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Volunteering Solutions Blog
Check out our volunteer travel blog which features tips, advice and articles on how to volunteer abroad and choose the suitable program
Where Are Volunteers Needed Most? An Honest Guide by Cause and Country
“Where am I needed?” is the right question, and it deserves a straighter answer than most websites give. Volunteers are needed where a local organization has…
Visa-Friendly Destinations to Volunteer Abroad
Visa paperwork stops more volunteer trips than cost does, usually because someone discovered a requirement three weeks before departure. This guide groups our destinations by how…
Yoga and Volunteering in India: A Practical Guide to Combining Both
India is the one country where people regularly ask us to plan two trips at once: a volunteer placement, and time on a yoga mat somewhere…
Volunteering Abroad and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Where Your Placement Fits
The Sustainable Development Goals are the 17 targets that United Nations member states adopted in 2015 as a shared agenda for 2030: ending poverty and hunger,…
An Open Letter to Anyone Planning to Volunteer Abroad
Dear future volunteer, We have been arranging volunteer placements since 2007, and in that time more than 25,000 people have passed through our programs. We have…
Peace Corps Alternatives: Shorter and More Flexible Ways to Volunteer Abroad
The Peace Corps is the best-known volunteer program in the world, and for the right person it is hard to beat: two years of funded service,…
Service Learning vs Volunteering: What Is the Difference?
The two terms get used interchangeably, and on the ground they can look identical: a group of students painting a classroom in Tamale, or helping at…
Volunteer Abroad Stories: In Our Volunteers’ Own Words
More than 25,000 people have volunteered with us since 2007, and over the years many of them have sat down and told us, in interviews, how…
10 Traits of a Successful Volunteer Abroad
Ask our in-country coordinators who the best volunteers were last year and they never start with qualifications. They talk about the person who turned up on…
Special Needs Volunteering Abroad: What the Work Really Is, Who Can Do It and What It Costs
What special needs volunteers really do abroad: day-to-day roles, background checks, day settings vs institutions, and real costs from US$550 a week.