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Global Vision International
International Volunteering Programs, Conservation Expeditions, Community Development Projects, Adventure training Courses and Internships. GVI has a huge range of travel experiences to suit the environmentally conscious traveller who seeks adventure and new experiences around the globe. Be it training as a Safari field guide in South Africa, working for National Parks in Mexico or volunteering as part of a marine research team in the Indian Ocean, you will find a huge range of exciting opportunities with GVI. Visit our website for further details.
Contact in USA: Call toll free 888-653-6028
Contact in UK: 01727 250250
Web Site: www.gviusa.com
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Global Exchange, a non-profit human rights organization offers short-term travel opportunities. These delegations are not your typical study abroad experience. Meet with community leaders, government officials and women¹s groups, etc. Learn about the economy, history, politics and culture. Travel to unique destinations: Palestine, Cuba, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Iran, Vietnam, Tanzania and 15 more. Receive academic credit. Customize a tour through a professor or specific department.
Dates: Programs throughout the year
Cost: From $800-$2500 depending on trip 10 days to 2 weeks.
Contact: Global Exchange, Reality Tours 2017 Mission st, #303 San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-255-7296, fax: 415-255-7498; realitytours@globalexchange.org; www.globalexchange.org/tours.
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Projects Abroad
Structured placements for volunteers in Argentina, Brazil, Brunei, China, Cuba, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Ukraine and Zimbabwe for teaching, work experience, conservation and educational courses. No formal qualifications required.
Contact: info@projects-abroad.org, www.projects-abroad.org.
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Cross-Cultural Solutions: Volunteer Abroad for the Experience of a Lifetime!
Experience another culture like never before while making a real difference in people’s lives. You’ll gain perspectives and insights into the local culture and yourself while working side-by-side with local people on community-led initiatives. Placements are available in the areas of social services, education, and health. Choose from 12 countries -- Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Morocco, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Thailand.
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Dates Offered: Choose from start dates year-round and lengths-of-stay from 1-12 weeks.
Costs: The U.S. tax-deductible program fee for a two-week program is $2,588 with each additional week of stay only $297.
Contact: Cross-Cultural Solutions, 2 Clinton Place, New Rochelle, NY 10801.
Tel: 1.800.380.4777 (Toll free in US/Canada) or 1.914.632.0022.
Email: info@crossculturalsolutions.org
Website: www.crossculturalsolutions.org
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Volunteer Programs – Live with Local Families for Full Cultural Immersion Experience!
Global Service Corps (GSC) offers opportunities for participants to live in Tanzania and Thailand homes while volunteering on service and development projects. Participants live with families who generously introduce their culture, cuisine and customs through excursions and daily interaction, providing a unique cultural experience not to be forgotten! The projects foster grass-roots collaboration, skill-building, and cross-cultural understanding. We help developing communities learn to function more sustainably, while expanding the perspectives of participants as responsible global citizens. Project areas include HIV/AIDS prevention, health, English instruction, sustainable agriculture and Buddhist immersion. Participants have the opportunity to work on meaningful projects in schools, colleges, hospitals, health clinics, monasteries, and community and government organizations, depending on their interests. Excursions included in both countries. Swahili language training included in Tanzania. Undergraduate and graduate level credits qualifying for financial aid available.
Dates: Year round. Call the company or check the web site at www.globalservicecorps.org to learn more, and for dates.
Cost: Approx. $2,075-2,565 for 2-4 week project trips; $15-$25 per day for 2-6 month long-term extensions; $3,790 for summer and semester college internships. Includes extensive pre-departure preparation and in-country expenses (hotel and homestay room and board, orientation, training, project expenses, transportation, excursions). Airfare not included; international airfare discount available.
Contact: Global Service Corps. 300 Broadway, suite 28, San Francisco, CA 94133; 415-788-3666 ext. 128, fax 415-788-7324; gsc@earthisland.org, www.globalservicecorps.org.
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Conservation Expeditions
CCC is not-for-profit organisation at the cutting edge of ecotourism. We send teams of volunteers to survey some of the world's most endangered coral reefs and tropical forests. Our mission is to protect these crucial environments by working closely with local communities who depend on them for food and livelihood.
