

Volunteer at a Remote Lodge in Patagonia

Loaves and Fishes Community volunteers in Duluth sharing meals, gathering in community spaces and enjoying Lake Superior.

Live and Volunteer with Loaves and Fishes Community in Duluth, Minnesota

Black cat resting inside an open guitar case, representing music and animal welfare volunteering.

When music becomes volunteering: Wild Tunes and shelter animals

Summer landscape of Livigno in the Italian Alps, with green meadows, alpine houses and snow-covered mountains under a blue sky.

A season in the Alps: work as a chalet host in Livigno 🏔️

White retreat center with swimming pool, palm trees, and mountain views in the Alpujarras of southern Spain.

Volunteer at a Retreat Center in Southern Spain

Passport with visa stamp, world map and travel planner for choosing the right visa before volunteering abroad

What VISA do you need for Work Exchange volunteering abroad?

Off-grid wooden chalet beside the Aisne river in rural Durbuy, Belgium, surrounded by trees at sunset

Eco-habitat in rural Belgium: permaculture, off-grid living and riverside volunteering in Durbuy

A community garden with raised beds, vegetables, flowers and a greenhouse, representing regenerative living, ecovillage practices and local food growing.

Curious about ecovillage living? Europe’s big community gathering returns this summer

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Hitchhiking in Europe: races, maps and communities for alternative travellers

Volunteers working high in the rigging of the Götheborg wooden ship in Gothenburg, Sweden, during a ship volunteering opportunity.

Volunteer aboard Götheborg, one of the world’s most unique ships

Young volunteers building a solar-heated garden shower beside a rustic wooden shelter in rural Hungary, surrounded by gardens, forested hills and an off-grid sustainability landscape.

A six-week ESC volunteering experience in off-grid community living in Hungary

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Artificial intelligence search is changing how people plan trips.

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