Alternative Spring Break Trips – Spring 2014
Our special spring break volunteer trips are perfect for college students looking for an alternative way to spend spring break this year. Instead of doing the usual spring break routine, you can get off the beaten track and make your break matter by joining one of these specially-designed volunteer projects for students.
The Alternative Spring Break Trips are 1-week long, scheduled to coincide with the major university breaks. Volunteers work together in a group on a service project arranged by our expert local staff. The projects are located at our closest destinations, so you won’t spend your whole time recovering from jet lag. Spring break volunteers receive the same benefits as our longer-term volunteers, including food and accommodation.
Just because you only have a week does not mean you cannot still make a difference. Projects Abroad’s Alternative Spring Break Trips offer you the chance to experience a new culture and impact the local community where you are volunteering. Come by yourself or sign up with a group of your friends.
If none of the Alternative Spring Break Trip options fit your schedule, you can also create your own trip by signing up for one of our standard 1-week trips.
The following projects are available for spring 2014:
Culture & Community in MoroccoSpend a week in North Africa taking Arabic lessons, doing community work like painting a school and volunteering with children, and visiting significant cultural and historical sites. Volunteers live with a host family in the heart of Rabat, the Moroccan capital city. - Sunday, March 9th – Saturday, March 15th
- Sunday, March 16th – Saturday, March 22nd
Building in JamaicaWork with a local organization helping build and repair houses in the community. No construction experience is required. - Sunday, February 16th – Saturday, February 22nd
- Sunday, March 9th – Saturday, March 15th
- Sunday, March 16th – Saturday, March 22nd
Care in JamaicaBe a positive role model and lend a hand at an orphanage in Jamaica, assisting the staff care for the children and providing fun and educational activities for the kids.- Sunday, March 9th – Saturday, March 15th
- Sunday, March 16th – Saturday, March 22nd
Care in Costa RicaWork at a local care center for children in the relaxing colonial town of Liberia. You will have plenty of opportunity to plan activities for the kids, so creativity is encouraged. This project is great if you want to learn Spanish or improve the skills you have. - Sunday, March 9th – Saturday, March 15th
- Sunday, March 16th – Saturday, March 22nd
Conservation in MexicoLive at a camp on the Pacific coast of Mexico, near a small village called Tecoman in the state of Colima. Volunteers protect endagered Olive Ridley turtles and their nests from predators, development and poachers. - Sunday, February 16th – Saturday, February 22nd
- Sunday, March 9th – Saturday, March 15th
- Sunday, March 16th – Saturday, March 22nd
For more information on our Alternative Spring Break Trips, please tune in to one of our upcoming Alternative Spring Break webinars, interactive online presentations by US and Canadian staff.
You can also view a previously recorded Alternative Spring Break webinar: