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Short Term Volunteer Work Abroad and in the USA

Hit the road for adventure and service! Abroad or at home, you can add significant value to community projects the world over. Join a team of all ages for one, two or three weeks on tax-deductible service programs with a long-standing non-profit leader.

Give. Explore. Care. Make Friends.  Be a Global Volunteer. Mentor children, teach English, assist with health care, plant container gardens, counsel new mothers and pregnant women, repair community buildings, and so much more in 17 countries worldwide. We’ll help match your skills and interests to meaningful volunteer projects.

Travel That Feeds The Soul. ®
Volunteer overseas, make a difference, gain a new perspective while helping people who request your assistance. It’s what our volunteers call “travel that feeds the soul.” More than 33,000 volunteers in 110 communities on six continents since 1984. Your safety and service are our top concerns.

Care for Children

Help at-risk kids in the Cook Islands, Ecuador, Nepal, Peru, Romania, St. Lucia, Tanzania, and the USA.

Teach English Skills

Practice conversational English in China, the Cook Islands, Cuba, Greece, Nepal, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, St. Lucia, Tanzania and Vietnam.

Assist with Labor

Paint and repair community classrooms, children’s homes, clinics and the like; plant container gardens; beautify and landscape common spaces in the Cook Islands, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, St. Lucia, Tanzania and the USA.

Help Improve Heath

Teach health, hygiene, nutrition, disease prevention; and provide non-invasive care such as well-baby check ups, dental and eye exams, health screenings, mental health interventions, and related services in Peru and Tanzania.

“Travel With Passion and Purpose”

“Traveling with Global Volunteers fills holes in my life with purpose, and gives me the joy of helping others.”

Jeff RogoFrequent Volunteer and Team Leader

“It made me a kinder person, a warmer person, and even a less-judgmental person. But really, it gave me tremendous perspective.” 

Gila Cohen-ShawSt. Lucia and Tanzania Volunteer

“Almost everyone I met in one way or another thanked me just for coming there.” 

Stephen BeckCook Islands Volunteer

“You realize you have something in common with the people you’re working with. It really is waging peace through justice worldwide.”

Joan McInnis10-time Volunteer Worldwide

“These have been among the most meaningful and beneficial experiences in my life.” 

Gary SandefurMontana Volunteer
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