Peru, South America – Amazon Animal Orphanage & Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm
This is a really cool free volunteer opportunity for those interested in ecology and conservation. Live in the jungle with some really cool animals! The Amazon Animal Orphanage & Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm is near the largest city in the Peruvian Amazon – Iquitos. It’s a rescue and temporary orphanage for wildlife which houses animals in [...]
Sudan, Africa – Sudan Volunteer Programme: teach English in schools and universities
A great free volunteer opportunity where housing and a stipend is provided. Sudan Volunteer Programme Based in London, this charity connects undergraduates and graduates with Sudanese universities, secondary schools and groups of adults. University semesters are from September to January and January to April. Volunteers are asked to commit to at least one semester, but [...]
Chile, South America — I Love Chile: English media organization
Free volunteer opportunity: I Love Chile offers internships in their English language media groups (including radio, television, online newspaper and a monthly newspaper). Looking for interns in the following: • Journalism (includes online and print magazine) • Sales and Marketing • Marketing and Communications • Business Development • Graphic Design • Radio (production and coordination) [...]
Guatemala, Central America – Trama Textiles: women’s weaving association
Free volunteer opportunity: http://www.tramatextiles.org/ An association of loomweavers that offers high quality products and fair wages to the craftspeople. They are looking for volunteers in: program management, store management, web and graphic design, fundraising, marketing, sales and translation. Learn about international development, fair trade, and traditional Mayan weaving while practicing your Spanish and living in [...]
Guatemala, Central America — Maya Pedal: builds and repairs bicycles and pedal-powered machines
Free volunteer opportunity (housing available for small fee): www.mayapedal.org Originally posted on Volunteer South America. This looks like a really cool opportunity for those that like to work with their hands and fix things. Maya Pedal is an NGO that repairs used bicycles and builds bicimáquina — pedal-powered machines that make economic sense. Examples of bicimáquinas include [...]
Ghana, Africa — Rescue Centre for Orphans: care and education for child laborers, exploited and deaf children
Free volunteer opportunity: http://recogh.webs.com/ From their website: Rescue Centre for Orphans -Ghana is a non-governmental organization that works for the rescue, rehabilitation and empowerment of Children working in Cocoa Farms, Fishing Communities and sexually exploited women and children. We run a residential school for the children of the sex workers and the children rescued from the [...]
Ecuador, South America — Katitawa school: rural alternative school
Free volunteer opportunity (room and board available): http://www.katitawa.blogspot.com/ Originally posted on Volunteer South America. Volunteer at a rural school with an indigenous community in Salasaca, Ecuador. Their website is a blog on the school going back to 2007 with tons of photos and stories. There’s also many links to accounts from people who have volunteered, for example here, [...]
Cambodia, Asia — Future of Khmer Children Organization: school and orphanage
Free volunteer opportunity: http://khmerchild.org/ Provides education and health care to impoverished children aged zero to 20. Resident children have been orphaned or abandoned for a variety of reasons and non-resident children generally come from poor rural areas. “Many of the children in our program come from backgrounds where they have had limited or no access [...]
Costa Rica, Central America — Abriendo Mentes: educational, technological and social programs
Free volunteering opportunity: Website: http://abriendomentes.org/ Originally posted on: http://omprakash.org/ Continuing education and extracurricular classes in the rural village of Playa Potrero. From website: We always need assistance planning and teaching our daily classes: English, creative arts and tutoring for exams. We also encourage our volunteers to create their own lesson plans or art projects, and take a truly [...]
Peru, South America — Bemelsa: housing, education, medical for those in need
Free volunteer opportunity (with room and board): http://bemelsa.org/ Originally posted on Volunteer South America. Providing food and a safe place for children in need. Also work with elders and the disabled, provide educational and social services. From website: We are a very flexible and laid back program with the primary goal of enriching the lives [...]