Building

Countries: Mozambique
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 12 Weeks

Countries: Colombia
Duration: from 1 Weeks to 6 Months

International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ), the world's most affordable international volunteer organisation, offers a range of volunteer projects in Colombia, including Teaching, Childcare, Elderly Care, Feed the Homeless and Construction and Renovation.

Countries: Swaziland
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 4 Weeks

Although Swaziland is one of the smallest African countries it has one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS and unemployment thus having a devastating effect on its people – many families have been left with the eldest child to cope with the task of bringing up their siblings in many cases in inadequate shelters. Help this project as it strives to build decent shelters for these children to live in.

Countries: Kenya
Duration: from 5 Weeks to 5 Weeks

Today 1 child dies from a water related disease every 21 seconds. The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns. Be part of the solution volunteer with Quest Overseas and help in the construction of a life changing sand dam providing 2-20 million litres of clean water.

Countries: South Africa
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 6 Weeks

Your mission on this project is to educate and support disadvantaged and vulnerable children, while helping to uplift the community not only through education, but also through health-care, building projects and sports. Being based in Cape Town, South Africa, voted as one of the top tourist destinations in the world you will have opportunities to enjoy the many restaurants, bars and markets the town has to offer, as well as many outdoor leisure activities.

Countries: Cambodia
Duration: from 6 Weeks to 10 Weeks

Winner Best Gap Year - Sunday Times. Best of Both... live and work in Cambodia’s hippest town, Siem Reap + on the idyllic beaches at Sihanoukville - tackling conservation and community projects in each place.

Countries: Guyana, Panama
Duration: from 1 Weeks to 8 Weeks

Travel to a tropical Island off the Caribbean coast of Panama and experience a volunteer abroad project like no other! Help build up and support Native indigenous communities, live in a national park among wildlife, play on the beach and on the surf catching waves!

Countries: Costa Rica
Duration: from 4 Weeks

Explore Costa Rica’s most incredible sights and get first-hand experience of local life! Take in everything from the Arenal Volcano to the idyllic Bocas del Toro islands and get ready for a truly Costa Rican adventure...

Countries: Tanzania
Duration: from 7 Days to 12 Weeks

At a rural school you can be one of few volunteers to get a real glimpse of life in this developing country. After securing your place, help at this project and in return receive free volunteer accommodation and volunteer support during your stay.

Countries: Philippines
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 12 Weeks

Philippines is all about adventure. It is one of the most diverse, exciting countries in the world, with friendly people, interesting food and spectacular surroundings. However many poor communities struggle with poverty and substandard healthcare. With Kaya’s community projects you can have a lasting effect on the health and wellbeing of disadvantaged Filipinos.

Countries: Zimbabwe
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 8 Weeks

Come and volunteer in the beautiful town of Victoria Falls and gain a unique insight into local Zimbabwean culture while making a positive impact in the lives of this spirited community!

Countries: Kenya
Duration: from 1 Weeks to 12 Weeks

Flex those muscles and wok with impoverished communities in stunning Nakuru. You can help to give impoverished communities a brighter future building new homes and lending a hand with development projects.

Countries: Ghana
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 12 Weeks

£75 discount for volunteers who combine more than one PoD project! Volunteer with a team of local builders and carpenters whilst experiencing life in a rural tropical village in West Africa.Get involved in charity projects and with other roles such as child care, teaching, photography and sports coaching.

Countries: Fiji
Duration: from 3 Months to 7 Months

Few placements offer such a culturally rich experience. Volunteers become immersed in the traditional Fijian way of life while contributing to the local community. It will suit people who are proactive, outgoing and willing to think outside the box. The work can be challenging, the accommodation is basic and the food is quite alternative! However the whole experience is guaranteed to be truly exhilarating and enormously rewarding. Community placements in Fiji involve volunteers working in a variety of placements such rural district schools, kindergartens, centres for children with various disabilities and also assisting a local community to build a school for their children and conservation within a national park. All applicants are matched to placements to ensure that there is a good fit between the volunteer and their host communities. Lattitude Global Volunteering is an international youth development charity that has been sending volunteers on challenging structured and exciting voluntary placements around the world for 40 years.

Countries: Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia

One of the travel writers’ great clichés describes Malawi as ‘the warm heart of Africa.’ Clichés, however, don’t take hold unless there’s more than a ring of truth about them. Malawi’s reputation is deserved. Its people are some of the friendliest on the continent and the beauty of this project is that it exposes you directly to their warmth and guarantees you unforgettable memories. The scale of your task here can be seen in the background provided by some depressing statistics.