Imagine being able to gain skills, build your confidence, have an adventure - all whilst doing something positive and impactful? You can on a Raleigh expedition.

A Raleigh expedition is a once in a lifetime experience. You’ll get involved with a variety of community and environmental projects and create long lasting change. You are needed on the ground in the communities and environments that we work in and your hard work and energy will contribute towards making a real difference!

Why volunteer with Raleigh?

• You’ll experience, first-hand, real development issues.
• You’ll become much more aware of the world around you and the role that you could play in protecting it.
• Your knowledge, skills and learning will increase and you’ll reassess your values, so you have the confidence and tools to become a better active citizen
• You’ll work alongside other volunteers from all around the world, including local youth from the host country. So you’ll have the chance to meet and work alongside lots of different people.
• You’ll live and work alongside remote communities and local project partners, fully immerse yourself in community life and achieve change together. You’ll be exposed to different ways of working, cultures, and beliefs.
• Adventure is at the heart of it. You’ll be living in basic conditions, you’ll be out of your comfort zone, and you’ll get to explore unique and stunning landscapes.

Raleigh International is looking for young people aged 17-24 from all over the world to join our expeditions. We have spaces on our volunteering programmes in Borneo, Nepal, Nicaragua & Costa Rica, and Tanzania for 5, 7 or 10 weeks.

Our adventurous expeditions bring together people to help deliver important sustainable development programmes and create lasting change in rural communities that need it the most. We also have Volunteer Manager opportunities for those over 25 to help lead and support the expeditions.

We look for volunteers to create impact together regardless of background or life stage. All you need is an open mind, commitment, and a desire to change your world for the better.

What will you be doing? Raleigh expeditions are an unique opportunity to work on remote community and environmental projects and face adventure challenges in some of the most incredible areas of the world. You’ll be living in basic conditions, working in rural communities or national parks, you’ll be out of your comfort zone, and you’ll get to explore unique and stunning landscapes. You’ll become much more aware of the world around you and the role that you could play in protecting it.

You will support Raleigh’s work in these main areas:

• Providing access to safe water and sanitation
• Building stronger, more resilient communities
• Protecting vulnerable environments.

The projects you do contribute to 3-year programmes of work agreed with project partners and funders. This means that the aims of the project are clear, fit into longer-term outcomes and progress towards achieving them is monitored regularly. So you know that you will be making a real difference.

When will you go? Expeditions take place three times a year, starting in February & March, June & July and October & November.