Volunteer in Australasia
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If you do not see the volunteer program you want, look under Worldwide for volunteer programs located in several different regions.
Contact the program directors to confirm costs, dates, and other details (Disclaimer).
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Long-Term Projects in New Zealand
Adventure hiking camps, special ed children, local farms, community services agencies all need your help. Experience the glacial mountains, crystal rivers & waterfalls, picturesque lakes, brilliant geysers and bubbling mud. See endemic animals such as Kiwi birds on the endless beaches. Swimming with dolphins, hiking, bunge jumping, white water rafting, surfing, and kayaking are just the beginning of the adventure sporters' description of this paradise.
Cost: 6 months $4695, 1 year $7195.
Dates: Starts in August.
Contact: United Planet, 11 Arlington St, Boston MA 02116, USA. Telephone: 617-267-7763.
Email: quest@unitedplanet.org
Website: www.unitedplanet.org
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Maori Culture and Conservation Program
New Zealand has a rich history of over a thousand years of human settlement with Maori, Pacific, Asian and European cultures all coming together is this truly unique place. It’s a culture that celebrates this diversity and uses it as its greatest strength. After finishing the Maori course, you will be able to choose a volunteer project. You may choose between environmental/forest and animal/wildlife conservation. You can volunteer for a minimum of two weeks and a maximum of eight weeks. The program includes airport pick-up and an orientation meeting, accommodation, free use of PC’s and Internet while at Wellington Business School and ongoing assistance and support.
Cost: $1,510.
Contact: GeoVisions, 101 Sage Hollow Road, Guilford, CT 06437.
Tel: 203-457-4257. Toll Free. 877-949-9998. Fax: 203-738-1024.
Email: programs@geovisions.org
Website: www.geovisions.org
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Volunteer Abroad Placements Available in Australia through Working Abroad
Choose from conservation programs. Volunteer programs include placement, housing, meals, project related transportation, training and social and cultural activities. Over 35 years experience arranging cultural exchange programs.
Cost: $895 and up
Dates: Year-Round
Contact: InterExchange Working Abroad, 161 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10013, 212-924-0446, toll-free 1-800-597-3675
Email: workabroad@interexchange.org
Website: www.workingabroad.org
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Environmental Volunteer Projects in Australia
Experience Australia from the inside while gaining the satisfaction of helping to preserve its beautiful and unique natural environment. By living and working side with local residents and other international volunteers on a service project you will be more than just a tourist passing through, you will become a member of the community. Depending on the time of year you may help with tree planting, erosion control, trail maintenance, habitia restoration or endangered wildlife/ plant surveys.Volunteers can move among different projects to experience multiple areas of the country. CCI is a non profit founded in 1985 and run by seasoned travel enthusiasts who regularly participate in their own cultural exchanges.
Dates: Flexible, year round.
Cost: Prices start at $785 for a one week program icnluding room and board, insurance, orientation and full support.
Contact: Center for Cultural Interchange, 746 N. Lasalle Dr., Chicago, IL 60610.
Tel: 1.312.944.2544 or direct 312.264.1601.
Email: info@cci-exchange.com
Website: www.cci-exchange.com
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Volunteer in New Zealand with Maori Culture Course
This special program gives participants an inside view of New Zealand's indigenous culture and natural environment. A two week course in Maori cultural traditions is followed by a volunteer conservation project that allows participants to experience some of the most spectacular wilderness areas in New Zealand while working to help protect them. CCI is a non profit founded in 1985 and run by experienced and enthusiastic travelers who participate regularly in their own cultural exchanges.
Dates: The culture course takes place in January and July only. Volunteer projects are available year round.
Cost: Prices start at $1630 for a 4 week program including the two week culture course with homestay and meals, 2 week volunteer program with accommodation and meals, airport assistance, insurance, and full support.
Contact: Center for Cultural Interchange, 746 N. Lasalle Dr., Chicago, IL 60610.
Tel: 1.312.944.2544 or direct 312.264.1601.
Email: info@cci-exchange.com
Website: www.cci-exchange.com
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Australian Tropical Research Foundation
Volunteers over the age of 23 required for variety of tasks. Contribution of about AU$15 per day.
Contact: PMB 5, Cape Tribulation, Queensland 4873, Australia; 011-61-7-4098-0063; austrop@austrop.org.au; www.austrop.org.au.
Australian Volunteer Search
Provides a new way for Volunteers to search for a Volunteer Opportunity. Our aim is to give all Volunteers the best possible access to the biggest choice of Opportunities. Australian Volunteer Search can help you find a Volunteer Organisation as well as providing links to 'Australian Job Search' and other related websites.
Contact: volunteersearch.gov.au
Cape Tribulation Tropical Research Station
Volunteer actively involved in local conservation issues in Australia, as well as biological issues.
Contact: www.austrop.org.au
Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA)
Organizes short- and long-term voluntary conservation projects in Australia. Overseas volunteers participate in a 4 or 6-week package costing from AUS$815 and AUD$1,200 respectively.
Contact: P.O. Box 423, Ballarat, Victoria 3353, Australia; 011-61-3-5333 1483; www.conservationvolunteers.com.au.
Global Crossroad
Experience Australia’s beauty as a Conservation Volunteer
Australia—the “Land Down Under”—offers visitors a cornucopia of natural wonder unlike any in the world. Global Crossroad’s Conservation volunteer in Australia Program takes volunteers to one of the world’s most spectacular continents, one of endless sparkling beaches, dense tropical rainforests, arid desert lands, and the renowned “outback” with its unique animal species.
