Voluntourism is traveling for good. Here we explore the many ways travelers can give back to communities around the world by going on volunteer work trips and helping people around the world.
Spending time in rural Costa Rica with LEAF, an organization devoted to preserving indigenous cultures in the Costa Rica Rainforest.
GlobeAware sends volunteers to help local families improve their lives by putting in cement floors.
Indonesia’s coral reefs off the coast of the Togean Islands have been bombed and bleached, but one local is working to protect them.
Swim with Sharks in Beautiful Thailand By Andrew Neal There are many things that kill more people each year than sharks – dogs, cows, and lightning. Trying to follow that logic was important as a blacktip reef shark, longer than […]
Thailand: At the Soi Dog Foundation in Bangkok, volunteers can help save dogs from becoming dinner. Helping out a good cause.
Amazon Jungle: Shaya Laughlin as a Amazon Jungle: Shaya Laughlin as a 17-year-old went to the Amazon jungle with adventurer Mike Horn to work with locals on a water project called Pangaea in Brazil.
Apple Harvest in India: Volunteering during the Harvesting Season By Priya Krishnan Das Apples aren’t my favorite fruit. But the very thought of climbing apple trees and plucking apples seemed very romantic, so I set out looking for volunteering options […]
Oracabessa Jamaica trip: Volunteers clean the reef to try and bring it back to a healthy state on Jamaica’s north coast.
Africa Travel: A New Kind of Road Trip Across South Africa By Eleanor Harte A new road trip across South Africa allows visitors to see the sights and do some good in the process. If you’ve always wanted to swim […]
MEETing A Different Provence–In the busy South of France, we travel lightly By Max Hartshorne, GoNOMAD Editor This story is about MEET…or Mediterranean Experience of EcoTourism and one of their soul-enriching trips to destinations all over Europe and next to […]
Leaving a Lasting Impact on Guatemala: Helping the Native Women of Xecam By Tyrel Nelson
Volunteering in the small indigenous community of Xiloxochico in Mexico and experiencing the culture.
Peru: In Lima, take a tour of the slums, high above the city to meet people who lives in the Lima Peru slums and find out about their lives there.
MovingWorlds is a shorter Peace Corps By Eleanor Harte People looking for volunteering opportunities to use their professional skills in an international capacity but who feel lost in finding a project that does good may have just found their perfect […]