Teaching Assistant

Find volunteer opportunities as a teaching assistant and make a meaningful impact in classrooms around the world. Teaching roles are a popular choice for volunteers who want to combine travel with service, while gaining hands-on educational experience.

As a teaching assistant, your responsibilities may include preparing lesson materials, helping students with their work in smaller groups, practicing conversational English or other subjects, and offering one-on-one support to learners who need extra attention. You may also be asked to help with classroom organisation, after-school activities, and creative projects such as art, sports, or drama. These opportunities are designed to support local teachers rather than replace them, ensuring that your role complements the work of the school or community staff.

Volunteering abroad as a teaching assistant also allows you to immerse yourself in a new culture. Living and working alongside local communities provides insight into different education systems and teaching styles.

Volunteer as a teaching assistant 👨🏽‍🏫

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

Poster from Serenity Lanka calling for volunteers in Kandy, Sri Lanka: childcare, education/teaching, and women’s empowerment; accommodation, meals and transport provided

Volunteers needed in Kandy, Sri Lanka – Serenity Lanka (September 2025)

Poster promoting a volunteer opportunity at Desert Coursers, an ecolodge in Gujarat, India. The collage includes photos of traditional stone huts, wildlife like owls, parrots, flamingos, and wild asses, and a sunset jeep safari. The poster highlights tasks such as guest check-ins and helping at a local school, with free meals and accommodation included.

Volunteer at a wildlife ecolodge in Gujarat India!

Group of international and Cambodian volunteers smiling outdoors in Kampot, Cambodia, during a community activity with AHHA Education, wearing matching grey t-shirts and ID badges with hills and trees in the background.

Volunteer at AHHA Education and make an Impact in Kampot, Cambodia 🇰🇭 🛕

Collage showing key info about the “School in Paradise” volunteer program in Lombok, Indonesia – includes details on who can apply, what’s included, the project mission, location, and cultural benefits, along with photos of volunteers, local students, beach life, and teaching moments.

Teach in paradise – help change lives in Lombok, Indonesia 🌴

Group of volunteers sitting by the sea under the sun, smiling and chatting — likely part of a youth cultural camp in Europe.

Travel to Poland for free and join a cultural camp as a “Super Teacher”!

Group of diverse young women sharing a meal and smiling at Harpswell's leadership center in Phnom Penh, promoting the Leadership Residents Program with applications now open

Leadership Residents Program in Cambodia

Group of international volunteers and local students socializing in a cozy English learning center in Istanbul, surrounded by bookshelves and cultural decor.

Teach English, party in Istanbul, and stay for free! 🇹🇷

Foreign volunteer teaching a group of Nepali students outdoors in the Himalayan mountains, near a rural school building in Nepal. The children are wearing school uniforms, and Tibetan prayer flags are visible, with snow-capped peaks in the background.

Live and Teach at a Himalayan School

Collage showing Mentora School in Payakumbuh, Indonesia, including classroom interiors, dormitory space, maps of the location, and the school’s front entrance at night.

Teach English at a local school in West Sumatra in Indonesia

Travel for Charity Tanzania

Volunteer for a school supporting at-risk children in Arusha, Tanzania 🇹🇿

umoja foundation

Exciting volunteer opportunity: make a difference in Kenya! 🇰🇪

Mexico, Morelia, school, cultural assistant, language exchange, volunteer program, pocket money

Amazing volunteering opportunity in Mexico 🇲🇽

A smiling volunteer takes a selfie with a joyful group of school children inside a classroom at Tabasamu Orphanage, Arusha, Tanzania.

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

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

Fully covered language exchange in Morelia, Mexico 🪅

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Support local communities in need while traveling

Travel and volunteer in a group with other likeminded volunteers

Receive volunteers for your project by offering hospitality, cultural exchange & meaningful opportunities

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

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