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Work Exchange and Volunteer programs in South America for 1 month

442 opportunities found

Inn Arpoador, Brazil

Decoração e Pintura da Pousada🎨

24h/week Arts Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing
At least 1 week Shared Dorm 2 meals
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately
  • New

Ecological Reserve Mateiros, Brazil

🌿 Voluntariado no Rio Formiga ✨

25h/week Cleaning Building & Repairing Farming Gardening
From 1 week to 1 month Tent 1 meal
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately
  • New

Farmstay Cautín Province, Chile

Ven a ayudarnos en nuestra casa de campo en Vilcún, Chile

20h/week Cleaning Building & Repairing Gardening
From 2 to 4 weeks Private Room 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • New
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Farm Socorro, Brazil

Conecte-se com a natureza, liberte a sua criatividade e nos ajude nas tarefas do dia a dia!

30h/week Farming Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing Gardening
From 30 to 41 days Private Room 2 meals
  • 4.5
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Sustainable Community Embu-Guaçu, Brazil

Permacultores, nos ajude com os manejos agroecológicos da Ecovila

25h/week Animal Care Building & Repairing Farming Gardening
From 3 to 12 weeks Tent
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Animal Shelter Trujillo, Peru

Volunteering with purpose, animal loving volunteers needed.

18h/week Animal Care Building & Repairing Social Work
From 2 weeks to 2 months Team Dorm
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

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

Ecological Reserve Tena, Ecuador

Assistance in conservation at an Amazonian ethnobotanical garden.

30h/week Social Work Building & Repairing Farming Gardening
At least 1 week Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Farm La Merced, Colombia

Ven a ayudarnos a mantener una Eco finca en Colombia

30h/week Cleaning Animal Care Building & Repairing Gardening
From 10 to 15 days Tent 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

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

Farm Caacupé, Paraguay

🌻Disfruta colaborando en un proyecto amoroso en plena naturaleza

25h/week Farming Building & Repairing Gardening
At least 1 week Tent 3 meals
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately
  • New

Camping Trancoso, Brazil

Sitio ecologico com camping perto da praia de trancoso

20h/week Building & Repairing Painting & Decorating Cleaning Gardening
From 1 to 4 weeks Shared Dorm
  • 3.5
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Farm Arbeláez, Colombia

Coworker - Facilitator

25h/week Farming Painting & Decorating Social Work Building & Repairing
From 1 to 4 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Eco Village Libertador General San Martín Department, Argentina

¡Contribuye al Crecimiento de una Finca Agroecológica y Disfruta!

20h/week Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing Farming Gardening
At least 1 week Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Ecological Reserve Oxapampa, Peru

Oportunidad de voluntariado en proyecto medio ambiente

25h/week Farming Building & Repairing Gardening
From 1 to 3 weeks Tent 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Animal Shelter Urubamba Province, Peru

Brand new rescue centre for stray dogs in Sacred Valley, Peru!

30h/week Animal Care Social Work Building & Repairing Gardening
From 2 to 12 weeks Shared Dorm
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

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