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Volunteer Asia is a great way to see one of the worlds most diverse and enthralling continents while also making a positive difference. Volunteer Asia means gaining a far greater insight into the local cultures and everyday life rather than merely passing through which makes for a far more authentic gap year Asia, careerbreak Asia or travel Asia experience. Plus, if you want to volunteer Asia its not necessary to have any specific skills or qualifications just bring along your passion and an enthusiasm to give something back and keep an open mind! In return you will gain an unforgettable and worthwhile volunteer travel experience that you'll treasure for years.
Volunteer Asia with Ecoteer providing you with a wide choice of worthwhile volunteer Asia programs and gap year projects. You can get involved with one of our popular wildlife conservation projects, presenting thrilling opportunities to work with some of Asia's most endangered animals, such as volunteer with Turtles in Malaysia. You may also consider volunteer Asia to make a contribution towards improving the lives of disadvantaged children and adults in local communities, or you could make a vital difference by contributing your time to volunteer Thailand or volunteer India. Our recent volunteer projects in Sri Lanka enable volunteers to help re-establish communities destroyed by the 2004 tsunami and 6 years on have long been forgotten. Whatever you do when you volunteer Asia you can be sure to find the venture thats right for you.
Cost - GBP120 per week
Ecoteer expanded their project in Perhentian to a second site where we focus on raising environmental awareness, community development and community tourism in the fishing village in Perhentian. Help us conduct three weekly school clubs (Snorkelling, English & Environmental), learn about the Malay culture and lifestyle and live the life of an Islander in the paradise Perhentian Islands.
Community & Conservation Project in Perhentian.
Cost - GBP200 per week
Be part of a Marine conservation project in Malaysia, learn to dive and then conserve corals by day and help sea turtles at night in the most beautiful islands of Malaysia, the Perhentian Islands. Green turtles are in dire need of our help especially in Terengganu, where 4 species of marine turtle nest but three of them, the hawksbill, Olive Ridley and Leatherbacks are almost locally extinct. Volunteer Asia volunteers help protect an important turtle nesting beach and help clean a coral nursery so the coral fragments can grow safely, plus teach tourists about marine conservation and turtle protection.
Join this Turtle & Dive gap year Asia volunteer project now
Cost - GBP60 per week (GBP40 per week for teachers)
Ecoteer are combing forces with a local NGO to help them expand their network of learning centres across Sabah, Borneo Malaysia. This Asian volunteer project will be the second project to be run by Ecoteer. Help teach English to the children of palm oil workers during your gap year asia. Provide the children education which they would otherwise have no access too.
Teach English in Sabah, Borneo Malaysia.
Cost - Over GBP200 per week
This Borneo Safari is one not to be missed for any nature lover. You will cruise along the Kinabatangan River in search of tell Tale signs of Orangutans and Pygmy Elephants. The data will then be given to WWF-Malaysia. You will also visit the local primary school to teach the children environmental awareness and also help with tree replanting programmes in the area.
Join the Orangutan & Elephant volunteer project new
Cost - GBP200 per week
Whilst you help at the Zoo you will care for several different tropical species including Orangutans, tigers, large snakes, chimps and many more. This programme is a great chance for you to gain experience working in a zoo and a chance to understand the bad sides about Zoo's as well as the good side.
Become a Tropical Zoo Assistant
Cost - Free
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. Volunteer Asia teach English to the youth of the tribal groups to make them more employable. English is not included in the national curriculum so volunteers teaching English is of great need.
Volunteer teach english and help the Cambodian youth find future employment
Cost - GBP50 per week
This volunteer Asia project in Laos is dedicated to Lao cultural preservation through the promotion of Lao textile arts. It is our goal to economically and socially benefit Lao rural mountain artisans and thereby contribute to the wider community especially to women. Unique aspects are that our new volunteers do not come into an existing role rather than being able to co-steer the process of building up the future work with their commitment. A small team is in place to supervise and the founder of the Foundation can guide through various ideas connected to the projects aims.
Cost - GBP50-100 per week
Do you want to experience and help the rural communities of Northern India? Whilst at the same time get the chance to visit the Taj Mahal. Our in-country partner is a voluntary social organization set up to assist rural Indian communities. With that aim in mind, they are also providing volunteering opportunities for volunteers from all over the world to assist in their projects which focus on education, childcare, healthcare and women empowerment. Volunteers are able to choose the field where they are able to help while at the same time experience the Indian culture and attaining personal development. The programme also includes trips to India’s famous landmarks such as the Taj Mahal, Himalayan Trek and the Golden Temple.
Volunteer with an Indian Community
Cost - GBP50-100 per week
Nestled deep in the picturesque Ramganga valley and surrounded by lush hills, the Lodge lies in total seclusion with the meandering Ramganga virtually cutting it off from human habitation. The lodge is strategically located on the banks of the river, the lifeline of Corbett, before it enters the park at Domunda. We provide a unique volunteer Asia wildlife experience for nature lovers and easily ranks as one of the wildest jungle lodges in India. The rustle of the breeze in the adjoining forests, the calls of birds, the rumble of the river as it goes over rapids and sitting around a campfire at night to hear alarm calls of sambar and barking deer, provides an unforgettable dimension to the ambience. What makes it unique is the diversity it offers. The envious location affords long walks into the surrounding forest, something not permitted inside the park. A good mix of riverine, forest and high altitude habitat makes it a birdwatchers haven. With exclusive fishing beats replete with Golden Mahseer, anglers have rated it as the best sportfishing destination in North India. The added attraction of elephant safaris in the wild country makes this an irresistible proposition.
