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TYPES OF VOLUNTARY WORK ABROAD PROJECTS, WORK EXPERIENCE INTERNSHIPS, AND CULTURAL AND STUDY ABROAD
PROGRAMMES AND WHERE YOU CAN DO THEM
All our placements are
suitable for gap years, bridge years, grown-up gappers, career breaks,
students, internships and retired people.
VOLUNTEERING,
ADVENTURING, STUDYING AND EXPERIENCING WORLDWIDE TRAVEL WITH
TRAVELLERS:
This type of experience sets you above the rest by
enhancing your CV, giving you valuable personal and professional
development and adding to your understanding of different cultures.
Our huge selection of
projects abroad are located in Africa, Asia and the Orient, South and
Central America and Australasia. You
can do whatever you want to do and whenever you want to do it!
Gap Year, Career Break and Grown Up Gappers Projects
Our
voluntary projects, work experience, study abroad courses, internships and research programs are open to
all including people taking a
career break (‘career breakers’), grown up gappers and retired people -
as well as people who are on holiday and want to have fun and do some
worthwhile activities at the same time!
Volunteering
Overseas
There are many different
types of
voluntary work abroad abroad you can do, such as
teaching,
care and medical, sports
coaching,
animal conservation,
marine conservation,
work experience and
Work Experience Internships, and
community development are available, working with
underprivileged children, adults or endangered animals in developing
countries. For a full list of the different types of voluntary projects
you can do, please go to our Projects page.
You can volunteer overseas in
Argentina,
Australia,
Brazil,
Cambodia,
China,
Ecuador,
Ghana,
India,
Kenya,
Malaysia,
Mauritius,
Morocco,
Nepal,
New Zealand,
Peru,
South Africa,
Sri Lanka,
Thailand,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
Teaching Abroad
Voluntary teaching
abroad changes lives. You don't need qualifications or TEFL to teach
conversational English, and you don't need to know the local language.
The variety of subjects you can teach is almost endless, here are just a
few: English, Maths, Music, IT, Sports, Drama, Dance, Design Technology,
Geography, Life Skills, and more. Teach in orphanages, care homes,
street kids, schools, adults and children. For the complete list, please
go to our Teaching Projects page
Conservation Projects Abroad
Assist
with conservation in many ways, from working in animal rehabilitation
sanctuaries, to research and monitoring on game reserves and with marine
wildlife like whales and sharks. You can help orphaned, abandoned or
endangered animals, such as dolphins, elephants, orang-utans, monkeys,
chimpanzees, sharks, birds, whales, penguins, wild dogs, lions,
cheetahs, leopards, deer ... and the list goes on!
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Rehabilitation conservation work with animals
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Research work
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Marine Conservation
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Ecology/Environmental work projects
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Animal care/veterinary work projects
Work Experience internships Overseas
We are
the largest provider of work experience internships abroad, in over 25
different sectors and types, in many of our destination countries. So if
you have to do an internship, practica / practicum or a work experience
placement as part of your degree, or whether you just want to make
yourself more marketable in the workplace, an overseas placement in your
sector will benefit you tremendously.
The various types of
work experience internships you can do include
Journalism, Law, Medical, Adventure Tourism, Care, Media
(TV, radio production), Design, Physiotherapy, Veterinary, Tourism,
Architecture, Archaeology, Pharmacy ... and many more. For a full list
of our
work
experience volunteer internships, please go to our
Work Experience opportunities page.
STUDY ABROAD, RESEARCH PROGRAMS and
CULTURAL COURSES
If you want to add an
extra dimension to your studies, we have lots of different types of
courses you can do, either as full-time placements or as additional
Specials alongside your main project. As well as our Language Courses
(see below), these range from Tango and Salsa to Martial Arts, Private
Flying Courses and Wildlife Conservation Management. To see the full
list, go to our Something Different
page.
Language Courses Abroad
The best way to learn a
language is to live, eat and breathe it. Study Spanish in
Argentina, learn
Portuguese in
Brazil. Take language
lessons in Tamil in
India,
Mandarin in China or a
Swahili course in
Kenya. Structured credible language courses for all levels,
beginners to advanced. For the complete list, please go to our
Language Courses page
Sports Overseas
Travellers is a leading
provider of Sports placements with over 20 different sports that you can
coach in 16 countries. To see the full list of sports available, please
go to our Sports Coaching
page. You can also do Sports and Sports Management
Work Experience
Internships that will give you excellent work experience and enhance
your CV or Resume.
Dance, Drama, art and Music projects overseas
You can teach Drama, Art
or Music to underprivileged children in third world countries. Many of
our Travelers volunteers have used their voluntary teaching
opportunities to help the children put on plays, shows and music
recitals. Some have used their time to help the children produce murals
on the school walls, thus brightening up their school environment. If
you prefer to practice or learn Music or Dance, you can take courses in
some of our countries. To see the full list of Drama, Dance, Art and
Music opportunities that are available, please go to our
Dance and Drama page.
SPECIALS AND ADD-ONS
We have arranged many
Add-Ons that will add excitement to your project. These include weekend trips such as going on a
safari to the Masai Mara or taking a surfing course, or extra weeks that
you can add to the beginning or end of your project, such as a 5-day
Marine Adventure Tour to watch whales and dolphins. Other Add-Ons
include short language courses, such as Swahili in Kenya or Mandarin in
China.
Where can you go?
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Voluntary Work Abrioad in Africa: in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Volunteer in Asia:
voluntary projects in Brunei, China, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka,
Thailand
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Volunteer in South America / Latin America:
Argentina, Brazil, Peru
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Volunteer in Australia and New Zealand:
Short-Term Holiday Breaks
We have summer
placements, and shorter projects (2 weeks)
available in most of our destination countries. Please browse
through the different countries and if you can't see anything that fits
in with what you want to do, please
contact us
because we can probably arrange it for you.
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