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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?

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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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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.
The colours of the tropics are everywhere. It's something that deems to hit you from the moment you land. Whether its the green of the trees, the colours of the deities and shrines, or the clothing of the people going about their daily business. In Myanmar, Ghana, or Sri Lanka, ceremonies are bright and colourful. Get behind the scenes of a different world when you volunteer with us.
You may be surprised to know that we work with a village of people of African descent not far from our hostel and HQ in Sri Lanka. Here in the picture, they are performing traditional African music at our volunteers' hostel, @figandgecko, which is a way of keeping Africa alive in their hearts after hundreds of years in Sri Lanka. (Music is also a vital source of income for them). Various stories, some dating back as far as the Arab traders, some to the British in the 19th Century, tell of how the people came to be in Sri Lanka. That they still speak Portuguese may offer a clue as to origins and time. When life settles down again after these recent attacks in Sri Lanka, as it wiil, we hope to welcome a Portuguese speaker as a volunteer to work in the village to keep Portuguese alive. We also are raising funds with @giveafigngo to provide piped water to the village, as the women have to walk uphill to the well to collect it in jerry cans. There's plenty to do and get involved in in Sri Lanka, Ghana, and Myanmar. Contact us to reserve your place.
Volunteer in Ghana, one of Africa's safest countries, with an NGO we partner with. Teach English in schools and to children in a 'settled person's (ex refugees) camp. Carry out medical electives, and you can construct toilets and bio-gas facilities on our 'Donate-and-Do' projects. Also register for university led psychology, public health, conservation, and research projects starting in 2019. We offer excellent volunteering for individuals, groups, undergraduates, graduates, and for supervised MA Research. Contact us for details.
April 23rd National Day of Mourning
It was in 2016 that we carried out our first 'donate and do' project in Sri Lanka with @knightsyouthcentre , London. They renovated and improved monastery and community buildings in a village, and made a huge impact on everyone. Since then, other groups, small and large have painted classrooms, and built toilets. You can also lay water pipe netwprks, dig wells, install domestic bio-gas units, and support organic agriculture. If you live making a difference, and if you have groups you'd love to see challenged and developed, contact us for details. We have projects in Ghana, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.
One of the great things about volunteering is taking part in daily life, and finding out what everyday life is like for people in the countries you volunteer in. Here, farmers in Sri Lanka are taking their crops to market. You could volunteer with us in Ghana, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka. Join us in 2019 - travel does broaden the mind.
For the best volunteering in Sri Lanka, teaching in schools, colleges, children's centres, and under trees in monastery grounds. If variety is the spice of life, and good food, accommodation, and support makes volunteering enjoyable and meaningful, and experiencing other cultures is the fireworks, then you'll love volunteering with us, and coming back for more.

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