Available Placements - South America
View the placements we have in Ecotourism, Conservation, Humanitarian, Teaching, Research and Farms.
Ecotourism
Volunteer with our community
Placement
number: 0089
Location: Bolivia
We are the only community-based, indigenous
ecotourism enterprise in the reserve and indigenous territory of Pilón Lajas. We
offer you the opportunity to enjoy one of the most biodiverse areas and to get
to know our thousand year old traditions.
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Help us to conserve and serve - in the home of the
Anacondas!
Placement number: 0031
Location: Brazil.
Volunteer
and help us to conserve the beautiful and biodiverse Pantanal wetlands - home of
the anaconda!
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Volunteer in the Amazon Jungle
Placement number:
0081
Location: Brazil.
Our Lodge is one of the very few ‘Genuine Eco
Lodges’ in Brazil. It offers adventure and educational activities. In addition,
we provide educational and economical support to several small communities in
the surrounding area.
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Volunteer in the wilderness
Placement number:
0018
Location: Ecuador
Our ecolodge is a working hacienda with a wide
variety of produce, encourages environmental education in local schools and
promotes community tourism.
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Enjoy extreme adventure
Placement number:
0038
Location: Ecuador.
This Amazon Lodge
is a new lodge which offers several activities such as local community visits,
excursions and canoe trips. Our mission is to protect our surrounding ecosystem
and to preserve indigenous knowledge and traditions.
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Volunteer in the Andes
Placement number:
0039
Location: Ecuador.
Be part of our Eco-Adventure team in the Andes
Mountains, located 17 minutes from Quito Airport at our 200 acre natural
Botanical Reserve in the Pichincha Foothills.
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Experience the other side of
Ecuador
Placement number: 0070
Location: Ecuador.
Located right
across the sea, this magnificent and innovative “Hosteria” is built mainly of
bamboo; it has a private and large beach and it is surrounded by magnificent
flower and organic vegetable gardens as well as small bamboo
forests.
Live with the Shiwiars
Placement number:
0077
Location: Ecuador.
This is your chance to discover an unspoilt region
of the Amazon rainforest, to really leave the beaten track behind and to immerse
yourself in a culture that belongs to the forest. You can experience the
incredible biodiversity of the area, and find real warmth without luxuries. What
makes our project different is that we offer you the rare opportunity to
escape the false "ecotourism" trap, where community events are staged and the
business is own by foreigners, channelling profits into their businesses not
back into local hands. Not here!
Volunteer in Virgin Amazon
Rainforest
Placement number: 0073
Location: Guyana
Come and
experience true virgin Amazon Rainforest and one of the largest water falls in
the whole of Guyana.
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Work in the elevated Cloud Forests of
Peru
Placement number: 0048
Location: Peru.
Situated at an
elevation of 5000 feet (1600 meters) in the cool, mosquito-free Kosñipata Valley
close to the wild Cusco-Shintuya road, the lodge protects and supports a
12,500-acre private cloud forest reserve.
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Live on the lake!
Placement number:
0049
Location: Peru.
Located deep in Peru's Tambopata National Reserve in
Puerto Maldonado Madre de Dios, our Lake lodge overlooks sparkling, palm-rimmed
Sandoval Lake, the most beautiful and wildlife-rich of all lakes in
Tambopata-Madidi.
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Help at the Peru National Reserve
Placement
number: 0058
Location: Peru.
This is an ecolodge and research station
located in the Tambopata National Reserve in the upper Amazon rainforests of
Southeastern Peru. It has recently celebrated it's 30th year of opporation and
is the oldest lodge in the area. The Resident Naturalist Program has been in
operation for almost 20 years and offers the opportunity of a lifetime to
professionals -young and old alike.
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Conservation
Conserve the Atlantic Rainforest
Placement number:
0014
Location: Argentina
Volunteer with our scientists who
investigate various biological specialties with an overall
objective to conserve the Interior Atlantic Rainforest.
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Help Save the Blue-Fronted Parrot
Placement
number: 0138
Location: Argentina
The study takes place in the Dry Chaco, a
thick thorny forest known as the "Impenetrable" which hosts a rich variety of
neotropical fauna including over 300 species of birds and mammals such as the
impressive jaguar.
