What is WorkingAbroad

WorkingAbroad & WorkingAbroad Projects

WorkingAbroad
If you're looking for voluntary and professional work opportunities in over 150 countries world-wide, then, this is where it starts... WorkingAbroad is the international networking service for volunteers, workers and travellers, which offers you the ability to take action for nature and society.

WorkingAbroad is an independent, registered organisation based in the United Kingdom. We can provide you with the information you need to get you started - projects are diverse and range from the following categories:

Social and community development
Environment and nature conservation
Human rights, women and children
Wildlife surveying and expeditions
Medicine and health care
Construction, sanitation, housing
Education and teaching
Agriculture and organic farming

What types of voluntary work exist ?

Of course, projects can be short term, long term, paid, unpaid, skilled, unskilled - it all depends on your needs, qualifications and personal interests. We provide you with a personalised service - where you can select your field of work, individual countries and time periods. Below are just some of the many projects that you can get involved in.

Rural community development projects in India, Bangladesh and Cameroon
Teaching English in Uganda, China, Thailand, Poland and Vietnam
Leatherback Sea Turtle research and education in Grenada
Rainforest expeditions to Belize and Indonesia
Excavating archaeological sites in France and Israel
Marine projects in St. Eustatius and Kenya
Working with orphans and street children in Guatemala, Cambodia, the Philippines and Mexico
Protecting wildlife in national parks and reserves in the USA, Costa Rica, Australia, Mozambique, Ecuador and Scotland
Providing medical assistance to children in South Africa and Romania
Organic farming & permaculture in Argentina, Ireland and Brazil and more...

WorkingAbroad Projects
WorkingAbroad Projects is a not-for-profit company, established in March 2002, in order to provide small scale organisations with need-based support from volunteers. The main areas of focus are: wildlife and habitat conservation, environmental education and management, teaching, social work, permaculture and organic agriculture and cultural development. We run projects in various countries around the world.

Volunteer and internship opportunities that we run include:

Leatherback sea turtle monitoring in Grenada
National and marine park conservation in St. Eustatius in the Caribbean
Restoration and sustainability in the cloudforest in Ecuador
Amazon Basin Research in Peru
Cheetah and white lion research in Southern Africa
Tracking Desert Elephants and community building in Namibia
Teaching English in Rural Thailand and to Tibetan Refugees in Dharamsala
Social work and teaching sports in Brazil
Ecological restoration in Iceland, Nevada and Oregon, USA
Tracking bears and wolves in Sweden and Slovakia and lots more.