Volunteer in South America
South America is a place of outstanding natural beauty. Volunteer in South America and you can discover the massive Amazon River, the largest tropical rain forest in the world, the snow-capped Andes Mountains that stretch the entire length of the continent and and some of the most diverse and spectacular landforms on the planet.
Volunteer in South America, and you'll get the chance to work with an amazing contrast of people – from the Amazonian Indians to the Quechas of Brazil. We work with heaps of community projects that help some of the most underprivileged people in Peru, Argentina, Ecuador and Brazil.
If you've always wanted to be a conservation volunteer, then volunteer in South America in the rainforest of Ecuador, or conserve endangered species like the sea turtles of Costa Rica.
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Popular Volunteer Projects in Central & South America:
Teach English in Posadas, Argentina
The neighbourhood schools originally built to educate the local children quickly became overcrowded, so new schools needed to be built. Volunteers are needed to teach English in these schools...
Community work with orphans and underprivileged children in Lima, Peru
The 'Hogar Ermelinda Carrera', founded in 1896 by a Franciscan nun, is a home for 270 young girls who have been abandoned, abused or who are orphans...
Amazon rainforest preservation in Ecuador
Participating in forest conservation in Ecuador, you will work with one of the well established foundations in South America who own and manage biological Research stations in 9 critical and diverse Eco-systems throughout Ecuador...
Sea turtle conservation in Costa Rica
You could be working on 1 of 2 specialised marine turtle conservation projects, involved in the day to day preservation on the endangered leatherback turtle species...
Teach English in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
An unbelievable opportunity to teach English in the heart of Rio's 'favela' communities. You can make a real difference at a grassroots level...
Build homes in La Esperanza, Honduras
The native Lenca people of the Western Highlands often live in poverty stricken conditions, sometimes with three families under one roof. Volunteers are desperately needed to help provide better homes for people who really need them as well as helping the communities build homes of their own...
