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Meaningful Taste of Volunteering Projects for You to Choose From:

Repair and Renovation					Building

You can gain a sense of achievement and assist with improving the ambience and "mood" of a school, hospital or orphanages by applying a fresh coat of paint and performing simple repairs made to damaged furniture. Repairs and renovations is a rewarding group activity that lends itself to learning about another culture as you help alongside the local people, sharing laughs and touching lives.					You can feel good and make a real difference in peoples' lives by helping build a home for a family who would not otherwise have this basic necessity. Professional, local builders manage the build and delegate essential but appropriate tasks to you, with your safety a top priority. The family the house is being built for, as well as other members of the community, will often come and help build with you! Other projects you can get involved in include building classrooms, playgrounds and libraries. The price of your trip includes the full cost of the materials that will be used.
Popular Repair and Renovation trips:					Popular Building trips:
Peru - Incas & Amazons India - Ultimate India In Style South Africa - Southern Hospitality In Style Thailand - Taste of Thailand In Style Brazil - Waterfalls and Wetland Fiji - Fiji Explorer Kenya - Kenyan Encounter In Style					Guatemala - Mayan & Mountains Morocco - Taste of Morocco Namibia - Simply Namibia Namibia - Delta, Falls & Game In Style Bali - Bali Bound Thailand - Tantalising Thailand

Environmental Conservation					Teaching or Reading Partner

You can play a role in helping save the planet, be it in conserving endangered species, helping in organic gardens, planting trees, providing fuel efficient stoves, or teaching the merits of environmental conservation. Working alongside the local people, you can together make a difference.					Education is demonstrated to be the best avenue to getting people out of poverty and on to a path where they can determine their future, and you can play a part. Yes, it helps if you have an ESL qualification or if you speak the local language, but you can still make a difference without these advantages - imagine how good you will feel when, after 4 days of intensive conversational English lessons, your student now has the confidence to engage you in a discussion, from which the next helper can build and continue enhancing the foundation you have laid. The ages you can help range from primary school children to adults whose new skills can help them obtain employment. We supply you with all the appropriate teaching materials so you can maximise your impact.
Popular Environmental trips:					Popular Teaching/Reading Partner trips:
Ecuador - Ecuador Encounter New Zealand - Southern Encounter Australia - Far North Adventure India - Sunderbans Smiles Thailand - Elephant Encounter Kenya - Captivating Kenya					Thailand - Village Vitality India - Taste of India Peru - Incas & Amazons Fiji - Taste of Fiji in Style Ghana - Going for Ghana Vietnam - Hanoi & Hilltribes

IT/Administrative/Marketing					Medical/Physiotherapy

You may not have thought your 'white collar' skills could be used whilst on vacation, but you can indeed make a difference. Overwhelmed with office tasks, charities often have difficulty putting the people they are serving first. Your skills can be of great help in areas such as designing websites, bookkeeping, teaching computer usage, or implementing marketing ideas that the charity can use to raise its profile - on a tight budget! You can deepen your vacation experience through giving back and interacting meaningfully with the people whose lives you are changing.					If you have medical training, you can use your skills to assist in medical clinics in both Mexico and Vanuatu. The facilities may not be what you are used to, but many communities lack even basic healthcare so you can be of huge impact, even in a brief time fame. If you are a physical therapist, your skills are very welcome in projects helping disabled people in both Indonesia and Vietnam.
Popular IT, Admin & Marketing trips:					Popular Medical/Physiotherapy trips:
Bali - Bali Bound Vanuatu - Big Island Explorer					Mexico - Mexican Moments Bali - Dynamic Duo Vietnam - Vietnamese Venture Vanuatu - Taste of Vanuatu

Village-Based Projects

From helping farmers in Brazil, to more ad hoc projects in Vanuatu and Ecuador, you can immerse yourself in another culture, help alongside villagers, and typically stay with a host family or locally-run guesthouse to deepen your interaction and appreciation of another way of life. The cost of the materials is included in the tour price, and your time is structured so that you can be of most benefit whilst still sharing laughter and getting to know the community.
Popular Village-Based Projects:
Brazil - Natural Natal in Style India - Sunderbans Smiles Ecuador - Ecuador Encounter South Africa - Southern Hospitality In Style