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Volunteer with us

and make a difference in your life and theirs

 
 

2019 Volunteer in Ghana and Myanmar

Volunteering in Ghana

Our Projects are based in the rural area around Accra, supporting a well established local NGO.

  • Medical Volunteering (qualifications apply): in 2 clinics and a hospital

  • Teaching English, Maths, Science in a school started and run by the NGO, for local children who are unable to afford an education

  • Refugee Camp, now a relocation camp for refugees granted residency in Ghana. You will working with children, some of whom have surviving relatives, on a family strengthening projects in the camp.

 
 
 
 
 

Volunteering in Myanmar

Our Projects are based in the urban area of Mawlamyine

 

We’re Recruiting

Gap Year, Interns, Internships, and Paid Posts

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a National Development Coordinator in Sri Lanka

Support our Sri Lanka Volunteering, and develop our Sri Lanka NGO.

Could we be a match?

Find out more here

 

Join us volunteering from £110 / USD$139 / week

There is no registration fee, and no hidden charges

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Sri Lanka Volunteering
 

Alice volunteered with us in Summer 2017, and is a student at University of Oxford

listen to her Audio Review at   http://www.giveafigvolunteering.com/reviews/

Ricky and Niko volunteered with us in 2108. Read their review.

Government Partnered Education and Development Projects

  • The correct visas for volunteering in Sri Lanka (A Tourist Visa does not allow you to volunteer in Sri Lanka)

  • Volunteer with confidence - we give you 24 hour, 365 days, 360⁰ support in Sri Lanka.

  • UK Staff with you in Sri Lanka

  • No hidden costs, Affordable Volunteering: Priceless Opportunities

  • Take your TESOL Qualification with us, for fun, and for travel.

  • Our programmes are from 2 weeks - 1 year, from aged 16 - to over 60,

  • You'll stay with our staff in our own accommodation, the Fig and Gecko

About Us

Hi! We're Paul and Jane.

We pride ourselves in doing our best for you, so that you can do your best for the communities we work with.

Meet the Team

Your accommodation when you volunteer with us

Our competitive Pricing

 

 

Volunteer Projects

Aged 16- 60? Join us for the adventure of a lifetime and make a real difference in Sri Lanka.

All our volunteering, which you'll love, is community initiated - from teaching English in schools and orphanages, to working with turtles, to building toilets. All in a day's volunteering!

As an education company, we have a unique position of trust in Sri Lanka, and our range of professionally planned and supported projects, can be tailored to suit your outcomes. Discover Our Projects

Sri Lanka

Because of our close working relationships with the Sri Lankan people & government, with Give A Fig Volunteering (& Give A Fig NGO), you'll experience this beautiful safe and incredible tropical island, its people, vibrant culture, festivals, and unique environment from within.

Featured Project:

 Dienst als freiwillige und unterrichtet Deutsch in Sri Lanka

Coach / Teach German in Sri Lankan Government Schools

Volunteer with Confidence:

Volunteer with confidence

Give A Fig are trusted Volunteering partners of :

Sri Lankan government, Education Department:

German Government Volunteering Programme Hosts. 

Join us from 2 -52 weeks, teaching German Language in government schools to pupils aged 14 - 19. Support these pupils who have chosen German as a subject, and their teachers.

Run German language clubs for those younger than 14, and run German language holiday clubs in December, April, and August.

We welcome as volunteers complete beginners to those who are retired teachers.

 

For more information about our other projects, visit our volunteering project page.

