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Volunteering with exotic wildlife at a well-known animal sanctuary near Zolfo Springs in Florida will take you to escape the stress of everyday life by working with big cats, monkeys, bears and wolves, and other exotic fauna of North America, in the peaceful surroundings of a beautiful wooded sanctuary. Volunteers help to provide lifetime care to rescued animals, feeding and cleaning, as well as assisting in the maintenance and improvement of their habitats. The 90-acre facility provides care...

GVI has developed a unique qualification that will allow you to study in whilst living and breathing the rainforests of Ecuador. You can gain this BTEC on a 5 or 10 week expedition through which you will learn the techniques behind supervising biological surveys. The BTEC is a level 3 Advanced Certificate (equivalent to a UK A-level) that should leave you confident to plan and manage safe and efficient survey teams in the field.

GVI gives you the chance to complete Level 3 BTEC Advanced Certificate in the Supervision of Biological Surveys (an A-level equivalent qualification). The course can be completed while on a five or ten week expedition in East Africa. The BTEC teaches you to supervise biological surveys, and during the course you will complete five core units: Survey Techniques, Target Species Identification, Expedition Logistics, Managing Risk and Community Relations. Based on the beautiful island of Wasini i...

This Global Vision International teaching program is based in the Krabi Province of Thailand – an area that is renowned for its stunning natural beauty. By joining this expedition you can gain a TEFL qualification while volunteering on critical education projects and exploring the region, which contains gorgeous white-sand beaches, beautiful national parks, abundant wildlife and a rich culture. Alongside your TEFL training, participants on this project will teach English in the community fro...

The crystal clear waters around the Island of Kalamos, Greece, have been some of the most intensively studied areas of marine mammals for many years, due to the diversity of cetaceans it is home to. This exciting project takes participants to these waters to investigate the behaviour and ecology of both bottlenose and short-beaked common dolphins, with the use of field research. You will work alongside researchers to gather and interpret data collected during surveys at sea, whilst receiving lec...

This joint program is a collaboration between EF Education First and Global Vision International where volunteers are able to join a 2 week EF Spanish language course at EF’s Escuela Internacional de Espanol in Quito and then head up into Otavalo to work as volunteer on GVI’s community education project. The 2 week EF language course will engage students in 3-5 hours a day of language lab work, group discussions, guest speakers, and special interest lessons to expand vocabulary. On the GVI p...

Assisting the Sri Lankan Wildlife Conservation Society on this program takes volunteers to experience the amazing way of life this beautiful island country of Sri Lanka has to offer. Working alongside field scientists cataloguing and conducting surveys in the forests, on the grass plains and in the water holes; you will help wildlife conservation whilst discovering the spectacular waterfalls, beaches, bird watching, fascinating culture, forests and a variety of national parks that Sri Lanka cont...

From donning you hiking boots for a trek through the snow-capped Himalayan Mountains in Nepal to unwinding on white-sand beaches in Thailand, developing your meditation technique in India to teaching English to a variety of local communities; this 13-week ‘Asian Explorer’ will take you to experience some of the diverse gems that the majestic continent of Asia has to offer. The best of GVI’s current Thailand, India and Nepal projects have been combined to create this unique program, which focuse...

Torn between exploring the Mayan lands of Mexico's Yucutan peninsula and the volcanoes and mountain lakes of Antigua, Guatemala? A difficult decision to make for adventurous travellers. GVI have combined two of their most exciting programs in Mayan lands so you can experience both. Over the course of 11 weeks you will combine 2 different programs in Mexico and Guatemala. Learn to survey dive on our research expedition on the Caribbean coast and then join our established educational projects focu...

GVI have merged 3 of the most popular programs in South America to create an explorer package, ideal for those wanting to combine conservation and community work. The trip is 14 weeks in total; 5 of which will be spent working on a research expedition in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest. Volunteers will spend another 5 weeks in Otavalo teaching local Andean communities. One more month will be spent in Peru working in the “pueblos jovenes” or “young towns” surrounding the colonial city of Arequipa. ...