Volunteer Abroad Programs for High School Students
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Kenya - Assisting local community members on a construction project

GVI Foundations encourages students aged 15-17 to participate in international volunteer projects worldwide.

GVI Foundations works closely with teachers to design educational volunteer experiences for schools and their students.

South Africa - Lions on the walk

GVI Foundations offers community and conservation volunteer programs in Kenya, South Africa, Costa Rica, Peru, Thailand, India, Greece and Fiji.

The group at Colca Canyon

GVI was named the world's Best Volunteering Organisation at the 2011 Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards.

Find fun in the Peruvian deserts with your fellow volunteers

GVI Foundations provides you with an incredible opportunity to travel and learn about new cultures around the world.

Program Spotlight

Costa Rica

Join us in Costa Rica - a land of jungles, volcanoes and beaches - to volunteer on our community development and education projects. In the most exciting two weeks of your life, you’ll make great friends from around the world, help a community in need, Learn Spanish, and maybe even learn to surf!

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Testimonials from Volunteers

In the shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro I learnt to shatter the prejudices that eclipse...

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Thank you for the life changing experience! Over the past 2 weeks a lot of things...

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I never really considered going to Thailand. I was supposed to go to Italy, but...

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Why GVI Foundations?

GVI’s history, experience, and reputation in the field put us in a unique position to create experiences of unmatched quality and impact for our volunteers.

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High School Volunteering Abroad

School trips abroad with GVI Foundations take school groups to exciting destinations all over the world to take part in vital volunteer projects. With GVI Foundations, school trips abroad are always beneficial to the host country by contributing to projects that have been requested by the local community.

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Volunteer Abroad Programs for High School Students

On school expeditions with GVI Foundations, travel in a group with your fellow classmates as you work on volunteer projects in exciting locations all over the world. School expeditions provide you with the opportunity to discover a new adventure and a different culture while volunteering.

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High School Programs Abroad

GVI Foundations offer a number of school trips in countries all over the world. These school trips focus on exposing students to a foreign culture all while giving something back in the form of volunteering projects.

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Teen Volunteering Abroad

School expeditions abroad with GVI Foundations give school-aged students the opportunity to volunteer abroad and contribute to meaningful projects in an exciting foreign location. School expeditions abroad are an excellent chance for under-18s to get out there and see some of the world while giving back to the host country and local community.

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Youth Volunteer Abroad

GVI Foundations presents the opportunity to volunteer abroad for under 18 school-aged students. Volunteer abroad for under 18 students is an excellent way to introduce young adults to a different culture, a foreign country, but all while giving back in the form of meaningful volunteer projects.

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Volunteer Abroad

GVI Foundations offers projects to volunteer abroad for teenagers in several impressive locations all over the world. Volunteering is an excellent way to give something back while traveling and until now, options to volunteer abroad for teenagers have been limited.

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