Volunteer Short Term

You will find our range of short term volunteering programs including teaching English, wildlife, conservation and community projects have been carefully selected to ensure projects still receive long term support through our existing field structure. Therefore you can volunteer from as little as one week and upwards knowing that your hard work will continue well after you have gone home.

All Our Short Term Programs

GVI Volunteer with Thai School Children

Community Development Expedition in Thailand

Get a TEFL, teach English and work with local communities in Thailand

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Community Development Expedition in Kenya

Wildlife Research and Community Development in Kenya

Join this multi-focused expedition in Kenya and assist dolphin research programs, terrestrial wildlife projects and teaching projects

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Boats Ghana

Volunteer in Ghana

Live and teach in a rural community in coastal Ghana

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Image for the trip - PR111 Short-term volunteer community construction projects in Guatemala

Volunteer on a community construction project in Guatemala

Help with crop planting, build a stove or join in a construction project for communities in need

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GVI Volunteers in Honduras

Volunteer on a community construction project in Honduras

Short term volunteering on construction projects including climate care projects

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Ghana Turtle

Volunteer Travel with Turtles in Ghana

Assist the local community protecting nesting turtles

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Turtle

Turtle conservation program in Greece

Work on sustainable tourism initiatives on this beautiful Greek island

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Dolphins in Italy

Volunteer on Dolphin & Whale research projects in the Ligurian Sea, Italy

Research and conservation of whales and dolphins in the Cetacean Sanctuary, West Mediterranean, based on a sail boat.

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Dolphin Conservation in Greece

Dolphin Conservation in Greece

Help marine biologists to study and protect bottlenose dolphins and short-beaked common dolphins in the Mediterranean Ionian Sea, Greece.

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Volunteer with Cameroon Gorillas

Research Cross River Gorillas in South West Cameroon

Survey endangered gorillas and chimpanzees in Africa on this conservation and community development project

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Community Construction in Nicaragua

Short-Term Building Projects in Nicaragua

Assist community based projects aimed to improve the standards of living in Nicaragua

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Short-term English Teaching workshops in Guatemala

Volunteer at English teaching workshops in Guatemala

Help GVI's current teaching English program in Guatemala with English workshops and small group practise sessions on these short term projects

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Wildlife Conservation Holiday in South Africa

South Africa wildlife conservation program

Combine wildlife conservation projects with safari field guide techniques on this unique 14 day conservation experience

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Leatherback Turtles

Volunteer on a turtle conservation project in Panama

Monitor the endangered leatherback turtle populations of this Caribbean coastline

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Orangutan, Sumatra

Volunteer to conserve the Orangutans in Sumatra

A unique short-term volunteering opportunity with primates

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Brazilian River Dolphins

Volunteer conservation project with pink river dolphins in Brazil

Join this short term volunteering program researching the pink river dolphins of the Amazon

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Brazilian Whales

Volunteer conservation project with humpback whales in Brazil

Study and research whale migration and behavior in a beautiful town on the Brazilian coast

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Volunteer work with desert elephants in Namibia

Volunteer on an elephant conservation program in Namibia

Track, study and research desert elephants in a beautiful remote area of Namibia

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TRee House

Elephant conservation project in Sri Lanka

Volunteer to monitor elephants and experience the rich culture of one of Asia's finest islands

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  • 70% of money was spent directly in-field in 2007
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