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Responsible Travel Worldwide
Contact the program directors to confirm costs, dates, and other details.
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Global Vision International
GVI has a huge range of volunteer programs to suit the environmentally conscious traveler who seeks adventure and new experiences around the globe. Be it training as a safari field guide in South Africa, teaching English in Laos, or diving as part of a marine research team in the Indian Ocean, you will find a huge range of exciting opportunities with GVI. Visit our website for further details!
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Contact in USA: 888-653-6028
Website: www.gviusa.com |
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Projects Abroad
Projects Abroad is the world’s leading short-term international volunteer organization.
Worthwhile placements with unparalleled support available for volunteers in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Romania, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Togo, and Vietnam. Volunteer projects start year-round and last from one week to a year. Opportunities exist in teaching, care, conservation, community development, building, medicine, human rights, and more! No formal qualifications required. Programs are for ages 16+.
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Dates: Start any day you choose.
Cost: Please see our website for prices.
Contact: Projects Abroad, 80 Broad St, Floor 32, New York NY 10004.
Tel: US Toll-free 1 888 839 3535.
Email: info@projects-abroad.org
Website: www.projects-abroad.org
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Cross-Cultural Solutions: Volunteer Abroad for the Experience of a Lifetime!
Experience another culture like never before while making a real difference in people’s lives. You’ll gain perspectives and insights into the local culture and yourself while working side-by-side with local people on community-led initiatives. Placements are available in the areas of social services, education, and health. Choose from 12 countries -- Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Morocco, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Thailand.
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Dates Offered: Choose from start dates year-round and lengths-of-stay from 1-12 weeks.
Costs: The U.S. tax-deductible program fee for a two-week program is $2,588 with each additional week of stay only $297.
Contact: Cross-Cultural Solutions, 2 Clinton Place, New Rochelle, NY 10801.
Tel: 1.800.380.4777 (Toll free in US/Canada) or 1.914.632.0022.
Email: info@crossculturalsolutions.org
Website: www.crossculturalsolutions.org
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The International Ecotourism Society (TIES)
The oldest and largest ecotourism association in the world, focusing on environmental and corporate social responsibility in travel. With companies in nearly 100 countries and affiliations with over 40 national and regional ecotourism associations, TIES serves as a global source of knowledge and advocacy uniting conservation, communities and sustainable travel.
Contact: TIES, The International Ecotourism Society, 1333 h St., NW, Ste 300 E, Washington,DC 20005; Phone 202-347-9203; Fax 202-789-7279.
Email: info@ecotourism.org
Website: www.ecotourism.org
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Biosphere Expeditions
Volunteers of all backgrounds help scientists working on wildlife conservation projects lasting 2-8 weeks (e.g. in the Peruvian Amazon, the Altai Republic of Central Asia, Oman, Slovakia, Namibia, Sri Lanka, and the Azores).
Contact: Sprat’s Water, Nr. Carlton Colville, The Broads National Park, Suffolk NR33 8BP, U.K.; 011-44-1502-583085, fax. 011-44-1502-587414; info@biosphere- expeditions.org, www.biosphere-expeditions.org.
Earthwatch Institute
Since 1971, this international nonprofit organization has placed more than 65,000 volunteers with field researchers engaged in a dazzling menu of scientific and social science research around the world. With a strong emphasis on sustainability, it presently supports about 140 projects in 50 countries. Forty percent of participants are older adults, and a great many volunteers are repeat clients with 20+ projects off their checklist (review by Alison Gardner).
Contact: 3 Clocktower Pl., Suite 100, P.O. Box 75, Maynard, MA 01754; 800-776-0188 or 978-461-0081, fax 978-461-2332; info@earthwatch.org, www.earthwatch.org.
Explorations in Travel
Conservation, teaching, wildlife rehabilitation, animal rescue, and environmental work placements and internships for students and adults in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Nepal, Australia, and New Zealand. Placement fees $775-$975.
Contact: 2458 River Rd, Guilford, VT 05301; 802-257-0152; explore@volunteertravel.com, www.volunteertravel.com
Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) Europe e.V.
GEN functions as the umbrella organization for a wide range of intentional communities and eco-villages all over the world, many of which welcome guests and volunteers. Volunteering for GEN works in a similar way to the WWOOF exchange).
Contact: c/o ZEGG Community, Rosa-Luxemburg Str. 89, D-14806 Belzig, Germany; 011-49-33841-44766; ena@ecovillage.org or info@gen-europe.org, gen.ecovillage.org.
Global Routes
Places volunteers over 17 years of age with families in rural communities in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Thailand, Kenya, Ghana, and St. Lucia to teach in local schools. Training, support, and adventure travel are integral parts of the program. Information on scholarships, fundraising, and academic credit is available.Program fee is $4,250 for 7-week summer semester and $4,950 for 12-week fall, winter and spring semesters. Experienced leaders over the age of 24 needed for travel programs.
Contact: 1 Short St., Northampton, MA 01060; 413-585-8895, www.globalroutes.org.
Greenforce USA
Recruits volunteers for conservation and other projects worldwide, including marine conservation in Bahamas and Fiji for up to 6 months; combined community service and adventure programs in India, Nepal, Ecuador, Brazil and internships in Spain].
Contact: 30 Public Sq., Nelsonville, OH 45764; 800-710-6065; usainfo@greenforce.org, www.greenforce.org. U.S. contact office for British organization Greenforce.
Oceanic Society Expeditions
The Oceanic Society is a nonprofit organization working to protect marine wildlife and the marine environment through conservation-based research and environmental education. Half its itineraries are volunteer holidays, the rest are educational. Participants become research assistants, working side by side with academics and field researchers, logging, recording, and collecting data, including bird banding and measuring nesting sea turtles. Sixty percent of clients are older adults (review by Alison Gardner).
Contact: Research Expeditions, Fort Mason Center, Building E, San Francisco, CA 94123; 800-326-7491 or 415-441-1106, fax 415-474-3395; office@oceanic-society.org, www.Oceanic-society.org
OneWorld
Be More Than a Tourist—OneWorld U.S. Alternative Travel Guide
Explore the world, not just as a tourist, but as a caring global citizen! Find out about exciting, unique travel opportunities offered by nonprofits, so you can get to know people, not just places. Check out volunteer programs, study tours, internships and more!
Contact: us@oneworld.net, us.oneworld.net/section/us/travelguide
WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms)
Global website has links to the national offices in the countries that have a WWOOF coordinator. National WWOOF coordinators compile a list of their member farmers willing to provide free room and board to volunteers who want to help and are interested in furthering the aims of the organic movement. Currently there are WWOOF branches in the U.K., Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Ghana, Uganda, Nepal, China, Japan, Korea, and U.S.
Contact: www.wwoofinternational.org
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