Dates: through out the year
Cost: from £800/m
Contact: Imogen Wood, Coral Cay Conservation,40-42 Osnaburgh Street, London, NW1 3ND, UK
Tel: +44 870 750 0668
Fax: +44 870 750 0667
E-mail: info@coralcay.org,iw@coralcay.org
Web: www.coralcay.org
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Intrepid Travel
Small Group, Sustainable Adventures
Intrepid is for travelers with a yearning for adventure, a sense of fun and a wish to escape the humdrum of mainstream tourism in a responsible way. Join our small group adventures in Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australasia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America & North America!
Dates: Year round tours on 7 continents
Cost: From “budget” to “comfort” class; see web site for details.
Contact: Intrepid Travel, 2511 Ocean Ave., Venice, CA. Tel: 1 866 847 8192 or Intl. Tel.: +61 3 9473 2673
Email: info@intrepidtravel.com
Website: www.intrepidtravel.com
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The International Ecotourism Society (TIES)
The oldest and largest ecotourism association in the world, focusing on environmental and corporate social responsibility in travel. With companies in nearly 100 countries and affiliations with over 40 national and regional ecotourism associations, TIES serves as a global source of knowledge and advocacy uniting conservation, communities and sustainable travel.
Contact: TIES, The International Ecotourism Society, 1333 h St., NW, Ste 300 E, Washington,DC 20005; Phone 202-347-9203; Fax 202-789-7279.
Email: info@ecotourism.org
Website: www.ecotourism.org
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Ambassadors for Children
Travel with A Purpose
Explore exotic countries while making a difference in the lives of children.
Contact: contact@ambassadorsforchildren.org, www.ambassadorsforchildren.org
Biosphere Expeditions
Volunteers of all backgrounds help scientists working on wildlife conservation projects lasting 2-8 weeks (e.g. in the Peruvian Amazon, the Altai Republic of Central Asia, Oman, Slovakia, Namibia, Sri Lanka, and the Azores).
Contact: Sprat’s Water, Nr. Carlton Colville, The Broads National Park, Suffolk NR33 8BP, U.K.; 011-44-1502-583085, fax. 011-44-1502-587414; info@biosphere- expeditions.org, www.biosphere-expeditions.org.
Earthwatch Institute
Since 1971, this international nonprofit organization has placed more than 65,000 volunteers with field researchers engaged in a dazzling menu of scientific and social science research around the world. With a strong emphasis on sustainability, it presently supports about 140 projects in 50 countries. Forty percent of participants are older adults, and a great many volunteers are repeat clients with 20+ projects off their checklist (review by Alison Gardner).
Contact: 3 Clocktower Pl., Suite 100, P.O. Box 75, Maynard, MA 01754; 800-776-0188 or 978-461-0081, fax 978-461-2332; info@earthwatch.org, www.earthwatch.org.
Explorations in Travel
Conservation, teaching, wildlife rehabilitation, animal rescue, and environmental work placements and internships for students and adults in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Nepal, Australia, and New Zealand. Placement fees $775-$975.
Contact: 2458 River Rd, Guilford, VT 05301; 802-257-0152; explore@volunteertravel.com, www.volunteertravel.com
Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD)
International Development Internship
FSD provides capacity building, funding, and human resources to over 200 grassroots organizations in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Our programs provide comprehensive development training, immersion, and the opportunity for participants to design and implement collaborative projects with the help of a Site Team and their host organization. With our partner organizations, we implement solutions that improve social, environmental, educational, and economic conditions at the community level..
Contact: 517 Potrero Ave. Suite B, San Francisco, CA 94110 USA; info@fsdinternational.org, www.fsdinternational.org.
Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) Europe e.V.
GEN functions as the umbrella organization for a wide range of intentional communities and eco-villages all over the world, many of which welcome guests and volunteers. Volunteering for GEN works in a similar way to the WWOOF exchange).
Contact: c/o ZEGG Community, Rosa-Luxemburg Str. 89, D-14806 Belzig, Germany; 011-49-33841-44766; ena@ecovillage.org or info@gen-europe.org, gen.ecovillage.org.
Global Routes
Places volunteers over 17 years of age with families in rural communities in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Thailand, Kenya, Ghana, and St. Lucia to teach in local schools. Training, support, and adventure travel are integral parts of the program. Information on scholarships, fundraising, and academic credit is available.Program fee is $4,250 for 7-week summer semester and $4,950 for 12-week fall, winter and spring semesters. Experienced leaders over the age of 24 needed for travel programs.
