Free volunteering opportunities 🆓


Female hiker with a gray backpack and red sleeping mat looking out over a desert valley with mountains in the distance. Quote reads, “Distance yourself for a bit. You’ll realize a lot.”

In this section you can find free volunteering opportunities abroad.

What does free mean?

It means that the hosts and the organisations featured on this page do not charge any participation fees for the volunteering experience. They offer free food and accommodation, usually in exchange for 4 to 5 hours of voluntary help per day, similar to the WWOOF philosophy.

However, keep in mind that the hosts will not pay for your travel costs (flight, train, etc.), and they cannot cover your visa or provide invitation letters.

Also, no monthly stipend is offered*.

If you are looking for projects that include a monthly stipend or pocket money, you can explore these sections:

FREE VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES 🆓

This page shows some of the latest free volunteering opportunities abroad. To see more volunteer projects, click on “Older posts” below. Would you like to feature your volunteering opportunity here? Feel free to add your listing 📝✍️

Volunteer pastry chef role at a beach guesthouse on Uruguay’s coast, seashells and ocean view.

Pastry chef volunteer at beach guesthouse in Uruguay 🇺🇾

Peaceful Alentejo, Portugal scene—organic farm fields and garden on a permaculture project offering food and accommodation.

Helping in an organic farm with permaculture principles in Alentejo Portugal 🇵🇹

Eco volunteer Latvia with Inspiria NGO: volunteers planting a young tree during a forest care project.

Volunteer in Latvia with Inspiria [Fully funded]

A smiling group of PLANE Uganda volunteers with local women and a child in Fort Portal, wearing colorful patterned clothing and standing outdoors during a community project.

PLANE Uganda: Free Volunteering in Fort Portal

Mai Niti healing center volunteer program in Pucallpa, Peru poster with Shipibo healers and volunteers, highlighting paid roles, ceremonies, meals, and lodging.

Volunteer at Mai Niti healing center in Pucallpa, Peru

Finca Las Hormigas in Puerto Viejo, Limón (Costa Rica) volunteer call

Volunteer at Finca Las Hormigas permaculture farm in Costa Rica

Bhakti Yoga volunteer program poster in Ticul, Yucatán, Mexico, promoting a temple construction project at an ashram (Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Ticul also styled as “El Templo Hindú”) with shared dorms, vegetarian meals, 5 hours a day.

Bhakti Yoga temple construction volunteer in Yucatán, Mexico

Saint James Backpackers volunteers relaxing in the London hostel garden on a sunny day, guitars on the table, friendly international team atmosphere.

Volunteer at Saint James Backpackers hostel in London

Bosco Emma extra-virgin olive oil tin with panoramic view of Segesta valley, Calatafimi Segesta, Trapani, Sicily.

Volunteer on an olive farm in Sicily, Italy

Eka Cave Maison in Cappadocia – stone sign, carved cave suite with niche shelves, local woman cooking on wood fire, and happy guests by a camper.

Cappadocia volunteer opportunity – create social media for a cave hotel

Collage of volunteer life on a small farm in Turkey, featuring olive harvesting, a cozy farmhouse with colorful decor, shared meals, homemade wine, cats, and peaceful outdoor spaces under the trees.

Live simply on a small farm near the Aegean Sea – Türkiye (Turkey) 🌿

Volunteers at Jungli Nomad Village in South India: community campfire gathering in the forest, aerial view of the eco-village surrounded by dense jungle, and volunteers walking along a green forest path.

Help at Jungli, a community-run nomad village (South India)

Berry farm volunteering in the Italian Alps, Val di Sole: picking fruit, packing harvest, raspberry with ladybug and bright sunflower.

Dolomites work exchange | food and stay included 🇮🇹 🇪🇺

Group of children outside a community school in Bugembe, Jinja Uganda, part of Mothers and Children Uganda’s volunteer program

Empower women and children in the rural communities of Jinja

Blue recruiting poster: ‘We are Recruiting’ – Society of Youth Empowerment. Open positions: Head of Marketing, Graphic Designers (2), Head of Logistics, Head of Volunteers, with QR code.

Volunteer with Smile Without Limits & SOYE (Cambodia)

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