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Work exchange

Exchange your skills for accommodation
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Volunteer in NGOs, Schools & Social Projects
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Learn in Ecovillages, Farms & Permaculture Projects
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Work Exchange and Volunteer programs abroad • Building & Maintenance

839 opportunities found

Non-Profit School Kanoni-Gomba, Uganda

Help to re-build a classroom block for disadvantaged children.

20h/week Farming Building & Repairing Gardening
From 1 to 4 weeks Private Room 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately
  • New

Homestay Jinja city, Uganda

Education, Support & Hope for a Brighter Future! 📚✨

32h/week Farming Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing Gardening
From 2 to 12 weeks Team Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Higher approval

Homestay Tagounite, Morocco

Experience berber life in beautiful desert area near Tagounie

15h/week Farming Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing Gardening
From 7 days to 12 weeks Tent 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Higher approval
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A day in the life of a worldpacker

A day living in the mountains in India⛰️
My morning volunteering in Malaysia 🦋​
Volunteering at a dog shelter in Peru 🐶
My days in Thailand 🌺​

Farm Piedade, Brazil

Ajude-nos na Poda, Manutenção e Cultivo

25h/week Farming Arts Building & Repairing Gardening
From 2 to 4 weeks Tent 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Social Project Arusha, Tanzania

Build a community center / library for our local village

25h/week Building & Repairing Arts Painting & Decorating Gardening
At least 2 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Permaculture project Colbun, Chile

Woodwork and bioconstruction

32h/week Building & Repairing
At least 4 weeks Team Dorm 3 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Homestay Province de Zagora, Morocco

Shape a Moroccan house’s Future with Your Hands & Hearts

20h/week Painting & Decorating Gardening Building & Repairing
At least 1 week Tent 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Farmstay Nargoli, India

Plan and build a Tree house and develop camp sites

25h/week Building & Repairing
At least 4 weeks Tent 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately
  • New

Homestay Atacalco, Chile

Casa de paja y tierra en el bosque en Atacalco, Chile

20h/week Gardening
At least 1 week Tent 3 meals
  • Higher approval
  • New

Other Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia

Ayúdanos a crear la Casa del Pensamiento Ancestral

30h/week Building & Repairing
From 2 weeks to 1 month Shared Dorm 3 meals

Non-Profit School Namayingo, Uganda

Building and maintainance

25h/week Farming Arts Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing
At least 1 week Tent 3 meals

Farm Licínio de Almeida, Brazil

Bioconstrução e abelhas nativas da caatinga no interior da Bahia

20h/week Farming Building & Repairing
At least 2 weeks Private Room 3 meals
  • Sustainable project
  • Needs help immediately
  • New

Farm Huelva, Spain

🐐 “Ayuda en una pequeña finca sostenible en el sur de España”

25h/week Farming Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing Gardening
From 1 to 2 weeks Tent 3 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • New

Farm Nísia Floresta, Brazil

Venha nos ajudar na nossa Chácara !

25h/week Farming Gardening Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing
From 1 to 2 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Eco Lodge Itatiaia, Brazil

Diversas obras en andamento e em fase de acabamento.

25h/week Farming Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing
At least 2 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 4.5
  • Higher approval

Permaculture project Satuek District, Thailand

Help us to build home & kitchen for our green forest in Thailand

15h/week Farming Building & Repairing Gardening Painting & Decorating
From 1 to 8 weeks Private Room 3 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

How do Worldpackers trips work?

As a member, you can contact as many hosts and travel safely as many times as you want.

Choose your plan to travel with Worldpackers as many times as you like.

Complete your profile, watch the video lessons in the Academy, and earn certificates to stand out to hosts.

Apply to as many positions as you like, and get in contact with our verified hosts.

If a host thinks you’re a good fit for their position, they’ll pre-approve you.

Get your documents and tickets ready for your volunteer trip.

Confirm your trip to enjoy all of the safety of Worldpackers.

Have a transformative experience and make a positive impact on the world.

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