Speak a different language, go beyond the horizon, help others, life enhancing experiences, explore your world, experience a different culture, with EIL UK.
Brian McCafferty, an engineer from Dublin having a picnic with his colleagues from an environmental project in Guatemala. Brian put his engineering background to use in setting up a system so that the project could monitor the environment of the greenhouses they use.
Volunteer Niamh from Ireland being shown a Cacao fruit (its seeds are used to make cocoa and chocolate) while visiting the 24 de Mayo community in a tropical forest.
Katie Mahon from Co Wexford, Ireland volunteered in Chile for 10 weeks in a center caring for girls from a disadvantaged background in the town of Temuco.
India is massively overpopulated and suffers from serious problems related to poverty and environmental degradation. Voluntary organisations play an important role in addressing these problems, and volunteers are always in demand.
This programme gives young students the opportunity to discover France, its way of life and its culture, while improving their language skills. Students are placed in host families and are supervised by local coordinators.
Live with a family and in exchange for spending several hours a week helping them learn English they provide food and accommodation! Weekends are normally free to experience the culture by traveling around Turkey.
helping a family in the Galapagos Islands improve their English?
Spend 15 hours a week helping a family on the Galapagos Islands with Conversational English. Many families want to learn English and in exchange they are willing to provide a private room and 3 home-cooked, healthy meals each day.
Turkey offers a fusion of culture – old and new, east and west, modern and traditional. Volunteers contribute to worthwhile causes while meeting new people, learning valuable work and life skills and becoming part of Turkish community life.
Nepal has numerous project opportunities, including teaching English in schools, conservation projects, working with orphaned children, assisting in a rural health centres or helping to renovate a local school or monastery.
Volunteer 20 hours each week in exchange for free room and board in Mexico! Weekends are normally free to experience the culture by traveling around Mexico.
visiting the UK and being hosted by a local family?
Go beyond 'tourism' and find out what Britain is really like. Experience British culture, language and life by becoming part of a British family for 1 to 4 weeks.
Live with an Italian family and in exchange for spending several hours a week helping them learn English they provide food and accommodation! Weekends are normally free to experience the culture by traveling around Italy.
