Volunteer in Latin America
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If you volunteer in Latin America on career break travel you can see some fantastic countries, learn a new language and get involved with some hugely rewarding volunteer projects at the same time. With Real Gap you can volunteer in Latin America in the following diverse range of destinations: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, The Galapagos Islands, Guatemala and Peru. Each of these ‘Volunteer in Latin America' destinations possesses its own unique qualities and places of interest and it's worth spending some time exploring the Real Gap website in order to decide which one most appeals to you.
Volunteer in Latin America - Learn a new language
Wherever you decide to volunteer in Latin America all of Real Gap's volunteer programmes in the region include four hours a day language tuition, (Portuguese in Brazil and Spanish in all of our other Latin American destinations). If you volunteer in Latin America it's vital that you can speak at least some of the local language when you are working on your volunteer project. Learning a new language when you volunteer in Latin America is a lot of fun and it's a great way to meet other like-minded travellers who are attending the same language school. Most people who volunteer in Latin America also take the opportunity to travel extensively around the region and being able to speak the language makes life much easier and greatly enhances your overall experience - as well as looking great on your CV when you get home too.
Volunteer in Latin America - Give something back
Being able to take a year out and travel the world is an immense privilege and if you volunteer in Latin America it gives you the opportunity to give something back to some of the countries you visit. Real Gap's extensive range of ‘Volunteer in Latin America' programmes span all fields of volunteer projects - from caring for wildlife to helping alleviate poverty.
To give you a brief flavour of the type of project you could get involved with when you volunteer in Latin America you could, for example...
- Volunteer in Latin America caring for physically disabled adults and children in the Dominican Republic
- Volunteer in Latin America helping with the rehabilitation of animals seized from black market traders in Guatemala
- Volunteer in Latin America helping to raise awareness of environmental issues on Ecuador's Galapagos Islands
Volunteer in Latin America - See some amazing sights
When you volunteer in Latin America there's plenty of opportunity either before or after your volunteer work to explore this incredible region...Trek the famous Inca Trail in Peru, party at the Rio carnival in Brazil, explore the Tikal pyramids of Guatemala, discover the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands. The list could go on and on...
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