Overseas Volunteering and Exchange
Gap year and overseas volunteering programmes now make up a global industry worth around £11 billion a year.
Consequently it is about as difficult as trying to lick your own nose to decipher the difference between organisations all working in the area of ‘international volunteering’.
International volunteering is an area full of profit making organisations, social enterprises, not-for-profits and charities. Many of which have hugely different aims, objectives and agendas. So how do you choose the right organisation to go abroad with or should you even go at all?
Below is a list of resources and tips to try and help you to get to the bottom of this problem and make a decision that is right for you. We also have additional resources about returning home and furthering your engagement in issues surrounding volunteering and international development. So watch this space!
We are by no means the experts but feel it’s important to think before you go and make sure you have asked any volunteering organisation the right questions about the work they're doing.
Links to Overseas Volunteering and Exchange Organisations
What should a good volunteer do before, during and after their project?
Practical preparation before you go and on arrival
*MORE COMING SOON - look out for the launch of our Student International Volunteering Network full of resources, contacts, training opportunities and more!
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