Global XChange From VSO: Six Month Volunteer Exchange Program

By Kate | September 10th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

VSO, whose motto is “promoting volunteering to fight global poverty and disadvantage”, has built a reputation organizing two-year placements for international volunteers, including those with qualifications or experience in the... [Read this entry]

Volunteer Latin America: Purchase A Guide To Low-Cost Volunteer Opportunities

By Kate | August 12th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Volunteer Latin America brings together contact information on organizations offering volunteer opportunities – mainly environmental projects but also a smaller number of others like community aid - in a guide... [Read this entry]

True Travellers Society: Volunteer Resource

By Kate | June 6th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

True Travellers’ Society is a Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to providing information that will help independent travellers get the most out of their experiences abroad. The aim is to... [Read this entry]

Volunteer Vactions With The Appalachian Mountain Club

By Kate | June 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

If you’re looking for a short-term (one day to three week) volunteer vacation doing conservation work in the US, the Appalachian Mountain Club may be just the ticket for you.[Read this entry]

Globe Aware, Volunteer Placement Organization

By Kate | May 21st, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Not to be confused with Global Aware, Independent Media Organization, Globe Aware is a volunteer placement organization which currently places international volunteers in projects in eleven different countries, primarily in... [Read this entry]

Volunteering With Another Person

By Kate | April 18th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Plenty of people travel with a friend or partner and want to volunteer together. Is it a good idea? During my five month trip to India, I traveled... [Read this entry]

Peace Brigades International: Update

By Kate | April 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Peace Brigades International, or PBI (find my post on it here), which sends volunteers to accompany local human rights workers in a handful of countries, has been on my radar... [Read this entry]

Volunteer On An Organic Farm Through WWOOF

By Kate | April 11th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

With WWOOF (World-Wide Opportunities On Organic Farms) you can arrange to put in a partial day of work (depending on the host but five hours sounds about average) on an... [Read this entry]

Tsunami Volunteer Center

By Kate | April 8th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

The Tsunami Volunteer Center (TVC) is a Thai-led NGO located in Khao Lak, the area in Thailand hardest hit by the 2004 tsunami; it aims to work in partnership with... [Read this entry]

Resource: Volunteer South America.net Website

By Kate | March 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Free and Low-Cost volunteer
work in South America

Volunteer South America.net was established by Steve McElhinney when he was planning to volunteer but frustrated at the lack of information... [Read this entry]