Volunteer Abroad in Ecuador
Are you ready for the life-changing experience of volunteering abroad? Join us for immersive volunteer projects in Ecuador that range from 1-26 weeks. See the world and yourself from a new perspective.
ProWorld works with you to match your skills, interests, and timeline with a meaningful volunteer project to aid the local Ecuadorean community. Our Program Advisors work to find you the perfect project for you, and the on-site ProWorld team guides you through project planning, execution and conclusion.
The following are examples of volunteer projects. Projects are dynamic and change throughout the course of the year, as well as the volunteer needs at each project. Final project placement for volunteers (especially during the peak season months of May-August) will be determined by site teams based on community need, while also taking into account your skills and interests.
Projects
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Volunteer AbroadEnvironment
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Care for injured wildlife in the tropical rehabilitation center
Founded by a local indigenous family that lives on the animal reserve, this rescue center rehabilitates and rescues wild animals from the jungle that were often illegally...
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Help Weed out Invasive Species in the Galapagos
Description and Impact
As a result of the lack of fruit and vegetable production on the Galapagos Islands, boats from...
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Monitor Rare and Exotic Species while Conserving Local Food Sources
Despite its small landmass, Ecuador is renowned for its megadiversity due to its variety of life zones, including: mangrove swamps, dry tropical forest, tropical cloud forest,...
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Restore Mangroves and Teach Conservation in Local Schools
Despite its small landmass, Ecuador is renowned for its megadiversity due to its variety of life zones, including: mangrove swamps, dry tropical forest, tropical cloud forest,...
Intern AbroadEnvironmental Management
Volunteer AbroadEducation
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Team up with Locals to Educate Youth on Deforestation
Join forces with educators, farmers and citizens uniting to combat the slash and burn agricultural techniques that subsistent cacao, coffee and banana farmers in this...
Volunteer AbroadWorking with Children
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Stress the Importance of Education to Young Workers
It’s a sad reality to see children, often as young as three years old, working upwards of ten hours a day in the markets, streets and countryside of Ecuador to support...
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Give Vital Love, Care and Attention to Children in a Quiteno Orphanage
Currently, 50 to 60 homeless children with regular and special needs are cared for in three residential care homes at this orphanage in north-east Quito. The orphanage...
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Teach and Play with Children of Migrant Workers
For years, the maltreated workers at Quito´s biggest landfill spent hours shifting through toxic garbage in unsafe and unsanitary conditions with no guaranteed salary. A...
