Volunteer projects and courses overseas
Travellers Worldwide
Travellers Worldwide arrange voluntary placements in 20 countries worldwide within Asia, Australasia, Latin America and Africa. There are over 300 projects to choose from including, teaching (English and many other subjects), conservation (animals, marine, and environment), care (orphanages, disability homes, community development), sports (coaching and playing), and work experiences (journalism, law, medicine, media, design and many more). A number of in-country cultural courses are also offered including languages, martial arts, dance, meditation, surfing, capoeira etc. It is possible to combine projects for a full cultural experience.
Placements have very flexible start dates and can last from 2 weeks to 1 year – volunteers choose their dates. All nationalities and all ages from 17+ are welcome. Formal qualifications are not normally required. Travellers provides excellent support and training (including TEFL Certificate) before the placement and as well as 24/7 support and back up whilst in-country, throughout your placement and your return. You will be met at the airport by Travellers staff and giving an induction into your new area on your arrival. Travellers is a member of Responsible Travel and a founder member of the Year Out Group.
Travellers has many projects to choose from in the following destinations: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, China, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Visit: www.travellersworldwide.com
All nationalities welcome.
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Volunteer work abroad
Lattitude Global Volunteering
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ecuador, Fiji, Germany, Ghana, India, Japan, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Lattitude Global Volunteering is a charity specialising in volunteering for 17-25 year olds. We have a global vision and aim to provide unique experiences of voluntary work placements for young people from around the world.
Lattitude is an organisation with attitude. We are passionately concerned about the world and the issues facing us all. Above all, we are concerned about having a positive impact on the communities in which we volunteer.Formally known as Gap Activity Projects, Lattitude Global Volunteering has been sending young people on projects around the world for over 35 years. Whether it’s teaching English to children in Ecuador, working on conservation projects in New Zealand or helping in Red Cross hospitals in Japan, there’s something for everyone. Wherever in the world our volunteers end up, they make the world of difference to local communities.
As well as the benefits to the projects, our volunteers gain an enormous amount personally – from a great addition to the CV to memories which will last a lifetime.Projects typically last between three and six months, although you can stay for up to a year if you’re really keen!
Lattitude is one of the very few registered charities in the “gap year” market, and operates on a not-for-profit basis, so you can be sure you’re getting value for money. For those who still think they might struggle financially, Lattitude also runs a number of bursary schemes to help out.
Each year, almost 2,000 Lattitude volunteers make a significant difference to thousands of lives around the world, including their own. So why not take up the challenge of volunteering overseas? Please contact Hannah Jones 01189 562932 / www.lattitude.org.uk / hjones@lattitude.org.uk
Nationalities accepted: See web site for details
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Conservation Projects in Game Reserves
Shumba Experience
Shumba Experience offers volunteer roles on a wide variety of conservation projects and community work in Africa for gap year & university students, career breakers and adventure enthusiasts.
Join our conservation professionals and work directly on wildlife projects, ranging from 1-12 weeks. Conservation work can include game drives, wildlife research, game capture & relocation, marine projects, wildlife rehabilitation and visits to the Born Free Big Cat Sanctuary.
There is also the chance to work alongside Shaun & Emma from BBC 1 'Vet Safari' series, where you will help relocate game, work at the wildlife rehabilitation centre and observe the veterinary procedures. This is an exciting opportunity not to be missed!!
Please visit the website for more information (www.shumbaexperience.co.uk) or alternatively contact us for a brochure at info@shumbaexperience.co.uk
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Marine Research & Community Volunteering
Yomps
Volunteer for either 2, 4, 8 or 12 weeks at a world renowned marine research organisation in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. Tag fish, collect data and take photos of dolphins and a variety of whales. Gain a Local Marine Guiding Programme qualification and participate in commercial eco-tourism activities. Volunteer at a community project for disadvantaged children, help to organise local marine awareness campaigns, monitor and help clean local beaches – do all this and much much more!
For more information, please visit: http://www.yomps.co.uk/trip-search/trips/12621
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Safari School and Work Placement in South Africa
Yomps
Learn how to be a safari guide for 1 year, learn 4x4 skills, discover how to survive in the South African bush, learn the art of tracking wildlife, sleep out in the African bush, learn to shoot, see amazing wildlife, successfully qualify as a professional safari guide, work in a safari lodge and immerse yourself in the ways and wilds of the South African wilderness!
The dramatic landscapes and stunning wildernesses of South Africa will form the backdrop to this truly unique and beautiful safari adventure that takes you closer to nature than you could ever dream. This year spent in the Southern African bush begins with six months of training to cover practical and theoretical programmes, all complying with the standards of the Field Guides Association of Southern Africa (FGASA).
Renowned trainers will help us gain a fully comprehensive understanding of guiding, tracking, the dangers existing in South Africa’s beautiful wilderness, and the skills required to not only explore the game reserve but actively thrive in it. Each morning we will walk with our instructors into the wilderness and learn to navigate our way around the reserve, discovering the plethora of flora and fauna that reside in the area. During these opening months we will also perfect the art of driving 4x4 vehicles in the terrain they were designed for, which will seem a world away from tarmac roads and roundabouts. Mastering such skills will grant us the freedom to get unforgettably close to animals, by having an increased knowledge which helps us to understand our own place amongst the potentially dangerous but wholly magnificent creatures that reside in the South African wilds. Lectures that cover a range of subjects including geology, meteorology, weaponry, animal biology, anthropo logy, working in the safari business, and guest service, will compliment our practical learning, increase our theory knowledge, and help us to blossom into fantastic safari guides.
