TYPES OF VOLUNTARY PROJECTS AND ACTIVITY, 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:

Many volunteers combine volunteering with additional travelling and tours to have a life-changing experience that will benefit them for the rest of their lives. 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 AND BRIDGE YEAR Projects

Our voluntary projects, work experience, study abroad courses, internships, immersion programs and research programs are open to gap year and bridge year students, undergraduates, graduates; interns, 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 volunteering abroad you can do, such as teaching, care and medical, sports coaching, animal conservation, marine conservation, work experience and 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, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Malaysia, 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

Teaching placements overseas are available in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Zambia.

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!

• Rehabilitation conservation work with animals

• Research work

• Marine Conservation

• Ecology/Environmental work projects

• Animal care/veterinary work projects

Voluntary environment and animal conservation work projects are available in Australia, Malaysia,  South Africa, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. For the complete list, please go to our Conservation Projects page

Work Experience interNships Overseas

W 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 project 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 or Guatemala, 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. Language classes take place at University language centres, accredited language schools or via qualified private language lessons. 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 without the hassle of arranging them yourself. 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?

• Volunteer in Africa: voluntary work in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe (conservation, teaching, sports, work experience projects, language and cultural courses)
• Volunteer in Asia: voluntary projects in Brunei, China, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand (conservation, teach, sports, work experience projects, language and culture courses)
• Volunteer in South America / Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala, Peru (conservation work, teaching, sports, work experience projects, language and cultural courses)
• Volunteer in Australia and New Zealand: (conservation projects, teach, coach and play sport projects, work experience projects, adventure courses)

Short-Term Holiday Breaks

We have summer placements, summer and holiday camps 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.

TEFL course

You don't need any qualifications or experience to teach English (or other subjects) as a foreign language overseas. However, if you're thinking of doing a teaching project, you may like to consider whether you'd benefit from doing a TEFL course. Travellers runs a professional certificate in TEFL through our sister division, TEFL Time.  If you'd like to complete our UK-based 20 hour or 100 hour TEFL qualification to help you with your teaching placement, please contact us, or go to www.tefltime.com for further details and an application form. Travellers recommends! It's certificated and would stand you in good stead in the future as well as being a useful addition to your CV.

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