There are numerous reasons to volunteer abroad. Not is it only an opportunity to donate time and effort to help others that may be less fortunate than yourself, it also allows you to have an experience that is unique, exciting and adventurous. Lattitude Global Volunteering can make all the arrangements for you and support you every step of the way. If you would like to leave your mark on a community abroad, make a real difference to people’s lives and experience the adventure of a lifetime, a volunteering placement could be for you
Volunteering abroad can:
Help others in meaningful ways
You will have the chance to help people who really need your support and can benefit from having the opportunity to spend time with you.
Experience life
Taking time out to volunteer overseas provides a rare opportunity to do something completely different. It is a springboard for discovering yourself and the world. It might even help you plan for your future, opening your mind to possibilities you had not even considered.
Have an adventure: Volunteer abroad
Going on a Lattitude Global Volunteering placement is a real challenge. You will live and work in a different culture, and experience life from another perspective in a way that a tourist never could. You will have time to travel but your volunteering adventure will take you much further and have a lasting impact.
Make new friends
You’re guaranteed to meet like-minded people on placement. Some will be fellow volunteers, some will be colleagues, students or members of the community. Many will become friends for life.
Practice a language
The best way to improve your foreign language skills is to spend time in the country itself, away from your home influences. Volunteering abroad is an ideal way to improve any language skills you may already have, or even learn new ones! You never know when conversational Zulu or basic Vietnamese will come in handy!
Experience another culture
When simply travelling between countries you rarely have time to learn about different ways of life. By spending several months living and working overseas, you can really experience and immerse yourself in the culture of your chosen country. Many of our volunteers tell us how homesick they feel for their placement country on their return home. It’s called Reverse Culture Shock and just goes to show how fully they become immersed in their new country while volunteering.
Enhance your CV
Getting in to university or finding a new job can sometimes be hard work. Having a Lattitude Global Volunteering placement on your CV can make all the difference, particularly when you can explain the impact that your volunteering had on your own personal development and the benefits you brought to your host communities.
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