Gap year placements - community projects

5th of March 2008

Find a voluntary work placement to suit you with Real Gap Experience

Real Gap Experience offers Gap Years, Career Breaks and Volunteer Projects in over 30 countries worldwide. They offer a range of community development volunteer projects including:

Cape Town Childrens Home For Girls

Spend your time in one of the world’s most dynamic cities, offering care and support to up to 40 girls aged from 3 to 19 years old, who come from extremely difficult backgrounds.

Community and Youth Development Venezuala

A fantastic opportunity to help shape the lives of children and teenagers, in one of Venezuela’s friendliest, yet seriously underprivileged communities.

Community Volunteer Projects Ghana

Providing a voluntary service to disadvantaged people, working within a range of areas, from helping children in orphanages, in health care and education to community development programmes.

If you are interested in community volunteering on your gap year, Real Gap Experience will have the programme for you, to find out more visit their profile page.

Gapwork volunteer gap year tips: Fundraising

Volunteer work placements, offer a worthwhile experience and an incredible gap year. Most volunteer organisations are charities and will help you with any fundraising ideas to help you pay for the price of the project. Ideas range from sponsorship form a local company, old school or family friends to the old sponsored run, walk or swim and even buying and selling items on E-Bay! Whatever you decide to do, the important thing is that you are giving your time and money to a good cause and proving to yourself and others that you can be persausive, motivated and enterprising - all qualities that are valuable to prospective future employers! To find out more about community development volunteer gap year placements go to the Gapwork.com Community Development page.

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