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| Company |
Locations |
Review |
Costs |
E4S Verdict |
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Ghana |
Sabre Charitable Trust is an education charity which sends volunteers out to a few rural communites they work with on the Ghanaian coast - in the Central Region. Fantastic opportunities to really make a difference as well as sample some of the most amazing culture and surroundings. Teaching or providing support in schools which lack proper resources will almost certainly be a life changing experience!
More info: Sabre Trust Literacy Programme |
12 week volunteering projects cost £1650. Longer or shorter trips can be catered for. |
A micro charity focused on helping people directly - you can individually make a huge impact. Awesome in our opinion! Well worth it. |
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19 countries worldwide, including Central America, China, Nepal and India |
i to i offers volunteer work and teaching placements abroad. Over 2000 volunteers sent out a year. They guarantee a worthwhile work placement and a professional support network to guide you through it. Volunteers encouraged to do fundraising to cover costs.
Website: www.onlinetefl.com |
For 12 weeks excluding travel: Approx £1500 and upwards depending on project. |
TEFL Courses, an excellent support network, and one of the largest companies in the gap year business. |
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Africa, The Americas, India and Far East |
Projects Abroad have the contacts all over the world to provide volunteers with gap year experiences. From teaching English to working as a journalist or spending time in hospitals - Teaching Abroad offer a wide range of placements and possibilities
Website: www.projects-abroad.co.uk |
For 3 months excluding travel: Approx £1500 but depends on project. |
Big range of projects, and at a number of locations |
| Africa and Asia Venture |
Africa and Asia obviously, including India and Nepal, as well as Mexico. |
They offer teaching projects abroad, sports coaching in schools and conservation projects. Requires a lot of fundraising which they help with. Very well organised and have been around for more than 10 years. A lot of emphasis placed on looking after you which is very important. Have donated huge amounts to charity.
Website: www.aventure.co.uk |
For 3 months excluding travel: Approx £2590 but may depend on project. |
Well organised and one of the UK's leading Year Out Companies. |
| Greenforce |
Fiji, Bahamas, Borneo, Zambia, Ecuador and Nepal |
Greenforce operates environmental conservation expeditions investigating the status of flora and fauna around the world. Their objective is to aid the conservation of marine and terrestrial wildlife and protect fragile habitats, particularly in countries in the process of development. Marine conservation volunteers finish with a scuba diving qualification too!
Website: www.greenforce.org |
For 10 weeks excluding travel: Approx £2500 - £2900 depending on expedition. |
E4S Director has been to Zambia with them in a former life - and we still have to look at the pictures! Need I say more?! |
| Blue Ventures |
Madagascar |
Blue Ventures Conservation is an award winning UK-based marine conservation organisation dedicated to facilitating projects that enhance global coral reef conservation and research. Volunteers dive twice a day surveying the reef, as well as teaching English, playing football in the local village and helping to implement Madagascar's first ever community run marine protected area.
Website: www.blueventures.org |
6 week expeditions cost £1780 for first time divers and £1580 for Advanced open water divers. Longer or shorter trips can be catered for. |
A charity dedicated to marine conservation - volunteers work with scientists, fantastic experience for an aspiring marine biologist |
| Frontier |
Africa, (+ the lovely Madagascar), The Americas and South East Asia |
A conservation agency running projects to promote and advance field research and implement practical programmes contributing to the conservation of natural resources. Require research assistant volunteers for 4,8,10 or 20 week programmes. Fancy scuba diving off the east coast of Africa or studying pumas in Nicaragua?!
Website: www.frontier.ac.uk |
For 10 weeks excluding travel: Approx £2100 - £2500 depending on project. |
Awesome expeditions and a huge range of extremely worthwhile voluntary projects. Has to be experienced! |
| Raleigh International |
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Malaysia, India |
Raleigh International is a well-established charity which offers 5 or 10 week programmes in remote areas where you can volunteer on sustainable community and environmental projects, plus take on an adventure challenge. Those aged 17-24 can sign up as a participant and if you are 25+, they also need staff volunteers to help run and facilitate the programmes for young people (roles include project managers, mountain leaders, medics, photographers, logistics, finance managers etc. and there is additional 2-3 weeks of training).
Website: www.raleigh.org.uk |
Fundraising targets - Participants: 5 week programme £1750 and 10 week programme £2995. Staff: 5 week programme £1350 and 10 week programme £1950 |
A charity that has raised a phenomenal amount for good causes - both at home and abroad |
| Madventurer |
Ghana, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Peru, Tonga and Fiji. |
Company provides the opportunity to combine development projects with adventurous travel. Offers great flexibility from just 2 weeks of travelling to undertaking development projects in two different countries in addition to organised travelling tours. Development projects are offered in a variety of fields: teaching, building, sports coaching, medicine, conservation, tourism, architecture, carework and physiotherapy.
Website: www.madventure.com |
8 week project and travel combination starts from £1,685 but varies according to destination. |
Great flexibility – you can decide on what projects you want to do as well as which tours you want to do – not tied down to someone else’s itinerary. |
| Learn Overseas |
India |
Learn Overseas is focused on offering work-experience in Delhi, India to students between the ages of 16 to19 interested in applying for a medical or related course at university. Placements are 2 weeks and involve shadowing medical professionals with some hands on tasks. The experience is aimed at assisting a decision to take up a medical career and highlight the challenges faced by the profession.
Website: www.learnoverseas.co.uk |
2 week medical work experiences cost £995 excluding flights. |
Well organised with personal contacts in, and experience of, Delhi. |
| Connections IKM / Inka Magik |
Peru |
Inka Magik are looking for young volunteers to help with the development of educational programmes in communities across Peru in conjunction with their local partners. Most volunteers are involved in English language teaching and assistance in local schools and educational institutions for a 3 month placement.
Website: www.inkamagik.com |
1 to 6 month stay, fees starting from £570 (including Machu Picchu expedition, placement, food, support, airport transfer and accommodation) |
Really make an impact on the lives of local Peruvians - and experience the Inka trail after completing the volunteer placement! |
| Hutong School |
China |
With China's increasing international importance, the value of direct experience of the country and its people has never been higher. The Hutong School specializes in helping people to find internships in China. From finding the internship and negotiating a salary with the employer, to arranging accommodation and teaching you Chinese, we are here to help you at every stage.
Website: www.hutongschool.com |
Prices depend on length of stay - for an individual for one month costs are 760 Euros. This goes down to 480 Euros per month if you stay for 6 months |
China is the place to go - a growing economy, and a society that is more open than ever to foreigners and other cultures. |
Volunteer in Africa |
Ghana |
Volunteer is Africa provides information about volunteer opportunities in Africa whilst also organizing a wide range of volunteering and unpaid internships in Ghana year round. Participants can work alongside professionals and workers on both a part-time or full-time basis. Website:www.volunteeringinafrica.org |
The prices vary according to length of stay but begin at £397 for 1 - 4 weeks |
With rave reports about Ghana, the cultural exchange programme with VIA sounds a great experience |
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