- i to i has projects in Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya and South Africa.
- Earthwatch Institute offers expeditions to South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Cameroon, Kenya and more.
- Projects Abroad is a Canadian based organization that offers volunteer projects in Ghana, Ethiopia, Morocco, Tanzania, Senegal and Togo. Spend a week, summer or gap year volunteering your time to help in schools, orphanages, healthcare centers and more. Minimum volunteer length is 2 weeks.
- Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa (VPWA) has volunteer projects in Ghana, from 2 weeks to a year duration. Volunteers can work in schools, health centers, on conservation projects, the field of water and sanitation and many other areas.
- Amizade.org offers a summer program in Ghana.
- Global Crossroad offers volunteer opportunities in Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya and South Africa.
- Volunteer in Africa is a British based charity that offers both short and long-term volunteer opportunities in Namibia, Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya. Teching, conservation, health education and more opportunities for skilled and non-skilled volunteers.
- Foot 2 Afrika is owned and run by Tanzanians. They offer volunteer opportunities in education, community development, sport coaching, building and construction and more. They're based in Moshi, Tanzania.
- Ecomambo - identifies volunteer placements with small or medium local organisations in Africa and promotes these placements in order to attract volunteers to help out at these projects.
- Edge of Africa offers volunteer placements in South Africa on conservation, community and sports projects.
- Global Service Corps offers programs in Tanzania.
- Willing Workers in South Africa offers volunteer opportunities in South Africa.
- African Impact Organize and facilitate volunteer projects throughout Africa, they're based in Cape Town.
- Original Volunteers offers volunteer programs in several African countries including, Kenya, Morocco, Ghana and South Africa for reasonable fees. They are based in the UK.
- Connect123.com Develops and administers volunteer and study abroad programs in South Africa, it is affiliated with the University of Cape Town.
- Blue Ventures offers a summer volunteer program in southwest Madagascar.
- Senevolu offers volunteer opportunities in Senegal.
- All Africa Volunteers offer short-term volunteer programs in South Africa. Programs range from helping on a Game Reserve to teaching in local schools in the Eastern Cape area.
- Africa Guide is not a volunteer organization, but lists some excellent volunteer opportunities for all Africa on its web site, along with costs involved and duration.
- Promotion and Human Development Center, Togo - PDH is a social centre that works with social cases, HIV/AIDS patients, and homeless and impoverished children living in Lome. Volunteers accompany PDH staff members on home visits, hospital visits, and investigations in the mornings.
- Family Voluntary Services, East London, South Africa - have been providing humanitarian services and participating in a variety of community based initiatives throughout the Eastern Cape since 2000. Some of these projects include food distribution to a children’s home, soup kitchens, clinics, and old folks home as well as prisoner rehabilitation.
- Street Girls Aid - S.Aid assists girls and young mothers who are living on the streets of Accra, Ghana. S.Aid needs volunteers to assist in the various crèches and in the House of Refuge.
- Youth Care Entertainment, based in Chipata, Zambia is looking for help to start up a tourism venture in eastern Zambia with the aim to empower local youth to create their own self-sustaining source of employment. They also support a local craft center and a kids club. Contact Chipayeni Mwanza (ycezambia@gmail.com) for more info.
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