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Study Sand Dune Lizards
Placement number:
0146
Location: Argentina
Help us monitor Sand Dune lizards.
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Black Howler Monkey Centre
Placement
number: 0156
Location: Argentina
Help rescue the
endangered Howler monkey from the pet trade and
teach them to be monkeys again. Requirement to speak some Spanish. Conditions
are basic.
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Placement number: 0143
Location: Bolivia
The refuge houses over 200 monkeys, dozens of birds, tortoises, coatis and wild cats. All were illegally poached and kept in private homes, hotels and circuses. Volunteers come from all over the world to join the "Inti Wara Yassi" community. They give a helping hand during the day and enjoy the quiet jungle life with friends from all over the world, during the evenings.
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Help out at our Rescue Centre
Placement number:
0015
Location: Ecuador
Volunteer with a variety of exotic wildlife at
this animal rescue center. The sanctuary is for animals rescued
from traffickers and unhealthy situations. This is a unique opportunity to work
very closely with a large variety of exotic wildlife and to really make a
difference to these animals.
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Observe rehabilitated Bears
Placement number:
0092
Location: Ecuador
Help us to monitor both wild and rehabilitated
bears, by direct observation and through the use of radio tracking equipment.
Our aim is to improve human understanding of these gentle creatures by gathering
data on their diet, behaviours and social interaction.
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Work in Biological Reserve
Placement number:
0112
Location: Ecuador
Help us in our quest to help the local wildlife in
this cloud forest reserve. We also need help to protect the Andean
Bear.
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Ecological work camps
Placement number:
0055
Location: Europe, Africa and South America
16 volunteering
projects (8 in France, 2 in Europe and 6 in Africa and South America) for
protection of nature, from one week (in France) to more than 12 weeks (out
of France), for any adult without skills, only motivation.
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Peru Wildlife Centre
Placement number: 0050
Location:
Peru.
Volunteer at our Wildlife Centre which is located in a private,
40,000-acre rainforest reserve adjacent to the 1 million acre protected area -
the Amarakaeri Reserve.
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Volunteer at rescue Centre
Placement
number:0105
Location: Venezuela
We are the only wildlife rescue centre in
the country. We rescue, rehabilitate and release whenever possible indigenous
species of wildlife, such as capuchin monkeys, tortoise and fresh water turtles,
deer, psittacines and raptors.We also have a permanent educational program with
the local community schools and a behaviioral research department.
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Help conserve the Turtles of Uruguay
Placement
number:0107
Location: Uruguay
Karumbé is a word that means 'turtle' in the
Guaraní, the language of the local aboriginal people that used to live on this
part of the Uruguayan coastline. The project was started in 1999, is integrated
by biologists, biology students, veterinarians, school teachers, fishermen, and
researchers. Up to now, Karumbé is the only project that researches and
conserves sea turtles in our country.
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Humanitarian
Live with the indigenous tribe - Pilon
Lajas
Placement number: 0089
Location: Bolivia.
We are the only
community-based, indigenous ecotourism enterprise in the reserve and indigenous
territory of Pilón Lajas. We offer you the opportunity to enjoy one of the most
biodiverse areas and to get to know our thousand year old traditions.
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Help at an Orphanage
Placement number: 0157
Location: Brazil.
We
are an orphanage dedicated to the shelter and protection
of children and adolescents, giving priority to their education and
improving their employment potential. Fluent Portugese
required.Free food and accommodation. Teachers, doctors,
engineers and organic farmers required.
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Community Development Projects
Placement number:
0088
Location: Ecuador
We are an Ecuadorian non-profit organization
dedicated to finding workable solutions between the ideals of rainforest
conservation and the reality of rural life. You will work together with the
local people to improve education, develop community-based medical care,
establish sustainable agricultural practices, provide environmentally
sustainable economic alternatives, and conserve Ecuador’s rainforest.
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Help the Street Children
Placement number:
0135
Location: Peru
A team of international and Peruvian volunteers
provide food, classes and medical attention to children who would otherwise be
on the streets. Inca Wasi's main goal is getting all children to attend school.