Through the collaborative efforts of Global Crossroad and its partner grassroots organizations, volunteers enjoy the natural enchantment of Australia while supporting local efforts to preserve its pristine environment. Our unique Conservation Experience in Australia provides volunteers with the rewarding opportunity to protect, preserve, and restore Australia’s enchanting natural sites in locations that are urban, regional, and remote.
Contact: info@globalcrossroad.com, www.globalcrossroad.com/australia/volunteer_in_australia.php
Global Volunteer Network
Volunteer in New Zealand
Join a small team of volunteers working to preserve, monitor, and re-establish the natural environment in the Wellington region. Prepare yourself to encounter the challenges of environmental restoration in New Zealand's native forests, wild coastline, and coastal islands, working on wildlife monitoring, restoration and research projects.
Contact: info@volunteer.org.nz, www.volunteer.org.nz/newzealand.
HELP Exchange
An online listing of host organic farms, non-organic farms, farmstays, homestays, ranches, lodges, B&B, inns, backpackers hostels and even sailing boats who invite volunteer helpers to stay with them short-term in exchange for food and accommodation (board and lodging).
Contact: www.helpx.net
International Student Exchange
Voluntary School Work Experience Program allows people to spend 3-12 months working in a field of their interest (e.g. language teaching, animal welfare, theatre) without pay. Accommodations arranged with host families at AUS$55 per night plus AUS$100 application fee.
Contact: Pty. Ltd. Unit 16, 172 Redland Bay Road, Capalaba, Queensland 4157, Australia; 011-61-7-3390 3838; ise@i-s-e.com.au, www.i-s-e.com.au.
Involvement Volunteers Association Inc.
Registration fee is AU$275 ($217), single placement program fee AU$325 ($256) or multiple placement AU$500 ($395) plus extra AU$110 ($86) per project accepted. IVI has links with projects around Australia (and worldwide). Past placements have included assisting zoology research in Queensland, working at a reptile park in South Australia, and social service work with children, elderly, and disabled people.
Contact: P.O. Box 218, Port Melbourne, Victoria 3207, Australia; 011-61-3-9646 9392; ivworldwide@volunteering.org.au, www.volunteering.org.au.
LANDSCOPE Expeditions
A nonprofit, self-supporting study and research project since 1992, this volunteer vacation program represents the best possible marriage of resources between government (Dept. of Conservation and Land Management), academic research (Univ. of Western Australia), and the inquiring minds and helping hands of an interested public (vacation volunteers). An excellent introduction to Western Australia’s unique natural surroundings. Seventy-five percent of participants are older adults. (review by Alison Gardner).
Contact: UWA Extension, Univ. of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia; 08-6488-2433, fax 08-6488 1066; extension@uwa.edu.au. Go to www.naturebase.net to download a free copy of the LANDSCOPE Expeditions tour schedule.
New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC)
Runs conservation projects throughout New Zealand. Addresses and Calendar of Volunteer opportunities are listed on the web site (i.e. volunteers needed to carry out wildlife surveys and clean up remote beaches.
Contact: www.doc.govt.nz
New Zealand Trust for Conservation Volunteers
National organization that maintains an online register of conservation projects throughout New Zealand for the benefit of volunteers including international volunteers. Many project organizers provide free transport and accommodations.
Contact: 343 S.H.17 R.D.3, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand; Tel./fax. 011-64-9-415 9336; conservol@clear.net.nz, www.conservationvolunteers.org.nz.
Service Civil International Workcamps SCI US
SCI is an exchange organization that sends volunteers on 2-3 week international work projects and long term 3-12 month opportunities in over 50 countries, including Australia. The $250 application fee covers lodging, meals, and minimal health insurance. SCI promotes voluntary service to impact social, environmental and humanitarian issues.
Contact: Service Civil International (SCI), 5505 Walnut Level Rd, Crozet, VA, 22932; Tel. 1-206-350-6585.
Email: sciivs.placement@gmail.com
Visit www.sci-ivs.org for an application or www.ivp.org.au for if the Australian branch.
United Nations Volunteer Program in Papua New Guinea
Apply to serve as a UNV Specialist in Papua New Guinea in Governance, Community Development, HIV/AIDS, and Natural Resource Management.
Contact: jim.chalmers@undp.org, www.undp.org.pg
VIBE Foundation (Volunteers and Interns for Balinese Education)
VIBE is a non-profit organisation in Bali and Java, Indonesia. We offer volunteer and internship opportunities within the realms of children's Education and general educational development work. Our primary focus is in ESL, but we offer a wide variety of volunteer, internship and partner-internship programs.
Contact: balichild@yahoo.com, www.vibefoundation.org.
Volunteers for Peace
Offers a variety of summer volunteer workcamps in Australia.
Contact: www.vfp.org
WWOOF-Australia (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms)
Distributes the Australian WWOOF Book, with the addresses of about 1,600 member farms in Australia looking for short- or long-term voluntary help. Membership costs AU$60 (which includes accident insurance) if bought outside Australia. Also publishes worldwide list of farms and volunteer work opportunities for AU$27.
Contact: 2166 Gelantipy Rd., W Tree, Via Buchan, Victoria 3885, Australia; 011-61-3-5155-0218, wwoof@wwoof.com.au, www.wwoof.com.au.
WWOOF-New Zealand
Membership from abroad costs NZ$45 ($30), which includes a list of 919 organic growers.
Contact: P.O. Box 1172, Nelson, New Zealand; Tel./fax 011-64-3-544-9890; support@wwoof.co.nz, www.wwoof.co.nz.
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