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Available Placements - Asia

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Ecotourism


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Cambodian Ecolodge - We adapt to your skills!
Placement number: 0199
Location: Cambodia
The lodge offers bed and breakfast accommodation to "green" and eco-friencly travellers, but it is also open to all kinds of visitors who want to stay somewhere completely different to conventional lodging in town. The lodge is located 5 km from the provincial capital Ban Lung, and is nestled in the natural jungle just a short walk from the Yaklom volcano Lake.
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Live the Pimenta way!
Placement number: 0044
Location: India.
Volunteer and learn about an alternative to mass tourism. Combining the local agriculture, traditional wisdom and local cuisine presented in the real way. We at Pimenta have formed an alternative to mass tourism in Kerala.
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Volunteer as a Linguist
Placement number: 0100
Location: India.
We are looking for volunteers who would like to act as a linguist or to help the tour guides.
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Volunteer in the Real Jungle Book
Placement number: 0165
Location: India
The Resort has been created by a passion for wildlife, nature and environment. We cater to nature lovers all over the globe particularly to those who demand responsible tourism. The Resort helps the local aboriginals by providing them with medical assistance, education, training and employment.
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Experience Bali
Placement number: 0185
Location: Indonesia
We are a small Family run Eco lodge in the mountains of Bali, 5 minutes to the largest montane rainforest and surrounded by sustainable coffee, cocao, vanilla and native tree farms. Our guests come from all countries to re- connect with nature, experience local traditional dishes made form our organic gardens and be a part of this vibrant hindu culture. Nominated for this years Wild Asia Responsible tourism awards from 8 countries.
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Placement number: 0178
Location: Israel
I am creating, for the first time in Nazareth (The largest Arab city in Israel) a new model of tourism and thus "break the wall" between Arab and Jews. At the same time, I am creating a model for new tourism along The Israel National Trail (Shvil Israel) and promoting the trail and its economic potential.
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Laos

Help us to help them!
Placement number: 0163
Location: Laos
Our project focuses on community-based tourism in the Northern region of Laos. We help 7 villages to organise and run their own tourist products. We believe responsible tourism is the only way to reduce poverty in this region and are succeeding!
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Volunteer on the island of Borneo
Placement number: 0001
Location: Malaysia
Become a guide on the majestic Kinabatagan River.  This ecolodge is world renowned!  Famous for its elephant pass on its board walk!  If you guide on daily boat trips you can see Orang utans, probocis monkey's, gibbons, elephants, rhinos, 7 species of hornbill and hundreds of birds! 
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Help with Flood protection
Placement number: 0008
Location: Nepal
This lodge is near the Royal Chitwan national Park - one of the best National Parks designated by the UNESCO. Volunteers can help with the construction of river beds for flood protection and also help teach the locals about eco-systems and advanced agriculture procedures.
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Volunteer at a Jungle Lodge
Placement number: 0022
Location: Nepal
Help with jungle activities like elephant rides, canoeing, jungle walks, jeep safaris, village visits etc. 
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Volunteer at the original Nepalese ecolodge 
Placement number: 0054
Location: Nepal
Volunteer at this ecolodge and help the tourists but more importantly help with the conservation of wildlife and sustainable development of the local community.
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Volunteer Wildlife Camp
Placement number: 0056
Location: Nepal
Volunteer at the the most ideally located and well managed camp inside the National Park. Help out with guides during tours which offer excellent sights of wildlife from rhinos, 45 other species of mammals and many of the 522 different species of birds.
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Conservation


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Ecolodge in Tiger Reserve
Placement number: 0151
Location: India
Why not volunteer in the oldest national park in India.  We have the highest density of Tigers anywhere! Also teachers of English needed.
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Rural development 
Placement number: 0184
Location: India
Mitraniketan is an education based community engaged in rural development activities since its inception in the year 1956. We promote protection better environment activities and water/soil conservation in our campus as well as in project villages.
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Elephant Park

Re-create Indigenous Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest.
Placement number: 0220
Location: India
We are a vegan home-schooling family establishing a sustainable community. Our main project is the reforestation of 70 acres of severely eroded land in the international community of Auroville. We are working to re-create the Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest indigenous to our area.