It helps with the provision of school materials; it also fosters good relations
within the community.
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Help the Street Children
Placement number:
0154
Location: Peru
A team of international and Peruvian volunteers
provide food, classes and medical attention to children who would otherwise be
on the streets. Seeds of Hope provides help to children in education right up
until they are ready for work.
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Benefit the young Pemon Indians
Placement number:
0053
Location: Venezuela
This is a registered grass-roots volunteer
charity near the border with Brazil and Guyana, South America. Our challenging
community development projects in humanitarian, educational and environmental
fields improve the living qualities of an underprivileged young generation,
mostly members of local Pemon Indian communities.
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Teaching
Do you speak some English and Spanish? Then why not
teach here!
Placement number: 0014
Location: Argentina
We are
looking for volunteers with a decent level of Spanish and English teaching
experience or qualifications to help at our project.
Please note volunteer
would need to commit to at least 2 months.
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Teach basic Maths, English and Science
Placement
number: 0089
Location: Bolivia.
We would like volunteers to help teach
basics including Maths, Science and English.
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English Teachers needed
Placement number:
0081
Location: Brazil.
Help teach English to our staff and in the local
village at our ecolodge. We only accept qualified
teachers.
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Help disadvantaged Children
Placement number:
0136
Location: Brazil.
Casa do Caminho is an orphanage run by a non-profit
organization called Communidade Rural Casa do Caminho, with an aim of providing
a full-time home to shelter children on a long-term basis.
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Teach Secondary Children
Placement number:
0137
Location: Brazil.
Casa Amigos and Casa Amigas currently provide a
home for 15 boys and 7 girls aged between 11yrs-18yrs. The majority of these
teenagers previously lived at Casa do Caminho. The teenagers live in town as the
school near Casa do Caminho only has classes up to the 4th grade.
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Help at an Orphanage
Placement number: 0157
Location: Brazil.
We
are an orphanage dedicated to the shelter and protection
of children and adolescents, giving priority to their education and
improving their employment potential. Fluent Portugese
required.Free food and accommodation. Teachers, doctors,
engineers and organic farmers required.
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Teach in a primary school
Placement number:
0018
Location: Ecuador
We want volunteers who can help with teaching
primary school children
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Teach in Ecuador
Placement number:
0070
Location: Ecuador.
Help the local people to improve there
English! At this location right across the sea, this magnificent and
innovative “Hosteria” is built mainly of bamboo; it has a private and large
beach and it is surrounded by magnificent flower and organic vegetable gardens
as well as small bamboo forests.
Teach the Shiwiars
Placement number: 0077
Location:
Ecuador.
Help teach our local people and children English! This is a
very rewarding placement and gives you the chance to experience the truth warmth
of our people!
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Work in Biological Reserve
Placement number:
0112
Location: Ecuador
Help us in our quest to help the local wildlife in
this cloud forest reserve. We also need help to protect the Andean
Bear.
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Teach local guides
Placement number:
0048
Location: Peru.
We would like our volunteers to help with teaching
the local children and guides. No qualifications required.
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Teach local guides
Placement number:
0049
Location: Peru.
We would like our volunteers to help with teaching
the local children and guides. No qualifications required.
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Teach local guides
Placement number: 0050
Location:
Peru.
We would like our volunteers to help with teaching the local children
and guides. No qualifications required.
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Teach the Street Children
Placement number:
0135
Location: Peru
A team of international and Peruvian volunteers
provide food, classes and medical attention to children who would otherwise be
on the streets. Inca Wasi's main goal is getting all children to attend school.
It helps with the provision of school materials; it also fosters good relations
within the community.
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Help the Street Children
Placement number:
0154
Location: Peru
A team of international and Peruvian volunteers
provide food, classes and medical attention to children who would otherwise be
on the streets. Seeds of Hope provides help to children in education right up
until they are ready for work.
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Help the local children, not just teaching!!!
Placement
number: 0053
Location: Venezuela
We would like volunteers who are
interested in helping children and some of the the following:- organizing
events, teaching or assisting with conversational English, teaching computer
skills, sport, art and craft, ceramics, music, play therapy or recreational and
developmental activities.
