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Volunteer Work with an Indigenous Community

For this project, your volunteer work will take place in a small village located on the Beni River in the Bolivian Amazon rainforest. Its nearest neighbor is the Madidi National Park, which is known to be one of the places with the greatest biodiversity on Earth. You can only reach the village by boat, which takes about 40 minutes upstream from the town of Rurrenabaque.

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Volunteer Work in Health Care

For those interested in mental health, working in the psychiatry area is an excellent opportunity to make a tangible difference and gain invaluable international work experience. All of our partner institutions are located in and around Sucre.

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Volunteer Work Child Aid Programs

​We place our volunteers in different social organizations who work with children in Sucre. Volunteers can work in nursery schools, a children‘s home, a daycare center, or in an after-school center. It’s up to you to decide which of these volunteer organizations you wish to support while staying abroad in Bolivia!

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Volunteer Work at a Rural School

Our volunteers will be placed at various rural schools on the beautiful Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Some of the schools are very small, having only 15 students, while others are larger and teach up to 150 children. Most schools only have 1-3 teachers. The children are 6-12 years old.

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Volunteer Work in Rainforest Protection

At this volunteer project in Costa Rica, you can actively help run an Eco-lodge in the rainforest, not far from the beautiful Caribbean coast. In addition to ecotourism, our partners also run a nature conservation program on 850 hectares of land. The area of the lodge borders on the famous La Amistad National Park, which is known for its breathtaking biodiversity.

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Volunteer Work at an Ecological Farm

If you aspire to live a sustainable lifestyle in harmony with nature, then this volunteer project in Costa Rica on an organic Finca is perfect for you. Located on a hill overlooking the Orosi valley near Paraíso, this non-profit association works towards the goal of educating visitors and local communities to live sustainably and develop responsible habits regarding their natural resources.

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Volunteer Work with Sea Turtles, Caribbean Coast

During this volunteer work project, you will support a sea turtle protection project in the conservation area of Pacuare, near the border to Nicaragua. The project area is situated in the province of Limón and extends over 800 hectares (1,977 acres) of rainforest and 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) of beach.

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Volunteer Work with Sea Turtles, Pacific Coast

During this volunteer work project, you will support a Sea Turtle Protection Project in the Camaronal National Wildlife Refuge on the beautiful Nicoya Peninsula. The refuge is situated in the province of Guanacaste, in the north western part of Costa Rica. The area, which became a National Wildlife Refuge in 1994, extends over 243 hectares (600 acres) of land and spans 3 kilometers (2 miles) along the coast.

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​Volunteer Work in a Day Nursery

In many low-income Costa Rican families, both parents need to work full-time in order to provide enough income for their family. Day care centers offer care and education for children, while their parents are at work. These centers reach out to several hundreds of children from surrounding areas. The kids come from various backgrounds, ranging from extreme poverty to middle class homes.

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Volunteer Work in an Elementary School

Our partner schools in Costa Rica are usually flexible with work schedules, allowing participants to work full-time or part-time. Although volunteers from abroad are not required to have special skills or a professional background in education, they need to be able to work independently and proactively, demonstrating extensive initiative and creativity.

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