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 📝✍️

Seva-Sadhana inner exchange program poster for Shankar Prasad Ashram in Gokarna, offering a free stay, yoga and sattvic meals while seeking creatives for social media, photo/video, design, web and editing.

Volunteer near Gokarna: Seva-Sadhana inner exchange at Shankar Prasad Ashram (3-month minimum)

View of the Volcán de Fuego de Colima from the Roca de Hadas eco village in South Jalisco, Mexico.

Permaculture and eco building volunteer project in Jalisco, Mexico 🇲🇽

Teach English in Honduras volunteer classroom with children, teacher at whiteboard in rural school.

Teach English in Honduras (Feb to Nov 2026): accommodation, meals and compensation

Drone view of a forested lakeside lodge and cabin property in Quebec, Canada, for a hospitality exchange volunteer project

Sustain a heritage lodge and cabin rentals in rural Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦

Trailteam.is volunteers resting on a rocky slope in Thórsmörk, Iceland, during a trail maintenance and conservation work placement in the highlands.

Join the Iceland Forest service as a Volunteer 🇮🇸

PREFECO, Morelia, Mexico, cultural exchange, food and accommodation, pocket money, language

Share your country’s culture in a Mexican High School 🇲🇽 🎖️

Smiling ESC volunteer holding a small Turkish flag and local food at an English immersion youth camp in Siirt, part of ESC volunteering in Turkey with CEDID Association.

40-Day ESC Volunteering in Türkiye | English Immersion Camp with CEDID Association 🇹🇷 🇪🇺

Children in Bugiri smiling and drinking during a community meal at Tenderhearts Children Initiative.

Volunteer with Tenderhearts Children Initiative in Uganda

Teacher leading a small English class with Vietnamese children in Dong Nai, Vietnam, showing a friendly homestay volunteer project that offers free meals and accommodation and focuses on cultural exchange.

Cultural & Language Exchange in Bien Hoa, Vietnam – Live like a local and share your culture!

A dramatic view of the Castello della Pietra (Castle of the Stone) built into a rocky cliffside in Vobbia, Liguria, Italy, at sunset.

Eco-villa renovation volunteer project in Italy 🇮🇹 🇪🇺

Muay Thai instructor job poster for Vang Vieng, Laos with free accommodation, two meals daily and 30 percent profit share.

Looking for Muay Thai instructor in vang vieng, profit share included

Volunteers needed in Hanoi, Vietnam - bright classroom images for Kidwell Academy; benefits listed: free accommodation, two meals/day; 2-month minimum.

Volunteer English teacher in Hanoi – 3 hours/day, free stay & meals

Social media volunteer Sumatra - Bukit Lawang eco-guesthouse and family: two young boys, open-air lounge, garden ponds and lake views in North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Volunteer in Bukit Lawang – social media & part-time nanny

Rundling village in Wendland, Lower Saxony, Germany - half-timbered farmhouses along a winding road amid fields, with distant wind turbines.

Volunteer at a Hackspace in Wendland, Germany 🇩🇪

Collage from a rural volunteer project near Lisbon, Portugal: host holding wild mushrooms, cloistered farmhouse, sunset on a rocky coast, green parrot in an aviary, a circle of cats eating on patterned tiles, and a garden scene with a cat by a pebble mound and tree.

Volunteer in rural Portugal near Lisbon: animals, garden and DIY

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