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Save the Dolphins of Bali 
Placement number: 0193
Location: Indonesia
This is a unique facility based on the tropical Island of Bali, concerned with scientific research and conservation education projects. Our volunteers will combine activity holidays with real scientific data collection on various aspects of tropical biology. .
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Help the logging Elephants of Laos 
Placement number: 0164
Location: Laos
The newly opened Elephant Trail seems to be one of the most beautiful trails in Asia. Here the animals take our guests to a natural environment and the nearby waterfall or village.
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NepalOrangutan Rehab
Placement number: 0208
Location: Malaysia

Volunteer and help keep our cousins alive on this planet!


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NepalTurtle Conservation
Placement number: 0214
Location: Malaysia
Dont let our eneration be blamed for the demise of the Turtle a species of animal that outlived the dinosaurs!
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NepalContact this Organisation to help you Volunteer in Nepal
Placement number: 0155
Location: Nepal
We are a small company working for the last 25 years in the enchanting Himalayan kingdom of Nepal in various fields of volunteering and human resources. We have worked, and are working, with a number of renowned International and domestic organizations and institutions and are affiliated with   organizations, private bodies, trusts, institutions etc. working with volunteers.
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Help construct the largest circum trail!!
Placement number: 0063
Location: Russia.
With the help of our international partners, we are attempting to connect six of the largest national parks and nature reserves in all of Russia.  In the end, international teams of volunteers will help us build a trail around the biggest lake in the world, Lake Baikal. The project looking for summer volunteers to spend 2-4 weeks over in Siberia each summer, helping construct the trail, as well as building a number of education centers along the way.
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Learn about Medicinal Plants
Placement number: 0011
Location: Sri Lanka
We are a small NGO that been working in the field of organic farming and livestock for the last 10 years. Currently we are in the process of establishing an arboretum of fast disappearing native wild fruits, medicinal plants and valuable timber species.
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NGO in Sri Lanka
Placement number: 0195
Location: Sri Lanka
Our project is one of the oldest multi-ethnic organisation lunched in 1958.  We work for peace through development. We mainly work for peace democracy and human rights.  It helps to strengthen the peace process in the country while accepting the peoples rights to peace and aims at alleviating poverty through promoting entrepreneurship.
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Humanitarian



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International Youth Organisation
Placement number: 0217
Location: Worldwide
Age Restriction: 18 to 25

Programmes are now being arranged for the 2008 to 2009 period. Well organised voluntary projects to needy communities. No special skills needed other than plenty of enthusiasm and the desire to help. This will be a life changing experience.
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Help handicapped children
Placement number: 0133
Location: India
Mother Theresa Society for the Handicapped-Udumalpet is a small voluntary organization providing care and rehabilitation for rural poor children who are differently abled since 1998.
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Little Prakash is desperately seeking YOUR Help
Placement number: 0158
Location: Northern India
This is a small school in a poor area of Northern India attached to an orphanage. Help is needed to care for the orphans and to teach at the school. Fundraising is needed to provide better classrooms.
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Rural development 
Placement number: 0184
Location: India
Mitraniketan is an education based community engaged in rural development activities since its inception in the year 1956. We promote protection better environment activities and water/soil conservation in our campus as well as in project villages.
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Work in Mongolian TV Channel 
Placement number: 0189
Location: Mongolia
One of the perfect ways to experience Mongolia is through a media project like this. This is great internship if you're just starting out or even if you are an experienced professional seeking to recharge your batteries in new environment.
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Work in Children's hospital in Mongolia 
Placement number: 0190
Location: Mongolia
A lack of health care education, medical services and a resource in Mongolia has lead to much unnecessary suffering. Volunteers are also involved in other hospital activities such as record keeping, sanitation, nutrition, and patient education.
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Work for Orphans 
Placement number: 0191
Location: Mongolia
"Work for Orphans" program for volunteers is aimed at helping these organizations do more for these disadvantaged children. You can render invaluable help by giving them love and affection, teaching them basic conversational English, helping them in their school subjects, guiding them about personal hygiene and sanitation, taking them out on small excursions and engaging them in extra curricular activities.
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NepalContact this Organisation to help you Volunteer in Nepal
Placement number: 0155
Location: Nepal
We are a small company working for the last 25 years in the enchanting Himalayan kingdom of Nepal in various fields of volunteering and human resources. We have worked, and are working, with a number of renowned International and domestic organizations and institutions and are affiliated with   organizations, private bodies, trusts, institutions etc. working with volunteers.
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NepalCommunity volunteers needed in Nepal
Placement number: 0216
Location: Nepal
This NGO requires volunteers to work in several projects in the community.   Trained medical people required to work in hospitals, teachers to teach English in schools (not necessary to be qualified) and help in orphanges. (No formal qualifications other than enthusiasm).

