What We Provide

Volunteers abroad What is Included in the Cost?

Our price includes all your food, accommodation, insurance and back up. We have set prices for one, two and three months. If you want to go for more than three months, you can add as many extra months as you like - see the prices page.

Project - The full organization of your project: including a supervisor at your placement and worthwhile work to do.

Accommodation - Local host families are carefully selected because they are friendly, welcoming and will go out of their way to look after our volunteers. Where we can't provide host families we place our volunteers together in secure accommodation.

Food - We will ensure you are provided with 3 squares meals a day; you can't work on an empty stomach!

Back-up - We have more than 300 trained staff worldwide. In every country we have an office run by an experienced Overseas Director, trained in the United Kingdom. Staff can be contacted 24 hours a day.

They are responsible for your general well being and liaise with your placement, accommodation and our staff in Australia and the UK. See also Safety & Back-up.

Insurance - Comprehensive travel and medical insurance is included automatically; you are covered no matter where you are from or where you are going. This can be extended on request to cover other travel you may be doing.

It is important that you carefully read the policy, especially regarding pre-existing medical conditions, to check that the cover meets with your needs. Volunteers who are 65 or over at the date of outbound travel will be required to pay a supplement for additional insurance.

Project Contributions - Money is distributed across our placements and is put towards developing new ones. It is done on a case by case basis, you can call us to discuss this further.

What is not Included in the Cost?

Flights - We can arrange these for you or you can book them yourself. Either way, our staff will be waiting at the airport on your arrival.

Vaccinations - These will vary by destination and your vaccination history and choices. We can give you informal pointers but recommend you consult a GP in the first instance.

Visa - These vary hugely. We will give you full advice on obtaining a visa, but it can be a surprising extra cost. We have a rough guide to what to expect here

Spending Money - We can give you a rough guide to what you might spend.