Volunteer Abroad

Volunteer Abroad Explore the world and make a difference!

Left: Ber and Sarah – UCC students on an Public Health internship in Jaipur, India – with the staff of the Family Planning Association of India.

Left: Group volunteer programmes are available in 3 locations in India: the Himalayas, Rajasthan desert and the city of Jaipur.

Left: aomi from Cork is pictured here with children from the Wildflower project in Thailand.

Education projects are available in 18 countries such as in this school in a disadvantaged area on the outskirts of Cape town in South Africa

Left: Education projects are available in 18 countries such as in this school in a disadvantaged area on the outskirts of Cape town in South Africa

Left: Teaching and Education projects in 18 countries. No specific qualifications are necessary for teaching placements.

Left: The staff from Kinderland school in Ibadan, Nigeria with Laura McGrath, a volunteer from Dublin.

Left: Barra De Potosi is a small fishing village in Mexico where Irish volunteers are needed to work with children in the community centre.

Left: Carla, Juanita and Maria from Isla del Viejo, Mexico. Volunteers can support the local community ecotourism and education projects.

Left: Anne Crotty from Kilkenny with fellow volunteers taking part in orientation upon arriving in Nepal.

Left: Natural habitats are being destroyed by deforestation in Ecuador. Volunteers are needed to assist in conservation projects.

Find your project

EIL Intercultural Learning is an Irish not for profit organisation supporting local projects across the world. Our Volunteer Abroad programme involves living, working and making a difference in a local community while learning about a new culture and gaining a new perspective on global and development issues. We offer flexible and varied voluntary work and internship opportunities all year round. Our volunteers are supported by highly qualified in-country staff with years of experience in intercultural exchanges and in supporting international volunteers.

Find out more about our approach to short term international volunteering.

- New UNDER-18 Volunteer programme

- Discover our 5 most popular destinations: Vietnam, India, Guatemala, Thailand and Ghana

Watch our new VIDEO to find out more about EIL Intercultural Learning