18-24 years old? Enjoy the adventure of a lifetime and unravel your true potential with a group of 16-30 like-minded souls! Africa & Asia Venture provide rewarding 4-5 month placements that make a real difference. No time? Try our 5-week AV Adventures. All departing groups work in pairs or 4-6 people, in teaching, community & conservation or sports coaching projects. There are also travel opportunities such as safaris, camping, or diving.

African Conservation Experience arrange for enthusiastic people to carry out conservation work on Game and Nature Reserves in Southern Africa. Volunteers work on a variety of projects including; Game Capture, Behavioural studies, Game Counts, Veterinary work, and Rehabilitation. You will also have the opportunity to experience Sleep-Outs in the African bush and to learn a wealth of information about African ecology.

Nepal Trekking have been operating tours and Treks since 1992 and have always placed great emphasis on improving the lives and environment of their Sherpas and their families and villages. Now offering a unique opportunity to combine beneficial community work with an unforgettable trek through the spectacular scenery of the Khumbu's high mountains to the peak of Kala Pattar at 5545 metres, overlooking the Base Camp of Mount Everest in Oct/Nov 2009.

Do something amazing, help those who can’t help themselves. It's satisfying and life-changing. Many exciting projects in conservation, community, ecotourism, education, social work, Street Girls Aid, Community Skills, Orphanages, Schools, hospitals, care centres. OR boost your CV: gain valuable Work Experience, learn a new language, get your Pilots Licence, take a Course in Tango, Scuba Diving, Music, Paragliding, Meditation, Surfing, Capoeira… the choice is the hardest bit.

Trekforce are experts in delivering remote conservation projects, teaching placements and challenging expeditions, for a gap year or career break, which actively and sustainably protect vulnerable environments and assist rural communities throughout the world.

GAP SPORTS gives you the chance to live and ‘play’ in amazing locations around the world. Coaching sports and non-sports community outreach projects in Africa and Costa Rica. Ski/snowboard instructor courses in Canada with REAL work experience. Play and train at international academies; football (Ghana), rugby, golf and cricket (South Africa). Train to become a PADI qualified scuba diver or perfect your surfing technique in world famous Jeffrey’s Bay.

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Oyster arranges voluntary placements with organisations doing vital animal conservation projects around the world. You'll get to work closely with animals, gain a useful insight into conservation issues and get to know another country and its people. Pre departure training is included, as well as language training. Click below for details.

Fancy spending a few months on a tropical island doing something amazing to help people and planet? If you are looking for a career break, Gap year or you want to do something totally different, visit somewhere you haven't been before and experience some fantastic scuba diving... then look no further. in the Philippines you'll dive with whale sharks or in Tobago you can dive on the some of the biggest fan corals in the world! Click below for further details.

Join a Camps International programme to truly experience the adventure of Africa! We offer 1-3 month programmes to suit all ages and passions at our camps in Kenya and Tanzania. Our huge range of community and wildlife based voluntary projects, with ocean and mountain activities including trekking to the highest peaks in Africa (Mt. Kenya and Kilimanjaro), scuba diving and safari, give you an unforgettable bush experience. Click for more info