Alternative Spring Break Vacations Volunteer Programs

Alternative Spring Break Vacations Volunteer Programs with Prices Starting at Only $100

Are you bored by the idea of a lazy spring break?

Do you feel like you want more than a week of zoning out with the TV, or an indulgent resort break which will fade from memory as fast as your tan does? Why not buck the trend and strike out on a different path?

RCDP have been providing alternative spring break vacations volunteer opportunities for many years, helping thousands of people enjoy the adventure of overseas travel in a more meaningful way - by doing some important and much needed volunteer work while there.

Participants gain practical experience, an insight into the true culture, make lifelong friends and help people change their lives for the better.

If you think this could be your time to share your time, effort and skills with those who both really need, and very much appreciate it, take the next step now and contact us for free information on the wonderful opportunities you get to choose between.

Why alternative spring break vacations are worthwhile.

Personal development

Unlike a vacation where you have no responsibilities or commitments, alternative spring break vacations may involve hard work, an unfamiliar language, and coming face to face with poverty and other hardships. These things can prove to be quite challenging, but ultimately they encourage a lot of personal growth.

Help make the world a fairer place

When you have a secure place to live, enough food and a network of support around you it can be difficult to hear about those who are born into less fortunate circumstances. Signing up for an alternative spring break volunteer travel opportunity is a way to help create some balance in the world.

Explore career options

If you are interested in a particular kind of work, but want to be sure it is something you could do for the long term, alternative spring break vacations volunteer work overseas is a good way to prove to yourself that you have the ability and the commitment.

Show what you can do

Gaining direct experience of something is the best way to show a future employer both what you are capable of and that you are determined enough to go out there and make it happen. The attitude and character traits alternative spring break volunteer travel alumni share are always impressive when it come to finding work.

The chance to make a genuine difference

Whether your passion lays in conservation, animal rescue, improving access to health care or giving more children the chance to be educated your volunteer work has an impact. Alternative spring break vacations place volunteers into schemes where the work of many teams of people, contributed over a period of time, makes a huge difference.

Learn More About 10 of the Best Alternative Spring Break Vacations from RCDP

RCDP offer lots of amazing alternative spring break volunteer travel opportunities in various countries around the globe; and as they are all fun, interesting, affordable and designed for participants to help create long term positive change the only decision you need to make is which one to join. Here are more details on ten of the top volunteer programs available right now.

Work with Disadvantage Children-Ayuthaya, Thailand

Poor families in Thailand struggle to afford childcare so they can keep their job and make a living, but projects like this alternative spring break volunteer travel Asia program are trying to fill this gap.

Volunteers here basically guide ad play with children aged from 2-6, teaching them English, reading books together and of course singing and dancing.

Teaching English (Palampur, Dharamsala)-India

Experience the unique experience of cultural immersion by choosing an alternative spring break volunteer travel India program. 

Based in the Himalayas, your role will be to teach English to kids who would otherwise be unable to learn such skills due to the cost or the severe lack of able local teachers. Your efforts will lead to much better future employment prospects for those involved.

Healthcare/Medical Project (Phnom Phen, Pursat)-Cambodia

If you are currently enrolled in, or have graduated from, a healthcare program, why not get some hands-on practical experience working with dedicated staff in a country where able helpers are in short supply and much appreciated? RCDP’s alternative spring break vacations Cambodia programs make a real difference to the lives and health of local people.

HIV/AIDS Project in Kenya (Nairobi)-Kenya

In Kenya the effects of HIV and AIDS have a major impact on the lives of many people. Some have lost family members; others are learning to live with the diagnosis, while the numbers diagnosed is higher than it needs to be.

If you would like to help raise awareness of how to prevent contracting HIV, or counsel those with either condition RCDP’s alternative spring break vacations Kenya project offers these things, and more.

Elephant Conservation Project in Sri Lanka (Kegalle)-Sri Lanka

Elephants may be majestic, smart and generally amazing but in some countries they are exploited for tourism, and then abandoned when they get old or sick. RCDP can place animal lovers on an alternative spring break volunteer travel Sri Lanka project, where they help feed, bathe, care for and play with rescue elephants.

Sea turtle conservation project (Caribbean Coast)-Costa Rica

Enjoy the magnificent Costa Rica coast while helping to head off the threatened extinction of sea turtles on this alternative spring break volunteer travel Costa Rica project from RCDP.

Tasks include helping local staff with protection, breeding and anti-pollution work, as well as caring for injured turtles. This is a physically challenging project with few home comforts, but many reward for those committed to the cause.

Help Rehabilitate Street Children/ Children at Risk- Xela, Guatemala

Taking just a week of your life to help get kids of the streets and give them hope for the future makes a huge difference. If you would like to support and tutor children who have nothing and share your language skills check out RCDP’s alternative spring break vacations Guatemala volunteer project.

Community Development Project (Cordoba)-Argentina

Whatever your major there will be a place perfect for you on this education focused alternative spring break volunteer travel Argentina program which helps create and support sustainable development. Volunteers can also help with fundraising, admin and local government tasks. Low or intermediate Spanish language skills are very useful, or a willingness to study while on the scheme.

Special Needs Children Project-China

Make your free time count by combining a trip overseas with one of RCDP’s well respected alternative spring break vacations China volunteer programs. Helping local staff care for, play with, and teach children with special need is a truly memorable and worthwhile thing to do, and a great way to get some practical experience of this work. No previous experience is necessary.

Galapagos Conservation Program (San Cristobal Island, Galapagos)-Ecuador

If conservation issues matter to you then this alternative spring break volunteer travel Ecuador project offers the opportunity to join a team working to preserve the native flora and fauna of the Galapagos Archipelago. This project needs physically fit volunteers who can deal with humid weather and bugs!