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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 projects 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
Volunteering abroad
is extremely worthwhile and there are many different types of volunteer
work 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,
Brunei,
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,
for example, conversational English, nor do you need any knowledge of
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
There are many ways you
can assist with conservation, 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, 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
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 interships Overseas
Travellers is the largest
provider of work experience placements abroad, with over 25 different
sectors and types of experience available 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, please 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 around the world. We have over 35
different sports that you can coach in 16 countries, and many different
sports that you can also play competitively. To see the full list of
sports available, please go to our Sports Coaching
page. e also have placements
where you can do Sports and Sports Management Work Experience. Or how
about Sports Physiotherapy? For example, on our
Coaching Cricket course in Kwazulu-Natal
in South Africa, you can coach underprivileged children at local
outreach schools, Train, Play and Gain an ICC level 1 cricket coaching
qualification, and receive one-on-one coaching from a former
international cricketer!
"I LOVE IT AND I'M GOING TO TRAVEL WITH TRAVELLERS NEXT YEAR!! Thanks
for the best experience ever!"
Kim Lister
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?
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Volunteer in Africa:
voluntary work
in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
(conservation, teaching, sports, work experience projects, language
and cultural courses)
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Volunteer in Asia:
voluntary projects in
Brunei, China, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand
(conservation, teach, sports, work experience projects, language and
culture courses)
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Volunteer in South America / Latin America:
Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala, Peru
(conservation work, teaching, sports, work experience projects,
language and cultural courses)
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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.
“I learnt to rely
on myself and came back a more confident and mature person. It helped me
gain focus and I am ready to carry on in my life with more enthusiasm
and purpose. A huge thank you to everyone who made this once in a
lifetime chance possible and who made me feel so welcome while I was
there.“
Anna Harrison
"I also wanted to end this year by
thanking you, and all at Travellers, for making this year so special.
You were able to help me make my lifelong dream come true, and for that
I am so eternally grateful. With all my love and best wishes, A very
grateful ex-volunteer, Jo 'The Elephant Lady' Harris."
NEWS!
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