Volunteer Abroad / Community Development
Join us for important development work that is driven by locals themselves. See firsthand how your work improves access to basic needs: clean water, air and nutritious food. The ProWorld team lives year-round in developing communities and works closely with locals to plan and execute the projects that will mean the most to their families. You'll join us and become immersed in these communities while you connect with other ProWorld volunteers from around the world.
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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Peru
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Help blind, deaf, and physically challenged kids
Description and Impact
Because their needs can be both great and varied, children and adults with disabilities are often neglected the care and education they deserve...
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Run academic and enrichment programs
Description and Impact
Child labor is a hard reality in Cusco. In an impoverished family where every Sol counts, sending kids out onto the streets to sell candy,...
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Description and Impact
Orphaned children need more than just a home. They lack the support provided by parents or guardians to provide the motivation to continue their...
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Read Stories and Play Games with Kids at the Library
Overall literacy in Peru has dramatically increased in the last 20 years; but, at 82%, it is still second to last of all South American countries. Children in poor areas...
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Description and Impact
Because their needs can be both great and varied, children and adults with disabilities are often neglected the care and education they deserve...
Costa Rica
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Make a Community Impact this January
Escape the wind and rain to experience the beauty of tropical Costa Rica while making an impact this winter. ProWorld invites you to collaborate with us in Pochote, a small...
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Contribute to valuable commerce activities in the community
Description and Impact
ProWorld’s Eco-Tourism project is based in a small community located 35km from the city of Quepos, on the Central Pacific coast. ...Mexico
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Help Migrant Workers Stay Safe on Their Journey North
Description and Impact
Each year thousands of migrant workers from Central America make their way northward in search of a way make a living in order to feed their...
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This is a featured projectHelp preserve indigenous and Mestizo art and history
Description and Impact
This ProWorld program partners with an organization of eighteen indigenous and mestizo (people of...
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Classes, Seminars, and Sports for Locals
Description and Impact
Many of the rural communities outside of Oaxaca are home to low income families with fewer resources than those residing in the nearby city....
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Help Grass Roots Organizations Collaborate
A strong community is the sum of many parts.
This ProWorld program aims to bring people in and nearby Oaxaca together to improve community and quality of life.... -
Promote Healthy Eating to Encourage Healthy Communities
Description and Impact
According to the 2000 census, Oaxaca is the second-poorest state in Mexico. The average person in Oaxaca earns less than $5.00 per day and...
Ghana
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Description and Impact
So much of West Africa’s cultural roots and identification can be found in the traditional drumming and dancing. It is more than...
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Description and Impact
Economic problems, political instability and drug related violence prevent thousands of Ghanaian youth from reaching their full potential. The...
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Help Reduce Hunger and Unemployment in Rural Ghana
One in four young people in Ghana is unemployed and 27% of the population is living on less than $1.25 per day. Job creation programs are slowly reducing hunger and...
Belize
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Multigenerational homes are society’s anchor in Belize, but when they crumble, the elderly suffer as much as the children. ProWorld’s senior center in...
Philippines
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Mentor and Help Adolescents Re-Enter Society
Just like the rest of the world, the recent economic recession has affected Filipino’s poorest families the hardest. To make up for a loss in income, many children have...
Morocco
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This is a featured projectStrengthen Relationships between Moroccan and American Youth
As the world becomes more and more interconnected, cross-cultural communication becomes more essential to bridge divides, especially between United States and predominantly...
Panama
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Ngobe and Buglé are the biggest indigenous groups in the Bocas del Toro province. As a group they have faced a lot of adversity in recent years, as urban migration has...
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