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Volunteer holidays

Stuck for ideas on what to do on holiday this year? Got some time off work coming up and not sure how to fill your days? Want to take a gap year but don't just want to sit around or do a boring job?

Make the most of your time and do something really worthwhile. Volunteer!

These volunteering holidays will allow you to travel the world, have a wonderful time yet be doing something fantastic! Volunteering can involve community development projects, conservation, teaching, media, health, sport, summer specials, TEFL experience, building, marketing, tourism,Journalism & Film Production, English Teaching and Tourism & Leisure projects.

The projects vary from country to country so you'll have to have a good look at their site and find out which projects are currently active and needing volunteers.

If you know what you'd like to do then check them out - use the search options.

Where can you volunteer?

• Australia
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• China
• Costa Rica
• Croatia
• Dominican Replublic
• Ecuador
• Ghana
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• India
• Ireland
• Kenya
• Mexico
• Mongolia
• Nepal
• Peru
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Vietnam

What have previous volunteers done? In the last 12 months i-to-i Volunteers have:

Helped clear 40KM of beach and worked with 2,000 people in relief camps in Sri Lanka post tsunami.
Spent over 15,000 cumulative hours rehabilitating sick penguins for release back into the wild in South Africa
Created and organised a three day de-addiction camp for 30 street children in India
Taught English,maths and sports to 200 Ghanaian school children each week
Released 450 turtle hatchlings into the pacific ocean in Costa Rica
Built 18 homes for the poorest people of Honduras

Building
Community Development
Conservation
Health
Marketing
Media
Museums
Sports
Summer Special
Teaching
TEFL Experience
Tourism

loads of options, loads of countries, plenty opf places to have the holiday of a lifetime.

Volunteer as a group! So if you can negotiate time off work then a group of you could take part in the same project! You'll need to good boss though.

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> Acceptance onto a placement
> Complaints procedure
> Visas and Payment requirements
> Payments

All prices include full travel insurance, food and accommodation arrangements, emergency cover, a worldwide support network, and training provided for all volunteers

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