Volunteer Country Guides and Resources
The information contained within these wikitravel guides is some of the basic details that you may need to know before you travel and should help you to learn a little about these destinations. We have only included countries where there are most likely to be good volunteer opportunities, and we have listed typical volunteer experiences too. We have also provided links to travel guide publications where you can buy comprehensive guides.
If you feel that other countries should be included then please contact us with your suggestions. Please note that thes wikitravel guides are only intended as very basic resources to give you a flavour of what to expect. They are by no means a substitute for the well-written travel guide which we fully recommend you buy and peruse before you travel and have with you during your whole travel and volunteering experience.
Volunteer in South America
Ecuador wikitravel Guide
Ecuador offers a very good range of volunteer opportunites ranging from conservation projects in the Amazon, to social projects with communites and children and also English teaching programmes. if you are interested in volunteering in Ecuador and have some more specific questions about the country please feel free to
contact me as it is the first country I volunteered in and of which I have a lot of experience. I will do my best to give you some helpful advice!
Buy a Lonely Planet Ecuador travel guide.
Bolivia wikitravel guide
Bolivia also offers a very good range of volunteer opportunites with a number of different organisations. These include community projects with women and children and a number of English teaching programmes.
Buy a Lonely Planet Bolivia travel guide.
Peru wikitravel guide
Peru offers a good variety of volunteer opportunites with a number of organisations again including community projects and English teaching programmes.
Buy a Lonely Planet Peru travel guide.
Brazil wikitravel guide
Brazil offers a very large range of volunteer opportunites which can include community work with children, teaching English as a foreign langauge, and conservation works.
Buy a Lonely Planet Brazil travel guide.
Volunteer in Central America
Costa Rica wikitravel guide
Costa Rica offers some interesting volunteer opportunites with some organisations and is particularly popular for environmental and ecological volunteer projects.
Buy a Lonely Planet Costa Rica travel guide.
Mexico wikitravel guide
Mexico is a newer destination for volunteer opportunites, but these can include rewarding experiences in orphanages, English teaching and other social projects.
Buy a Lonely Planet Mexico travel guide.
Volunteer in Africa
Ghana wikitravel guide
Ghana offers various volunteer opportunites with a number of different organisations such as health and community projects and work experience.
Buy a Lonely Planet West Africa travel guide.
Kenya wikitravel guide
Kenya offers an interesting and very good range of volunteer opportunites with a number of different organisations such as health, community and conservation projects.
Buy a Lonely Planet Kenya travel guide.
Uganda wikitravel guide
Uganda has a good range of volunteer opportunites such as English teaching and wildlife conservation for example.
Buy a Lonely Planet East Africa travel guide.
South Africa wikitravel guide
South Africa has a very wide range of volunteer opportunites with a lot of choice such as community projects with children, various wildlife programmes, conservation and health projects for example.
Buy a Lonely Planet South Africa travel guide.
Tanzania wikitravel guide
Tanzania also offers a very good range of volunteer opportunites with a number of different organisations such as community projects with women and children, English teaching programmes and conservation work.
Buy a Lonely Planet Tanzania travel guide.
Volunteer in South East Asia and the Far East
China wikitravel guide
China offers an excellent range of volunteer opportunites which can include community projects with children, English teaching programmes and Panda conservation for example.
Buy a Lonely Planet China travel guide.
Thailand wikitravel guide
Thailand has a good range of volunteer opportunites such as English teaching programmes and conservation projects.
Buy a Lonely Planet Thailand travel guide.
Vietnam wikitravel guide
Vietnam offers a good number of volunteer opportunites including English teaching and building and community projects.
Buy a Lonely Planet Vietnam travel guide.
Malaysia wikitravel guide
Malaysia again offers a good number of volunteer opportunites including English teaching, conservation and community projects.
Buy a Lonely Planet Malaysia travel guide.
Volunteer on the Indian Sub Continent
India wikitravel guide
India has numerous volunteer opportunites which may include English teaching and community work in deprived areas.
Buy a Lonely Planet India travel guide.
Sri Lanka wikitravel guide
Sri Lanka offers a varied range of volunteer opportunites such as turtle conservation, English teaching and working with orphans and communities.
Buy a Lonely Planet Sri Lanka travel guide.
Nepal wikitravel guide
Nepal currently gives only a few volunteer opportunites such as English teaching programmes and community projects.
Buy a Lonely Planet Nepal travel guide.
If you have any comments regarding these country guides or resources, or if you know of some useful country information resources we could include here, please tell us. Thanks!