Africa Volunteer, Community Projects, Orphanage Work & Conservation Programs

Volunteer in Africa! There are a wide range of meaningful volunteer projects in Africa, find free and low cost volunteer programs in Africa, community programs, animal conservation, volunteer teaching and more. Browse our website and find community, conservation and animal volunteer programs in Africa. Volunteer programs in Africa include helping wildlife and game reserve projects - assisting with animal research, encountering the Big 5, working on eco trails and generally helping community conservation projects. You will not need previous volunteer experience just an interest in Africa and helping.

Volunteering in Africa is a chance not only to help others but a chance for you to find the real you, to help find out what it is you really want out of life. Africa conservation volunteer projects programs are located throughout the continent, nature lovers can volunteer with wildlife, help endangered elephants or visit game reserves and help preserve hippos, giraffes, rhinos, lions or cheetahs. Volunteering with animals in Africa is amazing experience if you have a passion for wildlife. By working on Conservation Volunteer Programs in Africa can get off the tourist trail and really get hands on helping provide a future for animals facing extinction.

There are volunteer pportunities in Africa to work in HIV / AIDS awareness projects in some of the countries that need help most, and quickly. The volunteer programmes are far from easy and can, at times, be difficult to deal with emotionally. But if you have a genuine interest in raising awareness of this global problem and want to support people living with the condition, the programmes give you a real opportunity to get involved in the fight against AIDS.

Africa gap year volunteer programs are very popular, options include volunteering on community projects in South Africa or in Kenya’s Masaai Mara game reserve you could help endangered wildlife. Voluntary work in Africa can be found at orphanages and on childcare projects, lots of NGO's, charities and development aid organizations in Africa offer these programs.