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Worldwide Helpers is an online volunteer network that helps connect non profits around the world with volunteers who want to help out on a variety of projects. Their online projects database is searchable by country, location, assignment duration and cost. They also offer ratings for many of the projects which are provided by previous participants. For example, the site lists projects like the Hohoe Charity school in Ghana which serves as a boarding school for orphans and poor children.
This school is seeking volunteers for teaching assistant positions to assist Ghanaian teachers on an ongoing basis. Participants will help to educate about 180 students between the ages of 4 to 14 years old. The school provides for all needs of the children and uses volunteers to help add enrichment to the children's lives and teach them English conversation skills.
Another great place to find international orphanage volunteering opportunities online is the International Volunteer HQ website (IVHQ). This organization offers volunteer programs starting from as low as $180 in developing countries around the world. They place over 3,000 volunteers per year in a variety of programs overseas, and the organization is adding new programs in Russia, Argentina and Sri Lanka next year.
IVHQ projects are the perfect choice for those who are traveling abroad on a gap year, taking a volunteer holiday or looking for meaningful volunteer work in the developing world. Projects range in length from a single day to 6 months, and are provided via local partner organizations which helps ensure that volunteers are working on projects where they can do the most good.
Orphanage volunteers are needed in many different countries, and their work is appreciated by the children whose lives they touch. Organizations like United Planet offer programs which combine volunteer work with language learning, excursions, cultural activities and Cultural Awareness programs to provide volunteers with a satisfying experience in exchange for their valuable community service work.
Orphanage volunteers have the opportunity to help vulnerable children around the world by providing for their basic needs and helping to educate them for a brighter future as well. United Planet offers long term opportunities for orphanage volunteers in a variety of countries which can last for 6 months to 1 year. They also offer many short term opportunities for periods of 1 to 12 weeks with start dates year round.
Many Christian missions also operate orphanages in developing and developed countries which provide orphanage volunteer opportunities. For example, the Alabama Baptist Children's Homes operate campuses in Mobile and Decatur which provide housing for children. Similarly, the Albuquerque Christian Children's Home in New Mexico provides housing for orphans as well as children who have no support from their parents and need security, guidance and protection.
This school helps kids to attend school and church to provide them with a stable foundation to become responsible adults. Another children's ranch in Benson, Arizona is in need of house parents and construction workers to help the orphanage build a school and expand their facilities. The Alpha Christian Children's Home in Perry, Kansas is also recruiting volunteers in the areas of construction, teaching, and more.