Volunteer with tigers at India ecolodge
Cost - GBP20 per week
Volunteer Asia in India and teach English and core subjects to poor children and orphans in the beautiful hilly town of Shillong, North East India. Little Prakash and his friends in Shillong need help! In a poor tribal area of Shillong, a primary school with an attached orphanage housing 10 children is being run by Didi Ananda Kalyanbrata, a yoga nun. The school currently has 120 children, some of whom study free as their parents are unable to pay even minimal fees. All the children learn meditation and yoga.
Cost - Free
Volunteer Asia at this retreat which is a unique project that combines sustainable ecotourism with sustainable agriculture and environmental education. Our eco-lodge is situated on a certified Organic farm in the rainforests of the Western Ghats of karnataka. We cater to environmentally conscious volunteers who want to experience a harmonious existence with nature. We also organize and host workshops and educational programs with emphasis on organic farming, sustainable living, rainforest ecology and biodiversity for students and special interest groups such as organic farmers. We are recognized as one of india’s leading eco-lodges and have received a 1st prize award from eco-club international in 2005.
Volunteer in ecotourism in India
Cost - GBP100 per week
Over 95% of the population of Thailand is Buddhist and most men in Thailand will at some point in their life make the journey to become a Monk. Part of this process for younger men under the age of 20 is to become a Novice Monk or Samanera. Temporary ordination is the norm among Thai Buddhists. Most young men traditionally ordain for the term of a single rainy season (known as phansa in Thai).
Volunteer and make a difference in Thailand
Cost - GBP200 per week
Do you love elephants and always wanted to work with them? An elephant sanctuary located in Thailand is looking for volunteers to help them care and provide to the elephants daily needs. This centre takes in domesticated elephants which were once used to perform to gain profit from the tourist attraction or were used for heavy labour work. This elephant sanctuary provides refuge to these elephants to stop the sufferings which they have long endured and give the elephants a chance to live a normal elephant life.
Become an elephant volunteer in Thailand
Cost - GBP200 per week
Experience Thailand the different way by volunteering with a wildlife rescue centre. This wildlife rescue centre conservation volunteering project located in Thailand, is dedicated to rescue and rehabilitate wild animals previously exploited as pets or used for profit in the tourism industry. The wildlife rescue centre is sheltering a wide variety of wild animals which includes gibbons, macaques, civets, loris, leopards, tigers, bears, crocodiles, exotic birds and many more. The aim of this Thailand animal rescue centre is to provide the wild animals with living conditions as close to their natural habitat.
Cost - GBP50-100 per week
Volunteer Asia teaching in Shanghai: After a one week Induction course in Shanghai (include, Induction, culture course, Mandarin lesson and sightseeing explore) you will spend 4 weeks to 12 weeks teaching english to 7 to 18 year olds. Your teaching will usually be spread over 11 lessons to 15 lessons per week (35 to 40 minutes per lesson), Monday to Friday.
Volunteer and teach english in shanghai China
Cost - Free
The ethos of this volunteer Asia project is to live sustainably and in harmony with nature. The mission statement is: "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". The farm and Cafe are run by an international volunteer team of staff from all over the world. About 4 or 5 team members and volunteers live on Mt Fuji full-time. We are also largely supported through the help of our Short Term Farm Volunteers, who help with everything from planting to cooking.
Volunteer at sustainable farm and lodge, Japan
Cost - GBP100-200 per week
Truly a once in a lifetime experience. Become involved in a variety of volunteer activities with elephants. This is not a zoo, you will be right there with our herd of 8 elderly elephants, feeding, bathing, and caring for these amazing creatures! Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity and grab your chance to work with elephants in the heart of Sri Lanka.
Cost - GBP100-200 per week
Go beyond the default sea turtle conservation with this new and exciting project. Experience the night watch and night beach patrol every night (weather permitting) and of course the hatching, feeding and release of baby turtles. This is a new and young project so please expect there to be a settling in period.
Cost - GBP50-100 per week
This is a rare opportunity to volunteer Asia to do a variety of different work with the poor in this area where the lives of the people were devastated by the Tsunami and become part of the local community, gaining insight into day to day Buddhism. Volunteers do not, however, have to participate in religious activities. The Volunteer Sri Lanka Project is a small, personal, multi faceted project which was started after the devastating Tsunami in 2004 by Janaka De Silva, the General Manager of a local hotel and a dedicated philanthropist. He spends his spare time helping poor Sri Lankan families living on the outskirts of Galle town. The project is totally non profit making. Any money left when the volunteers have been fed & accommodated, is ploughed straight into buying equipment, books & building works for the project.
Cost - GBP20-50 per week
We are a grassroot NGO involved in conservation of fast disappearing native plant species and documentation of indigenous knowledge or ethno botanical values associated with native plants. We possess a wonderful arboretum with rare medicinal and wild fruit plants with plenty of valuable traditional knowledge and all volunteers are placed in our arboretum in eco friendly architecture. Our main objective is to propagate these rare plants amongst Sunday schools in rural church parishes and Buddhist monasteries with hands on experience.
Cost - GBP50-100 per week
As an Asia volunteer, you will be assisting the Family Hospital in their effort to improve health care in poorest district in Ulaanbaatar and its surrounding areas. Two or three days a week, according to the community's needs, you will accompany a mobile clinic that goes out to rural communities around the capital that often have little or no medical facilities. The drive to these communities generally takes about an hour-and-a-half. The mobile clinic usually visits Day Care Center, Black market, Orphanage center and Ger district, so that the doctors can give the children medical check ups. On the days that you are not going out on the mobile clinic, you will assist in the Family Hospital medical centre, which provides basic medical aid to children.
Volunteer in health care, Mongolia
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