Volunteer Vacations Abroad

Volunteer Abroad in Latin America

uVolunteer is an international volunteer travel organisation. We design volunteer vacations for individuals whose goal is volunteer in Latin America. We currently offer volunteer abroad placements in Bolivia, Costa Rica and Ecuador. We work with local: NGOs, governments, grass roots organisations and private partners to offer volunteer work abroad projects in fields such as Teaching English, Sports Coaching, Community Development, Eco-tourism, Conservation, Environment and Media & Technology. We do this at a price that is reasonable without sacrificing quality of service. uVolunteer is run by volunteers for volunteers, and is built on the principle that volunteer vacations should be affordable and accessible to all.

A Volunteer Working Vacation at an Affordable Price

uVolunteer understands that you are donating your time and your money in order to volunteer abroad. That is why uVolunteer offers one of the most comprehensive packages of services offered by a volunteer organization. Because we maintain our operations in our volunteer destination countries, we are able to significantly lower our administrative costs. Our savings enable us to offer volunteer projects at significantly reduced rates.
Read more about us: u-Volunteer Latin America.

Our Volunteer Work Programs Aid and Initiate Self-Sustainable Development

Every time we initiate volunteer abroad programs within our destination communities we try to create self-sustainable development so that these volunteer projects can continue to evolve without external influences.

International Volunteer Assistance
uVolunteer continues to support the programs we help develop and assist by supplying these local projects with international volunteers, thereby enhancing the exchange of culture, knowledge and skills.

Why Volunteer Overseas?

Learn: Learn a new language; discover new skills in areas such as teaching, building, and environmental research; discover yourself, test your limits, challenge yourself.
Cultural Awareness: Discover new cultures and values; step out of your box and immerse yourself in a new environment.
Reassessing Priorities: Evaluate new ways of life and reassess your life goals.
Career Development and Exploration: Boost your resume, consider new career paths, gain training and insight into other industries.
Friendship: Connect with people, create a global network of personal bonds, and build lifelong friendships.

Who volunteers Abroad?

Volunteer vacations are usually taken by individuals who prefer to travel and contribute to the destinations they visit. Our participants willingly give up their time, money and expertise to contribute directly to global development thorough volunteering.

• International volunteers tend to be:
• Travellers who want to contribute to the communities they visit
• Around-the-world travelers who want to make a 'different and useful' stop on their journey
• Students on summer, winter or gap year vacations
• Graduates seeking experience in the field of international development
• Professionals on career breaks, sabbaticals or on leave from their professions
• Retirees seeking to do try something different
• Group and family travellers
• Individuals looking for a way out of the rat race