Volunteering in Americas
Updated 9 Sep 2026 · 516 live projects
Volunteering across the Americas can be an adventure in the best sense: rural farms, eco-stays, hostels, language practice, and community projects run from Mexico and Central America through Brazil and the Southern Cone. Landscapes swing from highlands and cloud forest to long coasts and wide open south.
Distances are big, seasons flip between hemispheres, and Spanish or Portuguese is everyday language on most projects. English shows up in tourist areas, but a clear, friendly message about your dates and skills matters more than perfect grammar.
Read each project for hours, food, lodging, and how remote the place is. Buses cover a lot of ground; the last stretch to a farm can still take local advice and patience.
Latest projects from across the Americas appear below. Take a look and imagine yourself there.
Latest projects in Americas
Do you love teaching English and want to practice your Spanish too? Ecuador
We are an English language institute located in the charming city of Latacunga, where our motivated students are eager to improve their English skills. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help our students practice English in a fun and relaxed environment. Don't worry, you won't be teachin...
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Hostel in Tamarindo Costa Rica
Looking for volunteers who are social, outgoing, honest, responsible, and happy. We need people who can think outside the box, work independently without supervision, and have great customer service. We offer a free place to stay, close to major surfing spots and the beach, with a flexible schedule...
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Intercultural exchange in Latacunga Ecuador
Would you like to live a unique experience while helping others improve their English? This is your chance! We are looking for passionate volunteers with a good level of English who want to help enthusiastic students improve their conversation skills. Many of our students are young people in their ...
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Help organic farming in the Matanuska valley USA
Help on the farm varies by season. In the Spring we spend our time prepping the field, sowing seeds, growing transplants, cultivating those seeds in the field, weeding, and watering. As we move into summer and fall helpers will have the opportunity to harvest and sell the fruits and vegetables that ...
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Tres chiflones
Proyecto de reserva y habitabilidad en modalidad eco aldea al sur de chile, region de los rios, cordillera de la costa. Ha 47 kilometros de valdivia se encuentra esta Porcion de selva valdiviana que colinda dentro de sus 100 hectareas con el rio futa. Necesitamos voluntarios para contruccion de c...
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Volunteer Research Opportunity in the Bolivian Amazon | Aquicana Research Station, Bolivia
The 501(c) 3 non-profit Sustainable Bolivia invites you to step into the heart of the Amazon Rainforest with our volunteer experience at our newly constructed research station in the Aquicana Reserve! This position offers hands-on experience in ecological research in a beautiful lakeside tropical ra...
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Wilderness Lodge in Alaska, Jack of All Trades USA
There is a lot we could talk about. I mean there are so many opportunities to learn and recreate. We have had a lot of visitors from all over the world who have traveled Alaska, and they say the Kenai Peninsula is the best. The work varies. We have all the conveniences, but we live on the edge of m...
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Volunteer on the Caribean sea!
We use to work with Workaway, but the true is that their elitist conditions and the expensive that it is doesn´t seems fair for us. So we are trying to open ouerself to new horizons. So If you're the kind of person who enjoys tranquility and sharing a communal work and living space, this is the pe...
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