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Earthwatch
based: Oxfordshire, UK
website: www.earthwatch.org/europe
Earthwatch, an international environmental charity, has 120 conservation projects in 50 countries. For 35 years they have been supporting field research to find solutions to the planet's most pressing environmental problems. They do this by providing scientists with funds and volunteers. Projects from 1 to 3 weeks.
| charity expeditions / holidays | expeditions | archaeological digs | whale / dolphin watching | ethical / ecotourism | working / volunteer holidays | animals / safari | Worldwide | UK | Africa | South America | Western Europe |

Global Vision International
based: Hertfordshire, UK
website: www.gvi.co.uk
GVI expeditions offer the adventurous individual the chance to work as part of a structured team on pioneering international projects. With projects all over the world you can join expeditions as diverse as Rainforest Expeditions in the Amazon, Wildlife Research Expeditions in Africa and Marine Research Expeditions in Mexico.
| gap year | expeditions | survival courses | marine safaris | ecological tours | ethical and ecotourism | working / volunteer holidays | Africa | Asia | South America | Mexico | South Africa |

Hope and Home – Nepal Volunteer Organization
based: Kathmandu, Nepal
website: www.hopenhome.org
Hope and Home is a Nepal volunteer organization that has been formed to address the health and educational needs of the Nepalese people. The organization's activities include fundraising, upgrading medical and educational capabilities and creating opportunities for volunteerism.
| working / volunteer holidays | Nepal |

INFO Nepal – Global Volunteers for Nepal
based: Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal
website: www.infonepal.org
Customised programs that make an important contribution to the people of Nepal, while providing an in-depth experience of the Nepali language and culture. INFO provides training and then places volunteers in communities and schools across Nepal where they may be involved with teaching English, environmental awareness, income generating programmes, health care education or assisting in orphanages, children's homes etc.
| working / volunteer holidays | gap year | Nepal |

International Volunteer HQ
based: Taranaki, New Zealand
website: www.volunteerhq.org
International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ) provides safe, quality and extremely affordable volunteering placements in developing countries all over the world. At present they have a wide range of volunteering opportunities in Tanzania, Kenya, Kenya-Maasai, Nepal, Vietnam, Peru, Ecuador and Thailand.
| working/volunteer holidays | gap year | ethical/ecotourism | native peoples | groups | South America | Asia | Africa |

Jingando Holidays
based: London, UK
website: www.jingandoholidays.com
Experience the very best of stunning Rio de Janeiro – learn Brazilian dance (Samba, Forró), Salsa and more, participate in local community projects and get straight to the heart of Rio, the place, people and nightlife. Small group sizes on each holiday, come alone, with a partner or group of friends.
| dancing (mixed styles) | charity expeditions / holidays | ethical / ecotourism | working / volunteer | groups | singles holidays | Brazil |

John Muir Trust
based: Hampshire, UK
website: www.jmt.org
The 'Activities Programme' offers adventurous activities and exploration in beautiful wild areas, canoeing and sea kayaking trips, conservation work, story telling, music, wilderness skills, medicinal plants. Also see their 'Conservation Work Parties' where you can volunteer to help carry out conservation work. The John Muir Trust is a registered Scottish charity with the aim of protecting and conserving wild places and increasing awareness and understanding of such places.
| charity expeditions / holidays | working /volunteer holidays | gap year | ethical / eco tourism | survival courses | canoeing / kayaking | sea canoeing / sea kayaking | herbalism | storytelling | UK |

Jubilee Sailing Trust
based: Hampshire, UK
website: www.jst.org.uk
Adventure sailing holidays for able-bodied and disabled people. The JST is a UK based charity that aims to promote the integration of able bodied and disabled people through adventure sailing holidays. The JST welcomes people from all over the world onto its two specially designed tall ships, the Lord Nelson and Tenacious.
| for people with a disability | sailing (large boat /sail ship) | charity expeditions / holidays | working /volunteer holidays | UK | Ireland | USA | Europe | Canaries | Worldwide |

National Trust (The)
based: London, UK
website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Working holidays in National Trust locations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. These include historic buildings as well as countryside, coastal, woodland and farm locations. Many different types of holiday aimed at a wide variety of interests and age groups.
| working / volunteer holidays | archaeological digs | country crafts | botanical | youth / teen | weekends / short breaks | UK |

Nest Trust (The) – Nicaragua English and Sustainable Tourism
based: Nicaragua and Birmingham. UK
website: www.thenesttrust.org.uk
Voluntary project offering unique opportunities to live and work with rural communities in the coffee growing mountains of Nicaragua. Teach English to young guides and make a valuable contribution to the region's rural tourism programmes, which are vital for environmental conservation and the livelihoods of the small producers. Contact MaggieJo St John (UK Co-ordinator): maggiejo.stjohn [AT] virgin.net (replace [AT] with the @ symbol!)
| working / volunteer holidays | ethical and ecotourism | Nicaragua |

