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WORK, TRAVEL & LIVE ABROAD LINKS
Tourism,
Catering & Hospitality | Ski
Resorts | Camp,
Leaders & Kibbutz | Teaching
& TEFL
Nursing
& Care Work | Childcare
& Domestic | Agriculture
& Animals | Voluntary
Work & Gap Year
Internships
& Work Placements | Other
Work | Budget
& Independent Travel
Voluntary
Work & Gap Years Abroad
Exchange
links with the Jobs Abroad Bulletin
Africa
& Asia Venture - An organisation that enables students
to gain unpaid work experience with youth in Africa, Northern
India and Nepal.
African
Conservation Experience - Varied conservation work on
game reserves in southern Africa. Your tasks may include game
capture, wildlife veterinary work and alien plant control.
Africatrust
Networks - Three to six month gap year projects to Morocco
and Ghana each year.
Azafady
- Operate Pioneer Madagascar, a ten week volunteer programme.
British
Trust for Conservation Volunteers - Week or weekend
long conservation projects in Britain. Also international working
holidays.
BSES
Expeditions - Overseas expeditions for young people.
Cactus
Language - Language courses, tefl courses, homestays
and community projects around the world. Not just restricted
to students, the company offer programmes for both professionals
and retirees.The website also includes examples of how to write
your CV in a foreign language.
Cathedral
Camps - Help to clean and restore historic cathedrals
and churches in the UK.
Concordia
- International volunteer projects in Europe, Africa, Asia,
Latin America, the USA and Japan for UK residents. The projects
last two to four weeks and include nature conservation, renovation,
construction, archaeology, social work, youth work and teaching.
Coral
Cay Conservation - Conservation Volunteers are wanted
to protect and manage threatened marine & forest environments.
Cross-Cultural
Solutions - International Volunteer Programmes to Asia,
Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
Cuba
Solidarity Campaign - Organises work brigades to Cuba
twice annually and is for people who wish to experience the
real Cuba and be more than just a tourist.
GAP
Activity Projects - Sends 1,300 people from the UK to
over 30 countries each year. They can also find placements in
the UK for volunteers from overseas.
Gap
Sports Abroad - A volunteer organisation offering both
sports and non sports projects overseas. From fun coaching and
art and design placements to hospital assistants and teaching
support.
Global
Vision International - A UK based organisation which
sources volunteers to international charities, non-profits and
research organisations. Since 1998 they have sent over 600 Volunteers
on international internships, conservation expeditions and teaching
placements.
Inter-Cultural
Youth Exchange (ICYE-UK) - ICYE-UK offers 18-30 year
olds 6 or 12 months voluntary work overseas. Placements available
in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe. Projects include
working with streetchildren, disabled, NGO's, HIV education,
health, environmental work.
i
to i International Projects - Numerous and varied programmes
in over 20 countires around the world.
Jubilee
Sailing Trust - The JST enables able-bodied and physically
disabled people to share the challenge of sailing a tall ship
at sea.
Madventurer
- Set up by Newcastle University graduate, John Lawler, aka
"Torgbui Mottey 1, Chief of the Shia Traditional Area" in Ghana,
Madventurers is a continuation of the voluntary work undertaken
during his gap year.
Orangutan
Foundation - This charity is uniquely involved in the
protection of the Orangutan and it's Southeast Asian rainforest
home. Their volunteer programme lasts for six weeks and includes
hands on conservation fieldwork in the orangutan's natural habitat.
Peace
Brigades International - Recruits volunteers to act
as international observers and to accompany local human rights
activists in conflict areas. PBI began working in Guatemala
in 1983 and have run projects in El Salvador and Sri Lanka.
Project
Trust - Spend a year volunteering in one of 24 developing
nations.
Pro
World - Voluntary work programmes in the central American
state of Belize and in Peru. This programme is open to individuals
of all nationalities and ages. Programs are four to twenty six
weeks long.
Raleigh
International - Volunteers aged 19 to 25 accepted on
10 week expeditions.
Sudan
Voluntary Programme - Volunteers, under-graduates and
graduates who are native English speakers, are needed to teach
English on projects in Sudan for 12 weeks or more.
Sunseed
Desert Technology - At Sunseed research, education and
ecological living are uniquely combined. Take part in research
into Appropriate Technology, Semi-arid land management and organic
gardening, learn about sustainable living and become part of
a vibrant community for as long as you want.
Trekforce
Expeditions - Trekforce projects concentrate on the
endangered rainforests and wildlife of Belize, Indonesia and
Kenya.
United
Nations Exchange - Over 1000 projects in Europe and
North America as well as a more specialised programme of projects
in more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Volunteer
Latin America - VLA connect prospective volunteers with
hundreds of environmental voluntary and intern projects in Latin
America.
Voluntary
Service Overseas (VSO) - Skilled volunteers recruited
to work in the developing world earning local wages.
Wind,
Sand and Stars - Run a four week expedition to the Sinai
every summer, combining local project work and leadership development
and involves travelling with the local Bedouin. Open to anyone
aged 16 to 23.
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