Conservation and Environment

Countries: Malaysia
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 3 Months

Why not get a taster for volunteering in Borneo this year. Camp Borneo run 2 week programmes alongside our longer 1-3 month itineraries. Stay at one of our community camps in the north of the world 3rd largest island. You will get to know the locals not as a tourist but as a major contributor to the local economy and educational infrastructure. We are the only company that own and run our own camps and projects in country.

Countries: Tanzania
Duration: from 5 Weeks to 10 Weeks

Visit some of the most beautiful and untouched areas of Tanzania on Raleigh International's adventure phase. You could be trekking south east of Iringa and North West of the spectacular Kilombera Valley. This Highland region is rarely visited by outsiders, both from Tanzania or overseas. The region takes in beautiful ridges, stunning peaks, wonderful forests and alluring waterfalls. The trek will consolidate environmental and community issues with the personal development involved in this challenging adventure. You will have the opportunity to meet and visit extremely remote local communities.

Countries: Brazil
Duration: from 3 Weeks to 24 Weeks

International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ), the world's most affordable international volunteer organisation, offers a range of volunteer opportunities in community development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Countries: Malaysia
Duration: from 5 Weeks to 10 Weeks

Make a difference to children in remote parts of Borneo! Live and work alongside friendly communities to build a kindergartens for young children who otherwise wouldn’t have access to education. Having access to a kindergarten is fundamental to the communities we work with as it means the local children can reach the minimum standard of reading and writing required for them to enter the education system in Malaysia.

Countries: India
Duration: from 2 Weeks

This Eco-development project is funded by Projects Abroad and gives volunteers the opportunity to learn about sustainable farming techniques. It also focuses on promoting environmental conservation in South Indian villages. This project is perfect for anybody looking to take part in hands-on work in the local community.

Countries: Malaysia
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 5 Months

Oranutang Protection In Borneo Plus trek to the "End of the World" Saved from deforestation, kept in cages as pets, tied to trees to die - now with a land of their own. Find out more.

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: Tanzania
Duration: from 5 Weeks to 10 Weeks

Become a Raleigh International venturer and work on our hugely exciting elephant projects in rural Tanzania! Raleigh International is a youth and sustainable development charity; our expeditions are a combination of rewarding community projects, fascinating environmental projects and exhilarating adventure. In Tanzania our expedition projects range from working with elephants, to sustainable fuel projects, to trekking across stunning national parks.

Countries: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, United States of America
Duration: from 3 Months

Help build an orphanage in Bolivia, learn to speak Spanish while living with local families, hike the Inca trail through the Andes to Machu Picchu, help with conservation work in the Ecuadorian rain forest, search for wildlife while sailing through the Galapagos Islands, and much more... Travel in local style and share these adventures with a small group of like-minded backpackers aged 18 to 25, led by two experienced leaders.

Countries: South Africa
Duration: from 4 Weeks to 12 Weeks

This project offers volunteers the opportunity to enhance their wildlife photography skills whilst contributing to vital conservation within the reserve. Our constantly growing photo database helps with education initiatives and proceeds go directly back into our core projects. Based at Thanda Private Game Reserve in South Africa.

Countries: Sri Lanka
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 12 Weeks

Located in the heart of the jungle you will be researching and conserving these amazing gentle giants whose numbers are evermore dwindling.

Countries: Belize

Travel with an award-winning organisation, winners of 'Best Volunteering Organisation' category at the 2012 British Youth Travel Awards and 2010 Responsible Tourism Awards for its marine conservation expeditions. Volunteers from all over the world travel to our sites in North Belize to conduct reef monitoring, research and conservation work side-by-side with international scientists, international NGOs and community members whose livelihoods depend on healthy coral reef ecosystems for survival.

Countries: Costa Rica
Duration: from 1 Weeks to 3 Months

Patrol the Pacific beaches at night, watching for mother turtles to come up the beach to lay their eggs. Help baby turtles scramble back to the sea after their hatching- hundreds of baby turtles is a sight to behold! Volunteer in the local community, teaching or looking after the kids while conserving the paradise of Costa Rica.

Countries: South Africa
Duration: from 4 Weeks to 8 Weeks

Thanda Private Game reserve, is ideally situated in a private game reserve of 14,000 hectares of pristine bush and is home to the Big 5, the extremely rare African Wild Dog and Cheetah. The area is home to the Zulu tribe, a group of people with a very lively and colourful culture. It is within this impressive setting that we offer you the opportunity to improve your photography skills, to photograph the phenomenal wildlife in the area, and to help raise awareness in the local community about the importance of conservation. In the impressive setting of a Private Big 5 Game Reserve, this unique programme offers photography enthusiasts the opportunity to get a different perspective on Africa…