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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.

Volunteering Updates from Sri Lanka

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Meet Joe @ruagafvolunteering our ambassador at @rutgersu . He'll be telling you all about volunteering with us in Sri Lanka and Ghana, and the projects we have in 2019. Contact him for details!
Travel differently! Volunteer professionally! Love what we do, love what you do, love Sri Lanka!
Medical electives news! We've teamed up with an NGO in Ghana to welcome you to our medical electives and internships. Working with 2 hospitals and clinics in the Accra area, as well as with a camp for people who were refugees and now have settled status, these opportunities have been running successfully for 5 years. With the professional support and assurances of Give A Fig Volunteering, you're guaranteed a fulfilling and career boosting experience. Contact us for details and costs.
We never forget our favourite teachers, and in our experience, the kids you teach in Sri Lanka and Ghana never forget you, the volunteers. Join us in 2019 and make a difference supporting local NGOs. Contact us for details, and tag a friend you'd like to volunteer with.
Volunteering with us is much more. Make a difference to yourself and your world. enquiries@givesfigvolunteering.com Education, medical, family strengthening, community work, village work, tourism development.
Working with communities is a pleasure, as is the honour of being invited to their ceremonies. Here, preparations are underway for the ceremony to promote the chief priest of a village we work with. See the world differently. Volunteer with us in 2019.
Volunteering in Sri Lanka, Ghana, and Myanmar
Our new website's coming, along with new university projects in Sri Lanka, as well as Ghana where we'll be offering medical projects, and in Myanmar. Join us in 2019 for amazing volunteering that is guaranteed by us.
We're adding a balcony at our volunteers' accommodation, @figandgecko , and @giveafigngo HQ. You'll be able to sunbathe, watch the wildlife, and sleep under the stars. What are you waiting for? Volunteer with us, make a real difference and have an amazing time.
We wish all our volunteers, partners, alumni, staff, friends, and followers, a happy Christmas and a great new year. We thought you'd like to see the faces that guarantee that all who join us are looked after and supported, wherever you are and whatever you undertake, which makes for amazing volunteering and great outcomes. Join us in 2019
Wherever you're volunteering with us, serving the children who live in the poorest communities food, encourages them to go to school in Sri Lanka, or as in Ghana, to come to school. Volunteering with us supports the work of the NGOs who've set up to meet local needs, which as you know has a global impact. Make a difference, understand the world better, and enjoy the country and culture. Contact us, and find out how to make the most of your time when you volunteer.
We're expanding in 2019 to support NGOs in Ghana and Myanmar, working in a refugee resettlement camp, in a school, medical projects, on family strengthening projects, women's empowerment projects and, with @figandgecko , supporting NGOs to develop self-sustainability though offering tours and experiences that include popular VC tourist experiences, and those involving culture and experiences off the beaten track. Making a difference can be as easy as going on holiday. Message us for details.
You'll volunteer, meet the community, and be welcomed into their activities. Make a difference, meet the people, know SrI Lanka. Message us to find out more.
There's always time to take a break when you're volunteering. And maybe volunteering is that break you need. From 2 - 52 weeks. Step out of your life, step into soneone elses, and step back into yours seeing the world through fresh eyes. Contact us to find out more about an amazing, well supported, and meaningful experience.
Put yourself in the frame for an amazing and worthwhile volunteering experience in 2019. Contact us to find about juning our projects supporting local people, Community and Non-Governmemtsl organisations in Sri Lanka, Ghana, and Myanmar.

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