Wildlife conservation and community volunteer projects and internships worldwide

Group Volunteering Abroad

"I cannot begin to express my gratitude for this amazing experience!!! Every single thought and expectation I had about this trip was surpassed immensely! There was never a point where I did not learn something new. From the boat trips, learning all about the local marine life to completing an otter dissection, there was never a dull moment!"

Samantha Jansen, Vets without Borders students from A&M Texas University

At WorkingAbroad, we place many groups of volunteers abroad each year to our projects around the world, and are happy to arrange volunteering abroad placements for all types of groups of all nationalities, ages and group sizes. On this page, you can find out more about volunteering abroad as a group with your school, university or workplace. You can also find some testimonials from previous groups (see bottom of page), who have joined our volunteering projects, and a list of our current projects which are suitable for group volunteering abroad.

For Universities, Colleges and Schools, group volunteering is a great way of providing a hands-on extra-curricular experience to your staff and students in a range of areas directly relevant to their studies/degree course, such as gaining first-hand experience in wildlife conservation, scientific field research, community development work, medical work and so on.

For other groups such as Corporations or Businesses, travelling as part of a group is also a great way to experience volunteering abroad, giving you the opportunity to experience a new culture and give back to the local community, whilst also working as part of a team of friends/colleagues, which in turn increases employee engagement through team building activities.

Please note that we can also usually offer discounted rates to groups depending on the size. You can find the age requirements on the individual project pages. Most of the projects accept groups with people below 18 years, as long as they are accompanied by an adult. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch, if you are in doubt about the age requirement on a particular project.

If you have any questions about arranging a group booking please contact us

Previous Group Volunteering Programmes

Below you can find a list of schools, universities and other groups we have assisted with arranging their volunteering trip abroad and which projects they joined.

Vets without Borders – Texas A&M University, USA – Ocean Research and Marine Conservation Volunteer Programme, South Africa, Nature’s Valley Volunteer Project, South Africa, Elephant Conservation Volunteer Project, Sri Lanka and Bottlenose Dolphin Research Project, Croatia

Bridgwater College, Somerset, UK  – Playa Tortuga Project, Costa Rica and Elephant Sanctuary, Thailand

South Devon College, Devon, UK – Bear Tracking Project, Sweden

Folkehøgskolen Nord-Norge School, Norway – Wildlife Sanctuary Project, Namibia

Zurich International School, Switzerland – Bottlenose Dolphin Project, Croatia and Blue Lagoon Coral Reef monitoring project, Mauritius

International School of Geneva, Switzerland – Elephant Sanctuary, Thailand

Leeds Beckett University, UKElephant Sanctuary, Thailand

Lewes Old Grammar School, East Sussex, UK – Shamwari Game Reserve, South Africa;  Playa Tortuga Project, Costa Rica and Dolphin & Whale Project, Italy

Bishop Thomas K. Gorman Catholic School, Texas, USA – Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Programme, Costa Rica

Baltic Travel Service, Lithuania – Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Programme, Costa Rica

University of Montana, USA – Rural Community Project, Nepal

Health World Wide Doctors Group, Kuwait Rural Community Project, Nepal

The Burnett Honours College at the University of Central Florida – Kariega Big Five Game Reserve Programme, South Africa

Box Hill Institute, Australia – Dharamsala Community Project, India