Volunteer

A chance to help people from other cultures, whilst travelling and seeing the world.

Whether you are taking time out from study, a gap year, or a career break from a busy job, WAVA can help you turn your travel dreams into an experience of a lifetime!

We have volunteering programmes in over 20 countries and 50 destinations around the world - each has been set up to ensure that travellers are able to get the most out of the experience.

Whether you want to volunteer in a community or a conservation project, our programmes are responsibly designed in order to inspire change and impact the lives of all our volunteers and the communities that they work with.

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Desert Community Volunteer, India

Help make a difference in one of India's isolated desert towns. Volunteer in a range of community projects that each help to improve the livelihood of locals in the region

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Destination

India, Asia

From

£990

4 weeks minimum

Elephant Protection Volunteer, Thailand

An extraordinary opportunity to conserve and protect elephants from exploitation and enforce positive change in rural Thailand

Trip types

Animal Care Volunteers - big cats, elephants & reptiles | Career Break | Gap Year | Volunteer

Destination

Thailand, Asia

From

£390

Himalayan Community Volunteer, India

Experience a community programme with a difference. Volunteering in the rural Himalayan region of India offers volunteers an intense insight into various community development projects.

Trip types

Destination

India, Asia

From

£990

4 weeks minimum

Child painting at the HIV hospice centre

HIV Hospice and Children's Home Volunteer, South Africa

This exceptional volunteer project located in the Western Cape of South Africa is ideal for gap year or career break volunteers looking for a life-changing volunteering experience working with disadvantaged children.

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Career Break | Gap Year | Medical | Orphanages / nursery age children | Volunteer

Destination

South Africa, Africa

From

£1,350

6 weeks minimum

Pre-school Assistant - Western Cape, South Africa

A perfect introduction into the world of international volunteering; Volunteer in a South African pre-school located in a township on the Western Cape, and spend your free time enjoying the magnificent beach resort of the strand.

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Gap Year | Orphanages / nursery age children | Volunteer

Destination

South Africa, Africa

From

£550

Community Slum Volunteer, India

Take part in volunteer activities that range from instilling self-confidence and independence in adolescent girls and women, to caring for disabled or dispossessed children.

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Destination

India, Asia

From

£760

Construction Volunteer: Build a new Orphanage for Children in Uganda

Places still available for this one-off 4 month project starting in August 2010. Help construct a home that will provide shelter, safety and comfort to poverty stricken children who have been affected by HIV/AIDS.

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Construction projects | Gap Year | Orphanages / nursery age children | Volunteer

Destination

Uganda, Africa

From

£690

4 weeks minimum

Work with Disadvantaged Children in Quito

Help the children of some of Quito's poorest neighbourhoods by working in a daycare centre set up to give them a strong start in life

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Gap Year | Orphanages / nursery age children | Teaching - Primary school age (4 - 10 years old) | Volunteer

Destination

Ecuador, South America

From

£990

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Desert Community Volunteer, India

Elephant Protection Volunteer, Thailand

Himalayan Community Volunteer, India

HIV Hospice and Children's Home Volunteer, South Africa

Pre-school Assistant - Western Cape, South Africa

Community Slum Volunteer, India

Construction Volunteer: Build a new Orphanage for Children in Uganda

Work with Disadvantaged Children in Quito

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