Work Travel Volunteer

This umbrella term covers a huge variety of projects including;

• HIV/AIDS awareness
• Working with street children
• Safe sex education
• Setting up women's groups
• Working in an orphanage

If you want to assist a community practically, think about helping on a building project. Whether you are a qualified technician or not, there are many projects to work on including;

• Building homes in Honduras
• Building new classrooms in South Africa
• Building dance centres in Brazil
• Basic well drainage and building projects in Kenya

Alternatively for more information on health projects, search under this on our directory. Developing countries are desperate for qualified medical practitioners, but even if you are not, or are studying to become qualified, there are often projects you can still assist in.

Try;

• Working in African slums in homeopathic clinics
• Teaching health matters to schoolchildren
• Working as an occupational therapist in India
• Assisting nursing staff in Nepal
• Dentistry practice in South America

If you have other special skills such as being artistic or creative, you could be invaluable too. Work in developing countries in this sort of job is incredibly rewarding but also extremely tough. The culture is different, conditions are harder and caring for people could be more draining than you think. However, if you put in the effort, you should be rewarded with the knowledge that you have helped someone's life for the better.

Search our directory to find your ideal placement.