Contact: 1 Short St., Northampton, MA 01060; 413-585-8895, www.globalroutes.org.
Global Volunteer Network
Volunteer projects including English teaching, environmental work, animal welfare, health and sanitation, and cultural homestays in 19 countries including El Salvador, New Zealand, Romania, Uganda, and Vietnam.
Contact: P.O. Box 2231, Wellington, New Zealand; 011-64-4-569-9080; fax. 011-64-4-569-9081, www.volunteer.org.nz.
Greenforce USA
Recruits volunteers for conservation and other projects worldwide, including marine conservation in Bahamas and Fiji for up to 6 months; combined community service and adventure programs in India, Nepal, Ecuador, Brazil and internships in Spain].
Contact: 30 Public Sq., Nelsonville, OH 45764; 800-710-6065; usainfo@greenforce.org, www.greenforce.org. U.S. contact office for British organization Greenforce.
LEAPNow: Lifelong Education Alternatives and Programs
Internship placements in range of countries for pre-university and university students. Placement fee $650. Other semester programs in Central America, Australia/New Zealand, and the Indian subcontinent involve cultural immersion and environmental work.
Contact: 11640 Hwy. 128, Calistoga, CA 94515; 707-431-7265, fax. 707-431-8479; info@leapnow.org, www.leapnow.org.
Oceanic Society Expeditions
The Oceanic Society is a nonprofit organization working to protect marine wildlife and the marine environment through conservation-based research and environmental education. Half its itineraries are volunteer holidays, the rest are educational. Participants become research assistants, working side by side with academics and field researchers, logging, recording, and collecting data, including bird banding and measuring nesting sea turtles. Sixty percent of clients are older adults (review by Alison Gardner).
Contact: Research Expeditions, Fort Mason Center, Building E, San Francisco, CA 94123; 800-326-7491 or 415-441-1106, fax 415-474-3395; office@oceanic-society.org, www.Oceanic-society.org.
OneWorld
Be More Than a Tourist-— OneWorld U.S. Alternative Travel Guide
Explore the world, not just as a tourist, but as a caring global citizen! Find out about exciting, unique travel opportunities offered by nonprofits, so you can get to know people, not just places. Check out volunteer programs, study tours, internships and more!
Contact: us@oneworld.net, us.oneworld.net/section/us/travelguide
Travellers
Volunteers can teach conversational English and/or other subjects in a growing range of countries including India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Russia, South Africa and the Ukraine. Also conservation and work experience placements in several countries. Sample charge of £895 for 2-month stay in Ukraine, £1,495 for 3 months of teaching English in Argentina, excluding airfares.
Contact: 7 Mulberry Close, Ferring, West Sussex BN12 5HY, U.K.; Tel./fax 011-44-1903 502595; info@travellersworldwide.com, www.travellersworldwide.com
US Servas: Homestays for Peace, www.usservas.org.
Servas is an international network of hosts and travelers building peace by providing opportunities for individual visits between people of diverse cultures and backgrounds. During a typical homestay- usually 2 nights-, travelers participate in the daily lives of their host: discussing social concerns, running errands, cooking a meal, visiting a school or lending a hand in a workplace. Servas encompasses more than 14,000 homes and institutions in more than 130 countries.
WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms), www.wwoofinternational.org. Global website has links to the national offices in the countries that have a WWOOF coordinator. National WWOOF coordinators compile a list of their member farmers willing to provide free room and board to volunteers who want to help and are interested in furthering the aims of the organic movement. Currently there are WWOOF branches in the U.K., Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Ghana, Uganda, Nepal, China, Japan, Korea, and U.S. An online list of organic farms in all other countries (known as WWOOF Independents) can be obtained from WWOOF-UK (P.O. Box 2675, Lewes, Sussex BN7 1RB, England).
Youth International
An experiential education program focusing on international travel and intercultural exchange, adventure, community service, and homestays. Teams of 14, aged 18-25, travel together for 1 semester of 3 1/2 months to Asia (Vietnam, Thailand, and India) or Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, and Namibia) or South America (Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador, including the Galapagos islands). Assist refugees, hike the Himalayas or the Andes, live with and help an African tribe, scuba dive in the Galapagos, and much more.
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