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15 RECOMMENDED VOLUNTEERING AGENCIES
1. British Trust for Conservation Volunteers ( W www.bctv.org). Mainly weekend
conservation projects in Britain but also runs overseas conservation holidays in
Europe, Japan, Nepal, USA, New Zealand and South Africa.
2. Conservation Volunteers Australia ( W www.conservationvolunteers.com.au) and
Conservation Volunteers New Zealand ( W www.conservationvolunteers.co.nz).
Voluntary projects in the Antipodes.
3. Cross Cultural Solutions ( W www.crossculturalsolutions.org). Care work, teaching,
healthcare and community development in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin
America.
4. Different Travel ( W www.different-travel.com). Voluntourism in Asia, Africa and South
America.
5. Eco Volunteer ( W www.ecovolunteer.org.uk). Wildlife conservation mainly in Eastern
Europe, Thailand, USA and Brazil.
6. Global Visions International ( W www.gvi.co.uk). Conservation and community projects
worldwide.
7. Handsupholidays ( W www.handsupholidays.com). Short-term voluntourism worldwide.
8. International Volunteers for Peace ( W www.ivp.org.au). Short-term (2-4 weeks)
conservation and humanitarian “work camps” and medium-term (3-12 months)
projects worldwide for Australians.
9. Operation Wallacea ( W www.opwall.com). Scientifi c and conservation expeditions to
Indonesia, Honduras, Egypt, South Africa, Mozambique, Cuba and Peru.
10. People and Places ( W www.travel-peopleandplaces.co.uk). Community projects in The
Gambia, Madagascar, Nepal, Indonesia, Pakistan, Swaziland and South Africa.
11. Projects Abroad ( W www.projects-abroad.co.uk). Sends volunteers to work in over one
hundred different conservation and development projects worldwide.
12. Quest Overseas ( W www.questoverseas.com). Gap-year specialist that runs year-round
conservation and community projects across Africa and South America.
13. Raleigh International ( W www.raleighinternational.org). Highly regarded and long-
established volunteering organization that currently runs expeditions (4-10 weeks) in
Borneo, India, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
14. 2Way Development ( W www.2waydevelopment.com). Places skilled volunteers on
development projects in association with NGOs.
15. VSO ( W www.vso.org.uk). The granddaddy of volunteering has traditionally sent skilled
volunteers on a one- or two-year placement in a developing country, but it now also
offers short-term placements from one to six months. It recently launched an online
TV channel so you can gain an insight into what life as a VSO volunteer is like: see
W www.green.tv/vso.
5 DIRECTORIES FOR VOLUNTEER PROJECTS
The following agencies connect potential volunteers with organizations that arrange
placements worldwide.
1) Ecoteer ( W www.ecoteer.com).
2) Greenvolunteers ( W www.greenvolunteers.com).
3) TimeBank ( W www.timebank.org.uk).
4) Year Out Group ( W www.yearoutgroup.org).
5) WorldWide Volunteering ( W www.worldwidevolunteering.org.uk).