Volunteering and Tourism...Voluntourism!
Interested in visiting a foreign country? Want to use your time effectively by helping people or communities that could benefit from your skills? Pursue voluntourism with Projects Abroad. Through our programs, 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 and with more than 500 trained staff in our destinations and over 100 project types, we are one of the leading international volunteer organizations. It is thanks to our 10,000 volunteers who go aborad with us every year that we are able to continue functioning, and we are grateful for the time and effort they put into making the world a better place.
Voluntourism with Projects Abroad
By choosing to be a voluntourist with Projects Abroad, you will play an important role helping local communities and your time and efforts will be greatly appreciated.You will discover a new country and become a part of the local community. Most of our volunteers live with host families, so in addition to your worthwhile work experience, you will experience a total cultural immersion, which is not possible as a simple tourist. You will also work with other volunteers from all over the world who share your commitment to help others and your desire to discover a new culture. We are an international organization and we sincerely hope to bring more cross-cultural understanding into the world.
Voluntourism
Through your chosen voluntourism project, you will not only provide aid and services to your community, you will also gain new insight from your cross-cultural immersion. As part of the global economy, we help 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 local 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