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Exchange your skills for accommodation
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Work Exchange and Volunteer programs in South America • Farming & Eco Activities

20 opportunities found

Permaculture project Aloasi, Ecuador

Habitat restoration for bees.

30h/week Farming Gardening
At least 2 weeks Shared Dorm 2 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Hostel Pitalito, Colombia

Queremos que disfruten el campo colombiano!

15h/week Social Work Building & Repairing Farming Gardening
At least 1 week Tent
  • 5.0
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Farmstay Cautín, Chile

✨🌿 Vive y ayuda en una casa de campo en Chile 🌿✨

16h/week Cleaning Kitchen Hand Building & Repairing Gardening
From 1 to 2 weeks Shared Dorm 2 meals
  • Sustainable project
  • Needs help immediately
  • New
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Permaculture project Oxapampa Province, Peru

Help us with our permaculture project to preserve the wildlife!

30h/week Kitchen Hand Farming Animal Care Gardening
At least 1 day Private Room 3 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • Needs help immediately

Permaculture project Afonso Cláudio, Brazil

Junte-se a nós para uma experiência transformadora

30h/week Cleaning Kitchen Hand Building & Repairing Farming
From 2 to 8 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • Needs help immediately

Farm Carhuaz, Peru

Come give us a hand on our farm in Peru :)

16h/week Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing Farming Gardening
At least 1 week Team Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Needs help immediately

Shared Home Colón Department, Argentina

Ven a ayudarme con las actividades diarias en Rio Ceballos

25h/week Cleaning Building & Repairing Gardening
From 1 to 2 weeks Shared Dorm 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Needs help immediately

Farmstay Comuna de Cochamo, Chile

Ayudar y aprender a vivir en campo autosustentable🌿

25h/week Animal Care Building & Repairing Farming Gardening
At least 1 week Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Permaculture project Afonso Cláudio, Brazil

Conecte-se com a vida rural e faça a diferença!

30h/week Cleaning Kitchen Hand Building & Repairing Farming
From 2 weeks to 2 months Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • Needs help immediately

Farmstay Cavalcante, Brazil

Venha apoiar projeto de sustentabilidade na Chapada dos Veadeiros

25h/week Kitchen Hand Painting & Decorating Cleaning Gardening
From 2 to 4 weeks Team Dorm 1 meal
  • Sustainable project
  • Needs help immediately

Sustainable Community Palmeiras, Brazil

Venha e colabore em Espaço Permacultural na Chapada Diamantina :)

20h/week Kitchen Hand Social Work Cleaning Farming
From 1 to 4 weeks Tent 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Needs help immediately

NGO Huancayo, Peru

Eco-Gardening & Cultural Exchange in Huancayo, Peru.

12h/week Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing Farming Gardening
At least 2 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Needs help immediately

Other Puyo, Ecuador

Ayúdanos en nuestro Santuario Natural

20h/week Cleaning Kitchen Hand Building & Repairing Gardening
At least 5 days Team Dorm 3 meals
  • 4.5
  • Needs help immediately

Eco Lodge Maynas, Peru

🌿Our Community project in the Amazon Jungle 🌿

27h/week Cleaning Kitchen Hand Farming
From 3 to 12 weeks Team Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Needs help immediately

Eco Lodge Santa Marta, Colombia

🌱 Vive la selva desde la raíz: en jardines y zonas verdes

30h/week Farming Gardening
From 2 to 3 weeks Shared Dorm 2 meals
  • 4.5
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Hostel Arembepe, Brazil

🌿 Seja nosso voluntário! Viva a experiência da Aldeia Hippie ✨

20h/week Building & Repairing Cleaning Kitchen Hand Farming
From 1 to 2 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately
  • New

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