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 📝✍️

Ooraminna, Australia, ranch, work exchange

Homestead offers volunteers accommodation in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

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Volunteer project in Nepal at Bhakti Home

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Volunteer at a local school in the Dominican Republic for food and accommodation

dogsitting, Portugal, Laura, Miguel, Lisbon

Help needed with home care & dogcare in rural Portugal (Hiring)

Smiling volunteer tending to red roses and herbs at Spindle Flower and Foliage Farm in Dorset, UK - part of a sustainable farming and eco-volunteering program.

Help out on a cut flower and foliage farm in Dorset, UK

host of au pair, Sicily, organic farm, self sufficiency,

Sicily, culture and learning: help at a self-sufficient farm

Intentional community La Village Cascina in Dorzano, Italy near Lake Viverone, offering volunteering, hospitality exchange, food, and accommodation for travelers.

Experience a self sustainable lifestyle in Dorzano, Italy

food and accommodation, pool, bath, wildcamping, bulgaria, hospitality exchange, workamping, wild camping, volunteer, workaway, helpx, barter stay, host, voluntouring, voluntourism

Be a campground host in wild and beautiful Bulgaria

Black and white arrow sign with the word “Hostel”, symbol of budget travel and hostel volunteering work exchange.

Work positions in a hostel in Crete (Greek Island)

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Would you like to volunteer in a surf hostel?

Sunny courtyard of a Sicilian country house with plants, deckchairs and wooden tables at a rural BnB near Trapani.

Exchanging food and accommodation for some help in Casa Colomba, Sicily

Bedouin Yoga Camp room with guest

Volunteer on a retreat center in Jordan

Two young women relaxing on a sofa in a colourful courtyard at Casa Verdi in Catania, surrounded by plants, art and travel decorations in a cosy community house.

Volunteer at Casa Verdi in Sicily

animal sanctuaries, rabbits, cute, safe, vet programs, food and accommodation, hospitality exchange, animal welfare, workaway, voluntouring, volunteer, px, pex, care, charity

Help at a rabbit sanctuary in South Africa 🇿🇦

healing centre, retreat, meditation, spirituality, volunteer programs, volunteering opportunities, volunteer projects, food and accommodation, farm exchange, hospitality, barter, px, pex,

Help at a healing center in Mexico

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Travel, help the locals, share the lifestyle, receive food & accommodation in exchange
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