Some of our achievements - in numbers

These numbers show a few of our achievements up to now. We cannot do justice, though, to the wonderful work done by so many Projects Abroad volunteers who have given up their time to work overseas in the last 14 years, but we thank them all.

20,000	the number of Projects Abroad volunteers to date
67,000	the number of school children taught by volunteers in 281 schools
576,000	the number of hours our volunteers spent during 2005 working on our projects overseas
23	The number of developing countries that we work with across 5 continents
20,000	the number of children we've helped to look after in 71 orphanages
500,000	the number of turtles we've rescued in Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru
34	the number of different nationalities of our volunteers
19 & 92	the percentage of volunteers who have returned to visit their host-families and the percentage who definitely intend to do so
137	the height of our canopy walkway (in feet) at our ground-breaking rainforest conservation project "Taricaya" in Peru
410	the number of children we've helped to care for at the orphanage for physically and mentally disabled children which we manage in Cochabamba, Bolivia
28	the number of football teams that take part in Projects Abroad competitions in Peru and South Africa
450	the number of medical placements we offer world-wide
52	the number of veterinary placements we offer world-wide
3 & 52	the number of magazines we own and the number of partner newspapers, magazines and radio stations around the world on which our journalism volunteers work
250 +	colleagues in 23 offices round the world all trained to work with you to create enjoyable and worthwhile projects for everyone involved

Our volunteers have taught 67,000 children

Volunteers have cared for 20,000 children

Our 137 foot high canopy platform

Volunteer on one of 450 medical placements

Our team in Thailand, one of 24 offices around the world