While working on the Crusie4Haiti fundraiser cruise, I have discovered many great travel opportunities to help people travel and volunteer. This is just a start of some great programs that can help you get started.
Links to cool opportunties for volunteer travel:
Here are some handy links to get started on learning more about voluntourism
- Airline Ambassadors: Guided tours that support their service mission projects.
- Cruise 4 Haiti: Take a cruise. Help rebuild an island. A social media inspired fundraiser cruise with volunteering opportunities for guests to give back and help relief efforts in Haiti.
- is an official partner of MASSIVEGOOD, a humanitarian aid project launched by the Millennium Foundation on September 23rd 2009
- The Ritz-Carlton Give Back Getaways® voluntourism program offers our guests an exceptional opportunity to combine volunteer work with travel and give back to the community in a way that is meaningful to them and to the lives of others.
- Together For Good: A non-profit organization created to help traveling individuals make a difference in the lives of others.
- Travelocity: Travel For Good offers voluntours
- United Planet: Fostering Cross-Cultural Understanding Locally, Online and Globally.
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There are many grassroots organizations that welcome volunteers around the globe. I teach a class on inexpensive global volunteering and highlight the places that I’ve gone and the hundreds more that I’ve found. http://www.inexpensiveglobalvolunteering.com let’s go!