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Seemed like a perfect photo opportunity. We'd left the monks' school and were stood at the expertly restored ancient 'pond' with the Ruwanwelisaya - one of Sri Lankan buddhism's most sacred sites - in the background.
My first stop in Sri Lanka on Sunday was to meet with Nalin again, the most acclaimed puppeteer in Sri Lanka. Nalin has been to 20 countries demonstrating his skills, and holding workshops. it was his great grandfather who made puppeteering what it has become today, a tradition of story telling and drama and child sized puppets. The puppets are hand made; the dancing girl was made by his father and is 70 years old - the other puppets were made by Nalin The stories are comedic, dramatic, and musical. In order to preserve the culture, we are working with Nalin to bring puppeteering to new tourist audiences, as advisory shows for children in schools, as well as working with others from overseas universities or other groups who may like to learn puppeteering, present shows in English, and make their own puppets. If you're interested in joining us on a course, or hosting shows in Sri Lanka or overseas, please contact us for details.
I clearly need a lot more practise just to get the stance of a lion for this Sri Lankan mask dance. Your teacher, should you like to learn the history of mask dancing, making masks, and dancing, will be the eminent thespian and academic, Professor Bentharage, who's been acting and dancing since childhood. Joining us for volunteering, or on our our cultural courses, which develop your skills as well as contributes to saving the culture of Sri Lanka and making it known to a wider audience and new generations. You know with us, you'll be making a difference in your life and those of others.
We're back in Sri Lanka and it's been a privilege to meet again the masters of the arts and to discuss how we, with @giveafigngo and @figandgecko can work to preserve these cultural treasures. I met Professor Lionel Bentharage, author, speaker and thespian and learnt much about mask making, mask theatre and drama. If you'd like to learn the arts, make masks (and other crafts) contact us for details.
Medical experience, electives, and volunteering in clinics and hospitals in Ghana. Fully managed and supported placements with our longstanding partners. Get tropical experience with us in one of the safest countries in Africa. Contact us for details.
We change lives - and exchange happiness! Volunteer with us. Professionally organised and supported volunteering rooted in long term development. Ghana, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
We love the colours and vibrancy of Myanmar. We work there in partnership with 2 organisations. One is a Civil Society Organisation linked with the UN, working in empowerment, particularly of women and villagers. Volunteer in Myanmar, teaching English, or German on training programmes run by the CSO. Join us for a professional volunteering experience that enhances your CV
Teach classes from primary through secondary, ages 5 - 16 in Ghana. The school we work with was established over 10 years ago by a local NGO to provide free schooling in small classes of up to 30 (90 is quite normal in government schools) for local children and those of refugees. Our teaching here through volunteers opens the world to them, and helps fund the wages of the full-time teaching staff. Join us in Ghana, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, and change your life and theirs.
You're a star for teaching, and of course, these children are the stars who want to learn. Teach in government schools, charity schools, schools for monks, in villages under trees, and on children's projects - in Ghana, and Sri Lanka. Teach villagers and women's groups in Myanmar. Contact us to open your world and theirs.
Join us in Ghana, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka on our.0₩
Would you love to volunteer? You can. You may be thinking of teaching? Or you are a teacher. Or doing a TEFL /TESOL. Join us in government schools in Ghana and Sri Lanka, and get experience internationally that will help you with interviews, MA studies, professional development, and your outlook on life. English is the language of instruction for all subjects in Ghana, and most subjects in Sri Lanka, and we're teaching English in Myanmar. We also need French, Japanese, and Korean speakers to volunteer in Sri Lanka, and German speakers in Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Contact us to find out more.
We have volunteers off to Ghana, who volunteered with us in Sri Lanka. They had such a great time with us, and it was organised so well that they're taking friends. That's a recommendation worth having. Join us in 2019. You can also volunteer with us in Myanmar and Sri Lanka
Ghana's first language is English, (and it's one of the safest countries in Africa) so just as in Sri Lanka you'll be able to make a huge contribution to the kids in the NGO set up school we work with. Whether you want an experience of teaching to see if you like it, want to enhance your CV,, or do educational research, we're the people to volunteer with. We work with government, schools, and NGOs, so you'll have 24/7, 360° in-country support. You can also teach English or German in Myanmar. Contact us for details.
Volunteer in Myanmar. Teach English in a monastery, in schools, and with a civil society organisation (CSO) working to train villagers to be able to determine the direction of their lives in a changing world. We also need German teachers, as well as business advisors. Contact us for more details.

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