The Places that I went and How to Find them on the Internet

Italian Restoration Project
Write Tonio Creanz at sinergie.altamura@virgilio.it,
$500 for 2 weeks

Lesbian Wildlife Hospital, Lesvos, Greece
http://www.wildlifeonlesvos.org free

The Monkey Sanctuary in Looe, England
http://www.ethicalworks.co.uk/monkeysanctuary/index2.htm
$100/ week

Baboon Monitoring in Cape Town, South Africa
The group I went with no longer exists but contact:
http://www.keag.org.za/projects/adopt-a-baboon.html
and they may be able to help you

The Lion Park in Johannesburg, South Africa
The author’s group was disbanded. Contact www.i-to-i.com
$1000/week

Conservation and Portuguese lessons in Rio
www.Bridgelinguatec.com
$1700/mo.

Roo Gully Sanctuary in Boyup Brook, Australia
http://members.iinet.net.au/~roogully/
$100/week

Tararu Valley Sanctuary in New Zealand
www.tararuvalley.org
$380/week

The Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand
www.elephantnaturepark.org
$275/week – you can also do a day trip here

Global Network Volunteers in Yantai, China
www.volunteer.org.nz
teaching was around $500/month

Newspaper reporting in Ireland
This program is no longer available in Ireland

These prices are just approximations.

Readers interested in obtaining the full list of global volunteer opportunities compiled by the author may request an email version only at info@smilingattheworld.com

Carbon offsetting websites to balance your travel emissions:
www.Sustainabletravelinternational.org
www.Carbonfund.org

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