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.
Michael Siebert has been actively involved with OneSight, Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH), and The Lighthouse Heiken Children’s Vision Fund.
Enonkishu Reserve, Kenya. A volunteer describes joining the local tribe in Kenya and help with conservation and protecting giraffes, zebras and other wildlife.
Kawaza Tourism Project, outside of Lusaka Zambia, provides authentic village visits in Zambia, that bring travelers right into the lives of the villagers.
Wolf sanctuary: In South Salem, NY, the mission is to protect and preserve North American wolves through science-based education, advocacy, and participation.
How Vermonters are turning farms into B&Bs to save them from development. A listing of Vermont farms where people can stay over and learn about farming.
Zambia volunteering: two months at a community school in Chibuluma, finding bright smiles and singing, despite hardship and poverty.
Thousands of people are fed for free at the huge Sikh Temple in New Delhi, India. This author volunteered to help cook the big meal.
At Iracambi, a conservation NGO, volunteers can live in the jungles of Minas Gerais, Brazil and work with villagers who try to save the rainforest.
Aruba: The author goes on vacation to a beach resort and meets the people who run Sgt Pepper’s Friends…and winds up adopting a cat to bring home.
A new children’s book, All Fish Faces,” shows what many different ocean fish look like and how they live, and a blogger traveled the world volunteering.
In Kununurra, Western Australia, there is a place you can go if you love baby Kangaroos, at the Kangaroo Haven Rescue, baby joeys are bottle fed and raised.
Olivia Gilmore, a college student from Mass, joined YourStory International on a trip to Haiti where she assisted local and other doctors to treat patients.
In Kalispel, Montana, Brad Ludden of First Descents offers cancer patients and their caregivers a chance to enjoy whitewater rafting on big rivers, the ultimate way to heal.
Visit.org helps travelers book authentic travel experiences with do-good organizations to help educate people about the communities around the world