The Great Escape: Five Of The Best Volunteering Holidays

a community projects: Tanzania is both a beautifulatmosphere of the African bush.
and an inspiring place to volunteer. Projects canGiant Panda conservation in China: There are
range from developing plots of land to houseseveral volunteering projects that allow you to
vulnerable kids to educating orphans in children'scombine sight-seeing holidays in China with panda
homes. Many volunteers will be able to split theirconservation work. You'll find yourself assisting
time between helping out ? teaching English,staff at conservation centres, feeding the pandas,
overseeing play and sowing vegetable gardens ?cleaning out cages or helping with playtime. In
and exploring the local area. It's a wonderful wayyour spare time, there will be the chance to see
to experience Tanzania's communities first hand.sights like the Terracotta Warriors, as well as
Conservation in Borneo: If you're keen to helplearning basic Chinese and shopping for local
endangered species, why not consider a trip tohandicrafts.
Borneo? Work with orang-utans in their naturalIndia volunteering tour: Many tours allow you to
habitat, help local communities to replant forestssee India and volunteer along the way. See the
and view crocodiles, proboscis monkeys and othersights of this beautiful country while working with
amazing wildlife close up. You can also learn morecommunities and in orphanages, as well as planting
about sustainable farming methods andtrees to transform and improve wastelands.
conservation projects.Some projects will also allow you the opportunity
Southern African overland and volunteering: Thoseto try out local arts and crafts, and even to
with an interest in humanitarian tours should lookengage in adventure sports.
at the numerous volunteering opportunities onAnybody thinking of participating in adventure
offer in southern Africa. Trips can be restricted tosports, or indeed any kind of volunteer work,
one country, or can include excursions aroundshould ensure that they take out travel insurance.
Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and even SouthSome of the countries which host volunteer
Africa. You're likely to find yourself helping AIDsprojects do not have the infrastructure to
sufferers in remote villages and teaching orphans,support public health care, so it's particularly
as well as wildlife viewing and soaking up theimportant to have a back up.