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Mother duck with ducklings on a Swedish permaculture farm, symbolizing sustainable living and animal care at Två Ekar Gård, where volunteers help with planting, managing ducks and chickens, and restoration farming projects near Hagfors, Sweden.

Volunteering opportunity on a new permaculture/restoration farm in Värmland, Sweden.

Smiling children in a South African classroom proudly holding their drawings during creative learning activities at Thanda’s Early Childhood Development programme in KwaZulu-Natal - a volunteer internship opportunity for English-speaking assistants

ECD positions available internship in South Africa

housesitting, housesit, off-grid, hospitality exchange, housecare, dogsit, dogsitting

Help on our small alternative off-grid holiday accommodation in North Cornwall, UK

Volunteer teaching art to children at a community school in Livingstone, Zambia – creative education and cultural exchange.

Volunteer and teach at a free school in Livingston, Zambia

Group of European Solidarity Corps volunteers with Associação Spin in Lisbon, Portugal – youth volunteering, intercultural exchange, ESC 2019 project

ESC vacancy at Spin Association, Lisbon, Portugal

People sitting in a circle inside a cozy wooden room during a community workshop at an ecovillage in Estonia.

One-month ESC volunteering in an ecovillage in Estonia

Group of young volunteers and artists smiling and posing together at Nomadways’ Homade residency in Brivezac, France, during a civic service program combining art, culture, and community work.

Civil service in France: volunteer and get food and accomodation

Nature Womb, volunteer opportunity, India

Volunteer at an Organic Farm in Goa – Help a Local Friend in India

Hanging cocktail glasses under red lights in a lively Copenhagen bar where volunteers and staff work at the popular Copenhagen Downtown Hostel.

Live in Bartender Nights – Copenhagen Hostel is now recruiting

Volunteer at a hostel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, enjoying a cultural exchange with free meals, accommodation, and local tours.

Help at a hostel in Vietnam in exchange for food and accommodation

Group of smiling students and teachers at Osbert English Club in Bandung, Indonesia, a language exchange and volunteer program promoting English learning and cultural exchange.

Volunteer and teach English in Bandung, Indonesia and get free hospitality

Volunteers at an animal sanctuary in Scotland holding rescued birds of prey during a wildlife education and therapy program in the Scottish countryside.

Volunteer at an animal sanctuary and Bird centre in Scotland

Group of volunteers gathered outside Albergue de Graus hostel in the Spanish Pyrenees, participating in a summer adventure and work exchange program.

Volunteer at a Youth Hostel near the Pyrenees in Spain

Volunteers sitting on surfboards in clear blue Hawaiian waters near green mountains during Pata Sudaka Surf Trips, a volunteer program offering surf camps and cultural experiences in Hawaii.

Pata Sudaka Surf Trips is looking for volunteers for their amazing Surf Camps in Hawaii

Group photo of volunteers and community members at Barrow & Cousins Family Foundation Ecovillage Project in Dankunku, The Gambia, promoting education, sustainability, and cultural exchange.

Volunteer at an eco-village project in Dankunku, Gambia.

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