The second half of our year will be spent practicing the safari skills we have learnt with days that begin early and finish late, but will see you enjoying the wonderful life of a professionally trained safari guide. The days may be spent taking clients on safari to see an amazing variety of wildlife which could include lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants, cheetahs, over 500 species of birds, and nearly 2,000 species of plants. There may also be lodge maintenance, seeing to the guests requirements, or going for bush walks. The year may test you beyond your known limits, but the sights you will see and memories you will take home will make all the hard graft all the more worth it, providing you with stories to recount for years to come, and the skills of a professional safari guide.
As the great former South African President Nelson Mandela said ‘There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living’ – this adventure is truly the height of excitement, adventure, beauty, and South African safaris.
For more information, please visit: http://www.yomps.co.uk
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Horse Safari Work Experience
Yomps
Obtain equine work experience on a fantastic South African horse safari, help to train and look after over 30 horses, ride as backup rider in a ‘Big Four’ game reserve seeing a variety of game that includes rhinos, elephants, buffalos, hippos, leopards, giraffe, zebras and antelope, and have the time of your life on this sensational horse safari adventure!
Ever dreamt of horse riding across the open plains of South Africa with the wind in your hair? Ever wanted to gain equine work experience volunteering in South Africa amongst some of the most stunning scenery and fascinating wildlife on the planet? Whether you are looking for an amazing way to spend your gap year, the holiday of a lifetime or just the chance to go on horse safari and improve your horse riding; on this three month equine work experience programme you can fulfil your hearts desires! Based on a beautiful safari lodge close to the largest game reserve in South Africa (Kruger National Park), this horse safari work experience adventure will require you to look after and train over thirty gorgeous horses. The horses are mainly Boerperd cross horses, who have each been selected with the same criteria as a sport horse (for their pace, temperament, confirmation and ride ability) so are all fit, in excellent condition, and will make brilliant companions during your time volunteering in South Africa!
Available to anyone who is an experienced horse rider, this equine work experience adventure will improve your horse riding skills immeasurably. With our experienced guide and up to eight guests, you will regularly go on safari riding as a backup rider in a game reserve ride to see an amazing range of animals, including the Big Four (elephants, rhinos, leopards and buffalos) and an abundance of other game such as giraffe, zebra, wildebeest and antelope. You will ride in a thrilling yet extremely safe way with our guide, cantering across open plains and learning about the animals and ways of the bush. Any time you are not on safari, you will spend the day schooling, grooming and improving your riding technique under the direction of the owner who has lectured in equine studies and has competed at a top level in South Africa. Whether you are an experienced horse rider looking for an awesome experience during your gap year or career break, or just want a brilliant adventure expe riencing the South African bush in a way few people ever do, this Yomps horse work experience programme is for you!
For more information, please visit: http://www.yomps.co.uk
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Community Project Member
Yomps
Volunteer on this award winning South African community project for 4, 8 or 12 weeks helping with the sustainable development of a small rural South African village, to become a valued member of the community and experience South African culture firsthand.
For more information, please visit: http://www.yomps.co.uk/trip-search/trips/13048
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Conservation & Game Reserve Management Volunteering
Yomps
Volunteer on a South African game reserve for 4, 8 or 12 weeks; help to monitor animals such as lions, leopards, elephants and rhino, drive 4x4’s, learn about conservation in South Africa, obtain the skills required to maintain a game reserve, obtain a first aid certification; learn some of the Afrikaans language and contribute towards the future sustainability of a unique and beautiful area.
This South African volunteering project gives you the unique opportunity to live in the heart of the South African bush, learning about conservation and helping to manage and maintain a game reserve. You will be based in the province of Limpopo in South Africa on a 24,700 hectare reserve which is the home to many animals including rhinos, elephants, lions, leopards, giraffe, zebra and wildebeest (to name but a few). As well as seeing spectacular scenery and breathtaking flora and fauna, on this South African conservation volunteering adventure you will learn all the skills required to manage a game reserve; so you can aid the future sustainability of a remarkably unique and beautiful area whist you gain some excellent experience for your CV and fascinating knowledge about conservation. Whether you are looking for an amazing way to spend your gap year, an awe-inspiring way to spend a holiday or just the chance to volunteer and help one of the most remarkable parts of the world ; this 4 to 12 week South African conservation volunteering adventure will certainly provide you with the experiences of a lifetime!
You will spend the first week being taught about conservation, flora and fauna, and the variety of skills you will need over the coming weeks. This will include learning how to drive 4x4s, monitor animals, control soil erosion, bush clear, fence patrol, take vegetation surveys, and much more. In the opening week you will also be taught the Emergency First Response first aid course, to receive a qualification that will last two years. From the second week you will then be actively involved in helping to look after the reserve, whilst you continue to learn about real conservation and how to manage animals, the bush and the boundary fences, in order to keep the environment in harmony. Each day you will spend between six and eight hours working on the reserve and helping the conservation of the precious place that is home to awe-inspiring flora and fauna - having the experiences of a lifetime as you do!
For more information, please visit: http://www.yomps.co.uk
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