Original Volunteering
Don't follow the crowd on your gap year, turn your hand to some original volunteering opportunities abroad and dare to do something different. As original volunteer opportunities are more widely available than ever before, there's no limit to what you can try on your gap year if you're prepared to stand out, not be a sheep!
Original animal antics
If you're looking to have some animal adventures on your gap year, or go wild with the wonderful wildlife, there are some truly original volunteer programs on offer for all you animal lovers out there! South Africa has some sensational programs that offer original volunteering at its very best. Make your mark at monkey rehab and care for these cute and cuddly apes in their own environment. Or how about getting up close to other wildlife? Join an original volunteering programme working with wildlife in South Africa, so you do good with a difference.
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Marine madness
Original doesn't even begin to cover it when you look at the bizarre and brilliant volunteering opportunities working with marine wildlife across the world.Have a toothsome encounter with a Great White on the wild waters off Africa, on a whale and shark conservation project that will make for a gap year full of toothy grins. Or if you want to protect some of the planet's most endangered species, try taking up some turtle conservation in Sri Lanka and make sure your gap year is truly great as well as original, fun and most of all, meaningful.
Unique kids
Take up an original challenge on your gap year by becoming a community volunteer in Thailand, where you can be an original orphanage volunteer and help kids find their way to a better future. Or do something special with sports as you teach kids that its fitness first on an original sports volunteering. Helping kids across the world has always been a top priority, but now there are so many original volunteering opportunities you really are spoilt for choice.
Different destinations
Not only can you choose an original volunteer project with a difference, but you can take a trip off the beaten track too. Why not go for a green scene on a gap year on the Galapagos Islands, a dynamic and unique destination that offers something truly different? Volunteer and learn Spanish at the same time, as you take on a community or environmental challenge, on an original volunteering project in these unusual South American islands.
Be blown away!
Don't forget, original volunteering is the only real way to get involved on your gap year. Don't play it safe, strike out and show what you're made of on an original volunteering program that will blow your mind!
South Africa Experience
2-3 weeks from £1,099
4.5 23Volunteer on a big 5 game reserve and explore the Garden Route
Looking for the perfect combination of volunteer work and fancy-free travel? Well you just found it. 1 - 2 weeks volunteering on an award-winning game reserve (with the Big 5), plus the best of the Garden Route - living the dream!
Madagascar Marine Conservation
4-6 weeks from £2,299
Help protect this unique marine environment
Stay on an unspoilt island in stunning Madagascar and live and work on an amazing marine conservation project for 4 - 12 weeks.
South Africa Big 5 Conservation
14-42 days from £849
Help to protect some of the most amazing animals in the world
Spend 14 - 42 days volunteering on one of South Africa's most exciting Big 5 game reserves, in the heart of the African bush. Get hands on experience with the most incredible wildlife and spend your weekends exploring the wonders of the Garden Route.
Sri Lanka Pre-Medical Internship
2-12 weeks from £1,049
Hospital & clinic experience in beautiful Sri Lanka
See whether a career in medicine is right for you with real-life experience in a range of medical settings in southern Sri Lanka (no previous medical experience required).
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