Are you looking for more meaning when you travel?
Do you want to give back to the communities you visit or help preserve the places you see? Do you want to help the animals you see suffering on the streets?
Volunteering is a great way to really understand a destination, interact with locals and meet like-minded travellers. Plus you build up your skill set too.
This first edition of globalhelpswap’s Directory of Volunteering opens up these opportunities and much more.
Read this article by the wonderful People and Places: Key questions and answers before you volunteer
Organisation: Tortugas Fundacion
Location: Yepez, Mexico
Website: http://www.tortugasfundacionyepes.com/Home
Tortugas Fundación Yepez A.C. is a non-profit organisation that has been protecting sea turtles in Veracruz, Mexico for 46 years.
Volunteer opportunities run throughout the year, and volunteers ideally stay for a minimum of one month.