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African Conservation Experience offers placements ranging in length from 1 – 3 months. Placement opportunities are in South Africa and costs depend on which project volunteers are interested in.

Greenforce provide placements in conservation for a minimum of 3 months. Greenforce is supported by a number of reputable companies, including National Geographic, STA Travel and more. Plus it was a founding member of the Year Out Group.

International Voluntary Services offer placements of a variety of lengths and costs, usually 2 – 3 weeks (Europe) or 3 – 12 months (various).

UNA Exchange provides many different opportunities in more than 50 countries worldwide. There are short term projects (1 – 4 weeks), medium term placements (1 – 4 months) and long term placements (up to 12 months).

Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) is an international development charity that works with volunteers who share their professional skills and expertise on placements in 34 of the world's poorest countries.

The Daneford Trust is a registered charity based in east London, which enables young people (aged 18-30) to volunteer overseas in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Projects include schools, youth centres and health centres and last from 2 - 12 months. Volunteers are given help in raising the funds they will need to travel.

Volunteer Abroad with TravelWorks: from caring for street children in Mexico to teaching English to Buddhist monks in Thailand to rescuing wildlife in South Africa, TravelWorks offers gap year volunteering programmes to suit every taste. Travel and volunteer abroad with TravelWorks and expand your horizons.

Wonder Years Centre of Excellence (WYCE) offers students the chance to experience African culture whilst investing in the future of Gambian children in the village of Medina Saalam. Roles include education, farming, office administration and healthcare. The projects’ cost £160 per week to participate in, which covers food and lodgings.

Volunteer Capital Centre provides volunteer programs that take you to third world countries where you will live work and eat with the local people and totally immersing yourself in different cultures. Projects include working in healthcare, teaching, caring for the elderly and orphanages.

Join Hand in Hand are a volunteering organisation which organises placements for people of all ages in Ghana. They offer placements in art, medicine, teaching, sport, journalism, marketing or building and aim to encourage as many people as possible to take up the opportunity to experience volunteering in Africa, a vital opportunity for the people in Ghana as well as to your personal development.

VolunTeach Peru runs volunteering programmes for graduate or undergraduate students interested in working as English Language teaching assistants or teachers in Peru. Each placement also gives volunteers the chance to learn Spanish and experience the true culture of Peru and South America by living with a Peruvian family.

The International Humanity Foundation is seeking forward-thinking, dynamic individuals of all ages/backgrounds to contribute to their orphanages and education centers in Kenya, Thailand or Indonesia. IHF has no central headquarters, as each center is a product of its environment and follows the cultural code and norms of its host country. IHF volunteers teach English, computer and math classes as well as maintaining relationships with local staff and the local population at every centre.