Help children and local communities as a volunteer abroad. Community volunteering is a rewarding and worthwhile way to spend your gap trip. Community volunteering can involve helping out as a teaching volunteer, caring for kids in childcare or orphanage projects abroad, or rebuilding communities from the ground up on a building or community project.
Helping out in a community is about improving the day-to-day quality of life for local people. It's about coming to understand and respect their culture. There are few more satisfying ways of spending your time than becoming a community volunteer abroad. You just need to decide what is the best way you can make your mark while you travel and see the world
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One way in which you can make a real difference to local communities is to help educate, inspire and care for its children. Get involved as a volunteer teacher or help out at amazing childcare projects. Our most popular trip is our Cape Town Community Volunteers programme. Sign up to help communities in stunning South Africa!
Another way to make your mark as a community volunteer is to (quite literally!) lend a hand and help out with local building projects. Whether the community needs new schools, water facilities or other community buildings, if you put your weight behind a building project abroad you'll see the difference it makes for yourself!
Do you care about the health and wellbeing of communities abroad? Get involved with vital medical work while you are away. If you have previous medical experience as a doctor, nurse, dentist, physiotherapist or other healthcare professional then your skills are in high demand. Help out in local communities around the world!
Many communities around the world depend on the natural resources that surround them. Despite this, local communities are not always aware how important it is to protect their natural environment. Volunteer at rewarding conservation projects and help save the natural world.
There are plenty of community projects waiting for your help abroad! The only question to ask yourself is: Which community will you help first?
Found 6 trips
2 weeks or more
from £789 £750
Travel to Sri Lanka and get involved in our incredible preschool project - no degree required! Choose anywhere from two to six weeks, volunteering part-time from Mondays to Fridays. Enjoy free time to relax on beautiful beaches, or see more of Sri Lanka!
2-8 weeks from £695
Put your sports skills to good use as a coach on this brilliant volunteer programme in Africa. Choose from 12 exciting sports and stay for 2 - 12 weeks in our friendly volunteer house near Accra. Explore gorgeous Ghana on weekends and evenings.
2-8 weeks from £695
Volunteer in schools or childcare centres in gorgeous Ghana. If you're looking for an unbelievably rewarding teaching project, year-round sunshine, and one of the friendliest and safest countries in Africa, look no further!
2 weeks or more
from £789 £750
Teach English to young children as part of this project - no degree required! Stay in our beautiful volunteer house by Unawatuna Beach and explore in your free time.
From 2 weeks from £669
Give back while you travel, volunteering in the heart of Cape Town's communities. Choose from childcare, teaching, sports or professional skills development, making a positive difference however you can. Explore Cape Town on your free weekends and make new friends for life!
4-8 weeks from £999
Spend 5 - 12 weeks as a football coach in beautiful South Africa and teach kids how to play the beautiful game! Pass on your skills, inspire kids and make a difference on this fantastic volunteer programme.
