Gap year opportunities PoD

Job description-

1 week to 6 month animal, child care, teaching and conservation projects available in Asia, Africa, Central and South America.

Who are we?
PoD is a leading non-profit organisation arranging ethical, inspiring and supported volunteering opportunities around the world. PoD offers a personal and professional service drawing on years of experience from staff in the UK and overseas. PoD also supports its projects through the Personal Overseas Development Charity (UK charity number 1139629).

What do we offer?
Great value 1 week – 6 month placements at volunteer projects in Belize, Cambodia, Ghana, Nepal, Peru, South Africa, Thailand and Vietnam. Volunteers can join a range of animal care, building, child care and orphanages, conservation, teaching and community development projects around the world. So whether you want to learn to dive and contribute to reef conservation on a private island in the Caribbean, work hands on with cheetahs or elephants in South Africa, help at an orphanage in Cambodia or teach on a tropical island in Thailand then PoD have the project for you!

What is our aim?
Established in 2001, our aim is to support ongoing projects by providing passionate and committed volunteers. We work with long term projects that we know personally and where there is genuine benefit to local communities. We are independent and so able to select the best volunteering projects available. We fully vet and regularly visit every project to ensure we maintain in-depth knowledge of our projects.

PoD believes in providing challenging, safe and fun experiences for individuals and groups to enjoy. We are passionate about giving volunteers of all ages the opportunity to use their energy, enthusiasm and personality where it counts.

What’s in it for you?
A placement with PoD will not only develop your skills and confidence, get you out of your comfort zone and explore incredible parts of the world but also provide the ability to make a genuine difference whilst having an experience which looks great on your CV.

Why volunteer with PoD?
With many different organisations offering volunteering projects, how do you choose between them and find a safe, ethical, meaningful, and exciting volunteering experience with proper support?

PoD is a specialist non-profit volunteering organisation with over 10 years of experience arranging volunteer placements overseas. Don't just take our word for it though, 98% of PoD volunteers rate their experience as good or very good!

We are trusted by over 500 people each year who choose to volunteer with PoD for the reasons below:

Non-profit PoD is run on a non-profit basis which allows us to keep prices as low as possible without compromising our level of support or service

It's personal! We’re a small, friendly UK team where you’re a name not a number. You will communicate with the same person throughout your application as we have a dedicated volunteer manager for each project.

High level of support PoD UK team are all ex-PoD volunteers with an in depth knowledge of the countries and projects we send volunteers to and we have experienced local staff on the ground who are there to support you during your time at the project.

Professional standards We’re a full member of the Year Out group meeting their comprehensive code of practice and a member of Responsible Travel as well as being a partner of the UK government FCO Know Before You Go campaign.

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