Volunteer Abroad / Environment
Protecting native forests in the Sacred Valley of Peru. Working in a national park in Belize. Conserving much-needed water in the Oaxacan desert of Mexico. Getting your hands dirty in Northern Thai reforestation. Are you ready for ProWorld Environment projects? Our projects are driven by the communities to protect their valuable natural resources. Get started and preserve our planet for the next generation.
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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Description and Impact
Climate change, global warming, the greenhouse effect, waning resources- all of these problems are becoming more real every day. Our future is...
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Description and Impact
Encompassing a section of the famous Amazon Rainforest, the Madre de Dios region of Tambopata Peru is an internationally recognized biodiversity...
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Give the Gift of Clean Water
Description and Impact
Every year, diarrheal diseases caused by unsafe water are responsible for roughly 1.8 million deaths around the world. Most of...Belize
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The Best Part of Farming – FOOD!
Description and Impact
Eating fresh, organic, local food is both healthy and beneficial for the community and environment. Consumption of local food ensures that...
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It’s hard to beat soaking up Belize’s natural beauty while you help sustain it, but if you join us at this ProWorld project, you’ll do both. Come get...
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This is a featured projectWork on a Rural Organic Chocolate Farm Manufacturing Facility
Description and Impact
Due to globalization, cocoa production is becoming increasingly outsourced throughout the world. In Belize particularly, a handful of farms and...
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Monitor & Maintain Habitats and Protected Lands
Description and Impact
Nearly half of Belize’s land is protected, but to preserve and sustain it, we need to study it, and ensure that the habitats remain viable...
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Help Keep Nature’s Pharmacy Intact
Description and Impact
Many Belizeans and foreigners look to the traditional Medicine Man for his advice on curing illnesses and maintaining health. He is able to help...
Mexico
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Use Resources More Effectively
Description and Impact
Amongst all of the problems that plague many people in the state of Oaxaca, one of the most dangerous and detrimental to the long term success...
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Bike Paths and Trees Keep the Southern Sierra Clean and Pristine
Description and Impact
Although surrounded by the lush and beautiful Sierra de Madre Mountains, the valleys and cities of Oaxaca are plagued with environmental...
Ghana
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Help Reduce Pollution in Cape Coast
Description and Impact
This organization understands that for true change to occur there needs to be a self-help mentality throughout the community. There...
Thailand
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This is a featured project
Description and Impact
One of Thailand’s iconic animals, elephants needs lots of room to roam. Without a...
Ecuador
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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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This is a featured projectHelp 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,...
Costa Rica
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This is a featured projectHelp Sustainable Farmers Secure their Future
Description and Impact
ProWorld’s partner is a cooperative started by 12 families, which supports community development for a village surrounded by a vast...Brazil
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This is a featured project
Description and Impact
Brazil is home to 60% of the Amazon rainforest and is considered to have the greatest biodiversity of any country on earth. However,...
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- 29,000
Trees Planted
- 10
Countries
- 5,100
ProWorld Volunteers
- 22
Schools Constructed
- 6,100
Stoves Installed
- 18,450
Patients Treated
- 4
Centers Built
- $7,100,000
Capital Injected
- 860,000
Service Hours