Youth Action for Peace (YAP) organizes a great variety of activities to give young people the experience to learn and demonstrate peaceful living together with people from different cultures and to contribute to local community and peace development. Their activities are international exchanges of volunteers into non-profit initiatives, international training...

World Challenge offers long and short term adventure travel expeditions. Expeditions take place all around the globe, and range from one to four weeks. While short term expeditions focus on adventure travel, long term expeditions incorporate volunteer community work, adventure travel and cultural immersion. For more information on cost and...

The goal of the WWF Global Youth Volunteer Programme is to provide youth with powerful, direct experience with the unique challenges developing nations face in protecting their environment and its assets. While in the field, volunteers will take part in various activities including the collection of field data, consultations with...

Changing Worlds pride itself on the quality of their service to customers. Their placements are carefully designed to give volunteers a great experience in their chosen country. The placements are visited and monitored regularly by their overseas representatives. The Changing Worlds directors are also in regular contact and visit at...

The Solar Sisters Programme invites volunteers with a commitment to environmental justice and equitable distribution of resources to volunteer their time installing solar panels in remote Nepalese villages. All volunteers are welcome, one only needs the willingness to participate and the commitment to support the purchase and installation of a...

The UK & USA branches of Kings World Trust work in partnership with Kings World Trust for Children (India) which manages and controls the operational work of the Trust on mutually agreed projects with children and young people. The Trust operates a volunteer programme in India to support the work...

The Leap provides a variety of voluntary work and sporting programmes all round the world. They uniquely combine the exciting elements of adventure travel with helping on sustainable eco-tourism/safari, conservation and community projects. All Leap projects mix projects in eco-tourism, community and conservation - the

In collaboration with local organizations, Institute for Field Research Expeditions (IFRE) presently offers volunteer and intern abroad programs in Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, China, Thailand, Peru, Costa Rica, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania. Their volunteer abroad programs are focused on teaching English, health projects and conservation efforts. IFRE offers...

GapGuru creates unique gap year programmes for individuals. They provide essential planning and structure to enable participants to make the most of their time out. Volunteer placements may include work with children, conservation work, or placements in journalism or in the medical sector.

For Canadian and other non-American participants, Greenheart Exchange arranges academic year high school, as well as a variety of programmes for students and adults wishing to live and/or work in the US for a short period of time. For American participants, Greenheart Exchange offers short and long-term Discovery Abroad Programmes...