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Research
Research our efforts to conserve the interior Atlantic
Rainforest
Placement number: 0014
Location: Argentina
Our
Research Station pretends to be an area for development of investigation
projects in situ from the most varied biological specialties with the objective
to conserve the Interior Atlantic Rainforest.
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Study Sand Dune Lizards
Placement number:
0146
Location: Argentina
This project is a long term monitoring study on
the ecology and conservation status on sand dunes lizards (Liolaemus
multimaculatus). This is a vulnerable and endemic species whit relictual
distribution on patches dunes sectors. The research includes studies on
population ecology (population densities, population structure, mortality and
habitat use), autoecology (Home Range) and fluctuating assimetry.
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Research tourism and community
spin-offs
Placement number: 0089
Location: Bolivia.
Perfect if
you want to study tourism and community benefits!
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Research our conservation efforts
Placement
number: 0031
Location: Brazil.
We specialise in exclusive ecotourism and
pride ourselves on the benefits we have provided the local environment. We
would like people to research and conduct animal census's and EIAs so we
can monitor our progress!
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Conduct your research in the Amazon Jungle
Placement number: 0081
Location: Brazil.
We have research
opportunities in an arrary of flora and fauna studies and sustainable tourism
.
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Research the other side of Ecuador
Placement
number: 0070
Location: Ecuador.
Conduct your research at this
agro-ecolodge on the coast of Ecuador. Located right across the sea, this
magnificent and innovative “Hosteria” is built mainly of bamboo; it has a
private and large beach and it is surrounded by magnificent flower and organic
vegetable gardens as well as small bamboo forests.
Research the Shiwiars
Placement number: 0077
Location:
Ecuador.
Help us to provide a better service. We welcome research
conducted on ecotourism, sustainable living and community involvement.
Also fauna and flora studies.
Research community development and
conservation projects
Placement number: 0088
Location:
Ecuador
Research are efforts in conserving the rainforest and raising the
standard of living of its people.
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Research in Biological Reserve
Placement
number: 0112
Location: Ecuador
Help us in our quest to help the local
wildlife in this cloud forest reserve. We also need help to protect the
Andean Bear.
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Conduct your biodiversity research in
Guyana
Placement number: 0073
Location: Guyana
We are looking
for young scientists to conduct thheir own research on biodiversity and
conservation while helping us to manage and record in our 17,000 acre reserve.
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Research ecotourism and conservation
Placement
number: 0048
Location: Peru.
Suitable subjects include: - Conservation of
native species, Ecotourism in Peru, Eco-friendly economic alternatives for local
communities, Habitat protection, Wildlife monitoring and protection or
Sustainable development.
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Research ecotourism and
conservation
Placement number: 0049
Location:
Peru.
Suitable subjects include: - Conservation of native species, Ecotourism
in Peru, Eco-friendly economic alternatives for local communities, Habitat
protection, Wildlife monitoring and protection or Sustainable development.
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Research ecotourism and
conservation
Placement number: 0050
Location:
Peru.
Suitable subjects include: - Conservation of native species, Ecotourism
in Peru, Eco-friendly economic alternatives for local communities, Habitat
protection, Wildlife monitoring and protection or Sustainable development.
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Conduct research into trail use and wildlife
observations
Placement number: 0058
Location: Peru.
The main
research areas include trail use and wildlife observations
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Animal Behavourial studies
Placement
number:0105
Location: Venezuela
We offer research opportunities into
animal behavour. Other types of studies will be accepted.
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Farms
Help at an Orphanage
Placement number: 0157
Location: Brazil.
We
are an orphanage dedicated to the shelter and protection
of children and adolescents, giving priority to their education and
improving their employment potential. Fluent Portugese
required.Free food and accommodation. Teachers, doctors,
engineers and organic farmers required.
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Education Organic Farm
Placement number:
0082
Location: Ecuador.
We operate an Organic/ Permaculture Farm located
in the transition forest on the mid coast of Ecuador. The farm works in
Education and receives community farmers groups, students, teachers and children
who come to learn about sustainable farming and to receive environmental
education.