Pattaya Orphanage Trust
based: London, UK
website: www.pattayaorphanage.co.uk
The Pattaya Orphanage in Pattaya, Thailand, provides a loving home, residential care and education for 180 orphans, up to 100 street children, 220 deaf or blind children and 200 disabled young people. Opportunities for gap year / working holidays teaching English and jungle trekking charity expeditions.

| charity expeditions / holidays | gap year | working / volunteer holidays | Thailand |

Raleigh International
based: London, UK
website: www.raleighinternational.org
Raleigh International is a youth development charity set up to inspire people from all backgrounds and nationalities to discover their full potential by working together on challenging environmental and community projects around the world. The training concentrates on personal development, cultural awareness, global issues and preparing people for expedition life.

| working / volunteer holidays | expeditions | | expedition training| | gap year | self development | Worldwide |

Starfish Ventures
based: Essex, UK
website: www.starfishventures.co.uk
Starfish Ventures specialises in volunteer placements in Thailand. They have a wide cross section of projects, from teaching English through to helping conserve Thailand's turtle population. Whatever you choose these are real grass roots projects that improve people's lives and/or help Thailand sustain its environment.
| charity expeditions/holidays | ethical/ecotourism | gap year | working/volunteer holidays | groups | Thailand |

Tethys Research Institute – whales & dolphins conservation
based: Milan, Italy
website: www.tethys.org
Tethys Research Institute is a private non-profit organization specialized in cetacean research and conservation in the Mediterranean. Since 1990 Tethys organizes, every year, weekly whale and dolphin field courses in Italy and Greece dedicated to small groups of non-professionals who are willing to contribute to research and conservation campaigns.
| whale/dolphin watching | ethical/ecotourism | working/volunteer holidays | ecological tours | expeditions | Italy | Greece |

Tillys Tours – Gambia
based: Surrey, UK & Kololi, The Gambia
website: www.tillystours.com
High quality cultural expeditions and 'work-adventures' in The Gambia, including a 'chimpanzee adventure' personally guided by Stella Brewer OBE. Work-adventures combine a 7 night expedition with charity work where contributions make a real difference to some of the world's poorest people. Escorted and supported by an on-site British team.
| gap year | working / volunteer holidays | charity expeditions / holidays | cruises (river / lake) | native peoples | animals / safari | overlanding | ethical / ecotourism | The Gambia | Africa |

VentureCo Worldwide Limited
based: Warwickshire, UK
website: www.ventureco-worldwide.com
VentureCo's multi-phase travel programmes incorporate development projects, expeditions and adventure travel in Asia, Africa, South America and Central America. If you're taking a gap year, considering a career break, running a school expedition, organising a charity trek or just fancy a working holiday with a difference VentureCo can help you.
| working / volunteer holidays | gap year | school tours | charity expeditions / holidays | overlanding | backpacking | walking / trekking / hiking | walking / trekking safaris | white water rafting | South America | Africa | Asia |

Voluntourists Without Borders
based: Chiang Mai Provence, Thailand
website: www.voluntourists-without-borders.com
An initiative aimed at using volunteer tourist (voluntourist) labour and donor funding to alleviate rural poverty, protect forests, and promote sustainable eco-tourism. The initiative puts volunteer labour, and the funding they secure, to work alongside ethnic minority and rural Thai village groups under a programme to establish a world class eco-tourism industry.
| working / volunteer holidays | groups | gap year | ethical / ecotourism | native peoples | school tours | seniors / silver surfers | singles holidays | team building / management courses | Thailand |

Blue Ventures Conservation
based: London, UK
website: www.blueventures.org
Dynamic marine volunteering positions available in Madagascar, researching threatened coral reefs ecosystems.
| working / volunteer holidays | charity expeditions / holidays | gap year | diving / snorkelling | Madagascar |

Languages Abroad
based: Toronto, Canada
website: www.languagesabroad.com
30 different languages in over 50 countries, study abroad in a language school of your choice.
| multi language | childrenÕs courses / holidays | youth / teen | working / volunteer holidays | World wide |

Openmind Projects
based: Nongkhai, Thailand
website: www.openmindprojects.org
A training and development organization offering affordable volunteer work vacations in Thailand.
| working / volunteer holidays | Thailand |

Thai-Experience.org
based: Isaan / Nongkhai, Thailand
website: www.thai-experience.org
Teach English or computer skills as volunteer for reasonable fees in Thailand.
| working / volunteer holidays | gap year | ethical and ecotourism | native people | Thailand |

Volunteering in Peru
based: Cusco, Peru
website: www.volunteeringinperu.org
Volunteer work in Peru; includes work in hospitals, prisons and agriculture and with children, the elderly and the mentally handicapped.
| working / volunteer holidays | Peru |

Worldwide Language Study LLC
based: London, UK
website: www.worldwidelanguagestudy.com
Language programs, volunteer programs and cultural tours in Thailand, China, Argentina and Vietnam.
| Spanish language | Vietnamese language | Chinese languages | working / volunteer holidays | Asia | South America |

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