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NGO in Sri Lanka
Placement number: 0195
Location: Sri Lanka
Our project is one of the oldest multi-ethnic organisation lunched in 1958.  We work for peace through development. We mainly work for peace democracy and human rights.  It helps to strengthen the peace process in the country while accepting the peoples rights to peace and aims at alleviating poverty through promoting entrepreneurship.
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Teaching


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Cambodian Ecolodge - We adapt to your skills!
Placement number: 0199
Location: Cambodia
The lodge offers bed and breakfast accommodation to "green" and eco-friencly travellers, but it is also open to all kinds of visitors who want to stay somewhere completely different to conventional lodging in town. The lodge is located 5 km from the provincial capital Ban Lung, and is nestled in the natural jungle just a short walk from the Yaklom volcano Lake.
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Teach English in China
Placement number: 0197
Location: China
We organise volunteer interns for schools across the whole of China.  We have more than 30 schools all over China cooperation with our volunteer projects. Now our project manager is working hard to explore more schools to accept our volunteers. Each school can host 1 - 2 volunteers at one time.
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Teach in India
Placement number: 0100
Location: India.
Help teach and train the local employees and people about conservation/
community development/ tour guide/ linguist etc
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Teach at the orphanage
Placement number: 0131
Location: India
MThe Orphanage of DAYA (Destitute Aged & Young Association) is a Christian-based social organization established in 2004 with the purpose of "bringing the fatherhood of God to the fatherless."
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Indian Primary School
Placement number: 0132
Location: India
Do you want to really make a difference to the lives of the poor? Come on an adventure to the tribal villages of West Bengal and help teach English, maths, computer, science or any other skills you have to desperately poor Santhal tribal children at Uma Nivas, a primary and girls' high school with attached orphanage.
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Help handicapped children
Placement number: 0133
Location: India
Mother Theresa Society for the Handicapped-Udumalpet is a small voluntary organization providing care and rehabilitation for rural poor children who are differently abled since 1998.
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Ecolodge in Tiger Reserve
Placement number: 0151
Location: India
Why not volunteer in the oldest national park in India.  We have the highest density of Tigers anywhere! Also teachers of English needed.
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Little Prakash is desperately seeking YOUR Help
Placement number: 0158
Location: Northern India
This is a small school in a poor area of Northern India attached to an orphanage. Help is needed to care for the orphans and to teach in the school. Fundraising is needed to provide better classrooms.
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Elephant Park

Rural development 
Placement number: 0184
Location: India
Mitraniketan is an education based community engaged in rural development activities since its inception in the year 1956. We promote protection better environment activities and water/soil conservation in our campus as well as in project villages.
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Experience Bali
Placement number: 0185
Location: Indonesia
We are a small Family run Eco lodge in the mountains of Bali, 5 minutes to the largest montane rainforest and surrounded by sustainable coffee, cocao, vanilla and native tree farms. Our guests come from all countries to re- connect with nature, experience local traditional dishes made form our organic gardens and be a part of this vibrant hindu culture. Nominated for this years Wild Asia Responsible tourism awards from 8 countries.
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Placement number: 0178
Location: Israel
I am creating, for the first time in Nazareth (The largest Arab city in Israel) a new model of tourism and thus "break the wall" between Arab and Jews. At the same time, I am creating a model for new tourism along The Israel National Trail (Shvil Israel) and promoting the trail and its economic potential.
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Elephant Park

Work for Orphans 
Placement number: 0191
Location: Mongolia
"Work for Orphans" program for volunteers is aimed at helping these organizations do more for these disadvantaged children. You can render invaluable help by giving them love and affection, teaching them basic conversational English, helping them in their school subjects, guiding them about personal hygiene and sanitation, taking them out on small excursions and engaging them in extra curricular activities.
More

