Thank you for visiting Volunteer Global! My goal is to help you learn everything you need to know about international service programs and general travel -- where you can go, what you can do, how to get there, and more.
For regular updates, stories, and tips, visit the blog. To learn about more than 400 individual volunteer opportunities worldwide, click the "Volunteer" link above. Don't forget to follow me on Twitter as well at @VolunteerGlobal!
Just a quick note as well: I don't place volunteers with any of the programs listed on here. If you have specific questions about them, please use the contact information or website included for each one. Thanks, guys!
This site has two main sections: the volunteer programs and the blog.
Volunteer programs
This takes up about 90% of the content on VG. There currently are 406 international volunteer programs listed here, with individual pages for each one, including where you can go, what you can do, how to get there, and more.
The list is constantly growing and changing, and is updated every day with new information. Click here to learn a little more about international service.
You can view the full list of programs here, or even break it down into region and country, or the type of work they do.
Don’t see your organization listed? Click here to learn how to get started.
Blog
Check out my blog for in-depth information on trends and advice in the world of international volunteerism. This is updated a couple times per week and includes stories, pictures, and tips not only from me, but also from volunteers and others involved in international service and travel.
There’s a ton of other cool stuff on this site that ISN’T the blog or the volunteer programs—just dig around. I’ve got a new eBook available, general travel tips, and more. Cool!
A quick note
Everything on here is free. VG is exclusively an educational resource, so I don’t post ads or write blog posts advertising others’ products. Well, I’ll post blogs about cool sites and giveaways sometimes, but I don’t get compensation for it.
Anyway, if you have questions, want to see something that’s not on here, or absolutely hate something you DO see on here, let me know at info@volunteerglobal.com.
-Sarah V.A.
Read it, review it, love it, hate it -- but it's all free!
Your Totally Awesome Guide to Volunteer Travel features 173 pages of info, including:
- Introduction to volunteer travel - what is it?
- Choosing a program - what's mutually beneficial for you, the organization, and the community?
- General travel - booking a flight, getting your vaccinations, and keeping safe
- Coming home - how can your volunteer experience augment your career and pay for your education?
- Plus an expanded directory (you saw the old one, right?) of 400 international service programs, with information on where they work, what they do, and how to get there
This alligator is happy you visited!
- SVA wrote an awesome lil' eBook
- About the lack of updates
- Keeping in touch on your travels
- Loneliness and boredom on your travels
- Spotlight: Volunteer Africa 32 Degrees South
- I'm not dead
- A belated thank you!
- Guest post at Career Break Secrets!
- Guest blog: Peace through youth, by Carleton Cole
- Guest post by Jeff Jung: How to have a good volunteer experience during your career break