Volunteering Overseas
By volunteering overseas with Projects Abroad, you will be given a great opportunity to put your time into a meaningful and rewarding volunteer program. We offer a wide range of opportunities and regions to suit your interests. With more than 500 trained staff in our destinations and over 100 types of projects, we are one of the leading international volunteer organizations. It is thanks to our ten thousnd volunteers who work in developing countries every year that we are able to continue functioning. Our prime responsibility is to our volunteers and we take their safety and satisfaction with their work very seriously.
Programs for Volunteers Overseas
As an overseas volunteer, you will have an important role improving the lives of people in your chosen country and community. Your time and efforts will be greatly appreciated. Projects Abroad has programs overseas in 28 different countries. Volunteers can work in care, teaching, conservation, or a variety of other types of projects, and explore a new and exciting country at the same time. Projects Abroad is perfect for people who want to travel overseas and make the world a better place at the same time. You will also meet other volunteers from all over the world who share your commitment to travel and community service. We are an international organization, and we sincerely hope that we bring more cross-cultural understanding into the world.
Benefits of Volunteering Overseas
By joining one of our overseas volunteer programs you will gain a new perspective on a foreign country. Almost all of our volunteers live with host families, which gives you the opportunity to experience the local culture as an guest and family member rather than as s tourist. As part of the global economy, Projects Abroad helps create local employment wherever we send volunteers. Employing local staff overseas and using their talents and knowledge is important to us. Local knowledge and support enables us to channel the skills of our volunteers to regions around the world where they are needed. Volunteers learn from their placements and the people they meet while gaining experience in a chosen field. We believe this mutual respect is what cultural exchange is all about.
Volunteering with Projects Abroad: How Does it Work?
Why Projects Abroad?
- Experience: 20 years of organizing overseas volunteer projects
- Flexibility: You choose your start date
- Variety: hundreds of worthwhile projects to choose from
- Support: Full-time staff close-by in every destination