Free volunteering opportunities 🆓


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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 📝✍️

White farmhouse surrounded by flowering trees, vegetable gardens and lawn at Vierhof international ecovillage community in Germany

Volunteer at an international community in Germany near the borders with Netherlands

Welcome to Dongguan China, free accommodation!

Marine conservation, volunteer programs beach cleaning, cleanup, turtle, tortoise, shell

Marine conservation project on the east coast of Malaysia

volunteers, India, at Samaritan camp centre

Volunteer and live in the south of India at the Samaritan Camp Centre

Young volunteer playing guitar on a bench in a small Andalusian town, mural in the background, text saying practice your passions

Hostel in Andalucia, South of Spain, looking for volunteers

Beijing’s Summer Palace (Yíhéyuán) specifically the Tower of Buddhist Incense overlooking Kunming Lake

Teach English and get paid in China (2 different paid programs)

Volunteer teaching English pronunciation to Vietnamese children with flashcards at New World English school in Thai Binh, Vietnam.

Help us Improve the English pronunciation of kids in Thai Binh City Vietnam

Horse farm volunteer bottle-feeding a foal during farm stay in Aix-en-Provence, France

Looking for voluntourists in Aix-en-Provence France!

Two international volunteers posing and laughing with a group of Thai primary school children in front of a chalkboard in a classroom in Thailand Pocket money English teaching placements in Thailand with an NGO

Paid volunteering opportunity in Bangkok, Thailand!

Group of Malaysian kindergarten children and teachers posing in front of a Kebun Rahsia farm banner during an outdoor educational visit in Kota Tinggi, Johor.

Farm and animal care volunteer opportunity in Johor, Malaysia

International volunteer and Vietnamese students outside a traditional house in Ha Giang while teaching English with Education for Ha Giang Highland Community, Vietnam

English Teachers needed in Ha Giang, Viet Nam

200 year old traditional Malay heritage villa in Langkawi, Malaysia at Kunang Kunang Heritage Villas volunteer project

Volunteer at an old Traditional Villas on the tropical island of Langkawi, Malaysia

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Rural is plural ESC project 2019 : Looking for a volunteer in Spain!

Volunteers smiling, working, and having fun while renovating an eco-friendly cave house in Andalusia, Spain. Activities include construction, creativity, and team-building in a natural, off-grid environment.

Eco-friendly frugal independent off-grid Cave house, Spain

Intentional community in Slovenia

Experience a community lifestyle in Koper, Slovenia

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