Love Volunteers is a not-for-profit organisation that provides fun, rewarding, safe and affordable volunteering opportunities in developing countries around the world. Whether you're planning a week helping a local community as you travel around a country, want to spend six months learning the local language or are putting your gap year to good use, Love Volunteers has a program that will give you the best possible experience.

So why would you volunteer through Love Volunteers, rather than another agency?

volunteer workWe are not-for-profit! Your fees are used to help local communities or inspire more volunteer work abroad. A lot of agencies are designed to make huge profits. Make sure you check if they are for profit or not-for-profit before you sign up with a volunteering agency.

Affordability: We work directly with local organisations and our not-for-profit status makes us one of the most affordable ways to volunteer to work abroad.

Flexibility: Even after you've signed up you can change your dates for free and get a refund if you change your mind more than 60 days before your placement is due to begin.

volunteer work abroadSafety: All of our partners have been fully vetted. We know they are safe and that you'll be well looked after!

Rewarding: Our programs work directly with local organisations so you are making a real difference in the lives of local people!

Knowledge: As volunteers ourselves, we have been exactly where you are now. We know what to expect, we know the pitfalls and we know the locations. You can be sure that your program will be well organised and safe.

Love Volunteers was founded by a small group of volunteers who thought they could do a better and fairer job than many of the existing volunteer organisations. When we started volunteering we wondered where our money was going! How could it cost thousands when the local people were lucky to receive hundreds?

With that in mind we set out to find the highest quality volunteering opportunities. Ones that would offer volunteers the experience of a lifetime and the local people much needed resources, with a chance for the two cultures to interact.

Volunteer Work Abroad Opportunities

Whether you have a passion for teaching, construction, medical work, helping children or the elderly, helping people living with HIV/AIDS, we have a volunteer work abroad program that will suit you - and probably one in each continent.

With program fees starting at less than €150, including accommodation and three square meals a day, it's often cheaper to experience the local community than it is to stay in a hostel.