Live with a Turkish 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. Istanbul is an amazing city. With Asia on one side of the Bosphorus River and Europe on the other, you will literally be living at the crossroads of civilization.

Help a group in Costa Rica with their English by speaking with them for 15 hours each week as a Conversation Partner. Volunteer 15 hours each week in Costa Rica as a Conversation Partner in exchange for free room and board. Weekends are normally free to experience the culture by traveling around Costa Rica. Conversation Partners are placed all over Costa Rica.

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. In Turkey, you can see landscapes of incredible natural beauty, sites of great antiquity, towns and villages with lovely examples of architecture from Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman times.

Do you want to live in another European country for up to 12 months, learn a new language and help the local community? European Voluntary Service provides an informal learning experience for young people, encouraging their social integration and active participation, increasing their employability and giving them an opportunity to show solidarity with other people while supporting the development of local communities around Europe.

In spite of its substantial oil resources and rich agricultural areas, fluctuations in world market prices can have a substantial domestic impact. Today over 70% of the Ecuadorian population lives below the poverty line. When you join one of our community service projects you are giving yourself the opportunity to make a difference by contributing to the social welfare of the underprivileged and the protection of the environment.