All Posts by Marion Ruhland

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Volunteering Community Work & Sustainable Tourism

In this volunteer program, you will assist a nonprofit organization supporting local community projects. It is located in the buffer zone of La Amistad International Park at the border with Panama. This area has been declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. As a volunteer, you will be involved in various areas of ecotourism, nature conservation and community work.

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Volunteer Work in a Eco-Village

Would you like a job with a view of the sea and a life deeply rooted in ancestral ways of life? With this interesting volunteer project right on Chile’s beautiful Pacific coast, we give you the opportunity to live and work in Chile’s first eco-village. The beautiful sandy beach is about 7 minutes away.

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Volunteer Teacher at Jungle School

This unique volunteer teaching opportunity is located in the middle of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Here, volunteers can make a real difference in children’s lives. The school is beautifully located in a protected jungle reserve directly on the river surrounded by dense evergreen rainforest. Here you will get to know the Amazon region in all its splendor. Instead of car noise, animal noises, mainly from gangs of monkeys in the trees, characterize the ambience.

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Community Volunteer Work with Children & Adults

This volunteer project is located in a rural area directly on the Pacific in the province of Guanacaste. The mission is to provide comprehensive educational and community development programs to children and adults so they can break the cycle of poverty and violence and achieve economic stability.

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Farm Stay and Riding Camp

This farm stay takes you right into the heart of Chile’s country life! The horse farm is located about 200 km south of Santiago de Chile, exactly between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes in the middle of the idyllic Colchagua Valley. Huasos (Chilean cowboys) on horseback, green vineyards, traditional events and colonial buildings make up the magical charm of this area, which looks a bit like it has fallen out of time.

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Volunteer work Sea Turtles & Rainforest Conservation

This volunteer program focuses on sea turtle and rainforest conservation as well as community projects in the area. The mission is to build a sustainable future through environmental protection and education, as an alternative to living in harmony with our earth.

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Working Holiday in a Lodge in Patagonia

With this working holiday program, you live and work directly in the beautiful Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park in the south of the country, not far from the Argentine border. This is even the oldest national park in Chile – it has always impressed with its fairytale landscapes.

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Volunteer Work in a Countryside School

The volunteer work takes place in a small rural school in the idyllic south of Chile. The school is located near Frutillar, a very popular tourist town right on Lake Llanquihue overlooking the snow-capped Osorno Volcano. The school is a self-directed teaching community in which boys, girls and teachers meet on an equal footing.

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Volunteer in conservation & animal protection

Whether it’s on the beach in Costa Rica, in the Galapagos Islands, in the jungle of Guatemala, in the highlands of Peru or in the wilderness of southern Chile, our wonderful volunteer projects protect the environment from Panama to Patagonia.

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Working Holiday at a Beach Hotel

Fancy a job with a sea view? With the beach and sun in front of the door? Working Holiday in the trendy seaside resort of Matanzas on Chile’s Pacific coast can offer you exactly that: the perfect mix of “working” and “holiday”.

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