A career breaker volunteering with Projects Abroad in Belize helps a child improve literacy at a local school.

Professional Volunteering Abroad and Career Breaks

Do something different overseas and become part of our ongoing efforts to support communities in need

In today's world, a career break can take you to unexpected places. Instead of staying close to home, do something different and explore our career break opportunities abroad.


With Projects Abroad, you'll travel overseas and become part of our ongoing efforts to support local communities. You'll work on long-term, sustainable solutions, not quick fixes. And throughout it all, you'll work alongside passionate volunteers and our dedicated in-country staff.


If you're interested in professional volunteering abroad, we can help you use the skills you've honed throughout your career to make a difference. It's a great way to break away from your 9-5 routine and adapt to a new environment and challenges. Or, you can do something completely different. We'll be able to help you realise your potential and discover what you're capable of regardless of the project you choose.

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Children line up with their backpacks outside their classroom in Nepal
Volunteer with Children in Nepal
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  • Price: £1,300 for 2 weeks
  • Extra Weeks: £205
  • Start Date: Anytime
  • Minimum Duration: 2 weeks
  • Age: 16 or over
Local medical staff with a group of Projects Abroad Medicine interns doing work experience placements in Tanzania.
Medicine Internship in Tanzania
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  • Price: £1,725 for 2 weeks
  • Extra Weeks: £255
  • Start Date: Anytime
  • Minimum Duration: 2 weeks
  • Age: 16 or over
Projects Abroad Conservation volunteers build an eco-wall using recycled plastic in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
Giant Tortoise & Sea Lion Conservation in the Galapagos Islands
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  • Price: £1,745 for 1 week
  • Extra Weeks: £305
  • Start Date: Anytime
  • Minimum Duration: 1 week
  • Age: 16 or over
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Volunteering Abroad for Professionals

For professional volunteering abroad, we recommend our Flexi Trips. These trips are at the core of what we offer at Projects Abroad: flexible, tailored volunteering experiences that are right for you.

If you’re a medical or healthcare professional, for example, you can volunteer in a rural clinic or community hospital. Here, you can use your skills to run workshops and help local professionals learn about improved or new treatment methods. We also have a number of childcare and teaching placements that would benefit from having professional social workers, teachers, and psychologists there. 

You can also choose to work in law and human rights or as a business consultant on one of our Micro-finance Projects.

Regardless of what you choose to do, these internships are handled on a case-by-case basis. We can chat to you directly about the placement where you’ll be able to make the biggest difference, and tailor your experience to your set of skills. 

The following options are not limited to the destinations listed, but are a perfect example of what professionals can do:

Tanzanian medical professionals spend time with a nurse volunteering abroad for her career break.

Volunteering Abroad for Career Breakers

On a career break, you have the freedom to do something different and explore a completely new field. You don’t need to stick to what you know. We’re here to help you discover you’re capable of more.

 

Here are some of our favourite opportunities for career breakers wanting to try something new:

 

We’re here to help you find the project that matches your goals for your career break.

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