Family Volunteer Programs and Vacation Tours Abroad

Top Considerations for Volunteering Overseas… with Your Kids by Amy E. Robertson What to consider when volunteering abroad with your kids, including useful resources. Crocodile Love: Travel Tales from an Extended Honeymoon An interview with Joshua Berman about his new book, Crocodile Love, in which a fascinating honeymoon extending around the world with his wife is centered on volunteering. Sage Tea and Starlight in Wadi, Jordan by Amy E. Robertson Family travel to a desert camp turns into a genuine physical and cultural adventure, guided by the Bedouins, and staying in localized accommodation.

International Volunteering with Your Family: Inter-Generational and Cross Cultural Considerations by Zahara Heckscher

Family Volunteering Abroad by Alan Wright

Volunteering Abroad as a Family on Farms by Alice Griffin

A Family Volunteers in Bhutan by Penny Siefker

Lead Adventures Ecuador and Galapagos Family Volunteering Lead Adventures offers the opportunity for you to travel and volunteer together as a family in any of the four amazing regions of Ecuador: Amazon, Andes, Coast and the Galapagos Islands. You can combine volunteer work with adventure travels or tours, and really get to the roots of the country. Help street children, schools, animal rescue centres, a Galapagos Giant Tortoise breeding centre, coach sports, and more.

Aliore Family Voluntourism and in a Green Tourism Project and Live with a Host Family in the South of France Spend a meaningful holiday with your family taking part in the development of an ecotourism project with French and international families. The week will include daily activities such as gardening and land art, animal feeding, fruit picking, and more.) While there, enjoy the picturesque landscape and memorable landmarks in the region (swimming in the gorges or the waterfalls, etc.). Your family will enjoy collective living in a French environment and experience the cultural and linguistic exchange at a very low cost!

Global Aware Adventures in Service Family Volunteering This nonprofit currently offers volunteer projects in 18+ countries worldwide. Adventures in service focuses on cultural awareness and sustainability. All program costs, including airfare, are U.S. tax-deductible, though airfare must be purchased independently. Volunteers are of all ages, with an exciting emphasis on multi-generational family groups.

Classic Journeys
Family walking and cultural trips — for all ages including infants — to New Zealand, Peru, the Swiss Alps, Costa Rica, Provence, and Tuscany.

Discover Corps
Volunteer Vacations in Asia, Africa & Latin America
Volunteer vacations for families in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Immerse yourself in a different culture while giving back, engaging in hands-on cultural workshops, and connecting with fascinating people. Volunteer to support children, animals and the environment. 1 to 2 week all-inclusive packages.

Experience Plus
Family-oriented bike tours with themes around Europe, especially France and Italy, as well as in Latin America.

Hands Up Holidays
Luxury Family Volunteer Vacations
Hands Up Holidays offers small group tours that combine sightseeing with meaningful hands-on community development work (projects include teaching English, house building, and environmental projects). Our tours average 2 weeks in length with the volunteer component comprising roughly 1/3 of the trip, with the rest of the time for exploring, learning and relaxing. For more info, please see our website or contact us.

Thomson Family Adventures
Massachusetts-based company that plans family vacations in Alaska, Belize, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Panama, Peru, Tanzania, and Turkey. Pen Pal program and reading lists help kids really hook into the trip.