Provide support to underprivileged children in poor communities across the world.
As a volunteer with children you will work within local communities making a difference in young people's lives. If you want to volunteer with children you can choose from a variety of projects.
Choose to teach English to children, work in an orphanage or hospice or directly help to improve the future of street children in impoverished areas. Your help as a volunteer with children will be rewarding and worthwhile. If you are interested in helping people from underprivileged backgrounds then you may also want to take a look at our community volunteering projects.
Listed below are full details of all of our volunteer work with children.
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Make a real difference to the lives of disadvantaged children and adolescents who have grown up in some of Cusco's poorest areas, working in daycare centres, boys' homes, schools and orphanages.
As a volunteer on the rewarding project, you will help to provide the many orphaned and disadvantaged children of the rural Arusha region in northern Tanzania, with a better start in life as well as hope for the future.
Get involved with all aspects of orphanages and homes. Teach English and other lessons, run arts and sports activities and help the staff feed, bathe and take care of the children. Most importantly, make them smile.
Help brighten up the lives of underprivileged children in Rio. Whether you teach them English, play games with them or run arts and crafts sessions, you’ll improve their self-confidence and social skills.
Be a role model to children who were born into poverty. Draw up lesson plans, teach English, crafts and health education and help maintain the classrooms. Your presence and encouragement will help them towards brighter futures.
Make life a little brighter for vulnerable children in Bolivia. Organise dancing, music, painting and sports classes, help cook and feed them – but most of all, give them the love and attention many miss out on.
Make a small but meaningful difference to people in Nairobi. Work in a hospital or orphanage, reaching out to people who live in poverty. You can teach and care for the children, help repair infrastructure and learn Swahili too.
Brighten up the lives of children who are largely left to fend for themselves. Organise activities, encourage them to keep healthy and show them someone cares. You’ll also be supporting children who attend school.
This is a unique opportunity to make a difference to the lives of young people in one of Venezuela’s most under-resourced areas. These are charming and friendly people, living in one of the most beautiful parts of the world, but they really need the help and support of volunteers.
This project in Swaziland not only gives you great hands on experience in care and social development, but you can help make sure that the children get a future that is dramatically better than their first years of life.
This is a rewarding project that gives you the opportunity to care for orphaned and abandoned children in Santiago, and provide them with the love and care they so desperately crave.
Orphans in Kimilili get very little love and attention because there simply isn’t enough staff. This is where you come in. You’ll divide your time between teaching and caring for the children – both equally worthwhile tasks.
This is an opportunity for volunteers to help educate, play and entertain these children using your creative skills. Volunteers are needed to simply provide the love and attention that these children crave.
The South African town of St. Lucia and the surrounding area has a population deeply affected by HIV/AIDS. This project is about making a difference to the communities living in the area through the tools of education, caring for those suffering and for the many children made orphans by the virus.
Work as a counsellor and watch as your charges develop and grow. Stay at one of three bases, leading workshops, supervising your group of children and sharing their adventures. All three camps are in fantastic locations!
Give vulnerable children a better quality of life by teaching English, football and other subjects. You’ll assist with homework, build up their confidence and help them to a brighter future.
Give some much-craved attention to girls from a township. Help them with their schoolwork, teach them vital computer skills or direct them in a play or dance show. They have few possessions but lots of enthusiasm.
Put something back into a country that desperately needs volunteers. Whether you help out in an orphanage, a school or a centre for disabled children, your time will be gratefully received.
This India volunteer programme allows you to experience the essence of India. Our Goa volunteer project offers the opportunity to make a contribution to socially deprived areas whilst exploring the Indian mainland in a diverse range of activities.
Give some valuable assistance in a day care centre or school in Himachal Pradesh. Teach English or other subjects, lead creative activities or help decorate the buildings – whatever you do will be greatly appreciated.
Immerse yourself in Kenyan life and become part of a three-year plan to improve life in a rural village. Live and work with the community, helping with tasks such as construction, teaching, landscaping and painting.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at Thailand with one of three tours. Learn about the country’s language and culture, work with elephants and assist the local mahouts or help out in an orphanage or school.
This project offers you the opportunity to help children in a Thai Orphanage by improving facilities at the orphanage and teaching the children informally, giving hope and direction to young people .