Volunteer in Mongolia

Projects Abroad in Mongolia Live and work in exciting Mongolia. Projects start year-round and last from two weeks to a year. Opportunities exist in teaching, care, culture and community, sports, medicine, journalism, business and veterinary medicine. Programs are for ages 16+. Dates: Start any day you choose. Cost: From $1,795. Contact: Projects Abroad, 347 West 36th Street, Suite 903, New York NY 10018. Tel: US Toll-free 1 888 839 3535. Email: info@projects-abroad.org Website: www.projects-abroad.org

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Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads
Summer excavations in southern Russia and Mongolia use volunteers (20+). Three-week session costs $1,350 for students, $1,550 for non-students.

Contact: 2158 Palomar Ave., Ventura, CA 93001; Tel./fax. 805-653-2607; jkimball@csen.org; www.csen.org.

Earthwatch Institute
Expedition to Mongolia
Help Chinese scientists discover why China’s massive Gobi Desert is growing at an alarming rate and where the water is going.

Contact: www.earthwatch.org/expeditions/gu.html.

Ecovolunteer in Mongolia
Przewalski's horse research and re-introduction.

Contact: www.ecovolunteer.org

New Choice Mongolian Volunteer Organization
NGO that arranges short- and long-term placements for volunteers to teach English, renovate buildings, etc. Fee from $495 to $1,950.

Contact: Ikh toiruu, Building-15, Room-405, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (P.O. Box 159, Ulaanbaatar 210646); Tel./fax. 011-967-11-314577; info@volunteer.org.mn, www.volunteer.org.mn/new/index.html.

Peace Corps in Mongolia
The Peace Corps sponsors programs in Mongolia which address education, health, the environment, and community development.

Contact: www.peacecorps.org and look up Mongolia.

Restore a 300-Year-Old Temple in Mongolia
Travel to the "Land of Blue Skies" and the birthplace of Genghis Khan to help restore an 18th century Buddhist temple. Volunteers live and work alongside local Mongolians, while enjoying the lush beauty of the Khentii countryside. Work with CRTP in one of the least-traveled destinations on earth: Mongolia.

Contact: Mark Hintzke, Cultural Restoration Tourism Project, 410 Palamo Ave., Pacifica, CA 94044; 415-563-7221; mailto:crtp@earthlink.net, www.crtp.net.

Volunteers for Peace (VFP)
Volunteer Workcamps in Mongolia
Services include providing consultation and a placement service for workcamp hosts and volunteers, linking people with programs. Programs foster international education, voluntary service and friendship. In the last 22 years over 22,000 volunteers have been placed in international workcamps world-wide.

Contact: www.vfp.org and search for Mongolia.