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Teaching English in Mongolia 
Placement number: 0192
Location: Mongolia
Mongolian schools and language centers are going to start teaching foreign language in cheerful games using toys daily helping by adjusting their mental and physical features beginning from first grade.
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Nepalese Orphanage
Placement number: 0134
Location: Nepal
Orphanage was started in 2004 and is a registered non-government organization. It is located rurally because this is where most homeless children in Nepal live, although most orphanages are in city centers. Currently we are home to 16 children 3 to 9 years old.
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Help Children Abroad
Placement number: 0141
Location: Nepal
Help teach the children of Nepal or perhaps help the many orphans of Nepal!
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NepalContact this Organisation to help you Volunteer in Nepal
Placement number: 0155
Location: Nepal
We are a small company working for the last 25 years in the enchanting Himalayan kingdom of Nepal in various fields of volunteering and human resources. We have worked, and are working, with a number of renowned International and domestic organizations and institutions and are affiliated with   organizations, private bodies, trusts, institutions etc. working with volunteers.
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NepalCommunity volunteers needed in Nepal
Placement number: 0216
Location: Nepal
This NGO requires volunteers to work in several projects in the community.   Trained medical people required to work in hospitals, teachers to teach English in schools (not necessary to be qualified) and help in orphanges. (No formal qualifications other than enthusiasm).

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Teach in Tibet
Placement number: 0113
Location: Tibet
A residential school for 150 orphans aged 5 - 20 in a market town in East Tibet, Qinghai Province, China. This is a unique project supported by international humanitarian funds providing a Tibetan-medium education.
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Help Children Abroad
Placement number: 0141
Location: Tibet
Help teach the children of Tibet or perhaps help the many orphans of Tibet!
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Research



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Rural development 
Placement number: 0184
Location: India
Mitraniketan is an education based community engaged in rural development activities since its inception in the year 1956. We promote protection better environment activities and water/soil conservation in our campus as well as in project villages.
More


Elephant Park

Save the Dolphins of Bali 
Placement number: 0193
Location: Indonesia
This is a unique facility based on the tropical Island of Bali, concerned with scientific research and conservation education projects. Our volunteers will combine activity holidays with real scientific data collection on various aspects of tropical biology. .
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Research Palm oil or Ecotourism impacts 
Placement number: 0001
Location: Malaysia
Research opportunities are vast and include, ecotourism, tourist impacts, sustainable energy, deforestation, Palm Oil plantations, primate (esp. orang utan and Proboscis) conservation, EIAs, etc
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Research our wild tigers and elephants! 
Placement number: 0054
Location: Nepal
We offer research opportunities in the areas of wildlife conservation, ecotourism, tourist impacts etc
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NGO in Sri Lanka
Placement number: 0195
Location: Sri Lanka
Our project is one of the oldest multi-ethnic organisation lunched in 1958.  We work for peace through development. We mainly work for peace democracy and human rights.  It helps to strengthen the peace process in the country while accepting the peoples rights to peace and aims at alleviating poverty through promoting entrepreneurship.
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Farms


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Organic Farm
Placement number: 0148
Location: India
Sradha is a retreat centre located in Muthalamada near Chulliar Dam in the Palakkad District of Kerala. The centre is set in the ambience of our organic farm, Anuragam at the base of the Nelliampathy hills falling along the southern edge of the Palakkad gap.
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Farm under the gaze of Mt. Fuji
Placement number: 0194
Location: Japan
"To inspire and educate the citizens of Earth to create their own environmentally sustainable lifestyles and businesses, through participation in the creation and operation of a self-sufficient education center, organic farm, restaurant, fair trade shop and eco-technology development and demonstration center".
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NGO in Sri Lanka
Placement number: 0195
Location: Sri Lanka
Our project is one of the oldest multi-ethnic organisation lunched in 1958.  We work for peace through development. We mainly work for peace democracy and human rights.  It helps to strengthen the peace process in the country while accepting the peoples rights to peace and aims at alleviating poverty through promoting entrepreneurship.
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National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth Sustainable Tourism Network Nepal