Volunteer in the Philippines

  Philippines

• Visayas: 
Tacloban City

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks and 9-12 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks

Description: Our programs take place in the Visayas region of the Philippines, a beautiful area about 350 miles from Manila. You can teach English at an elementary school, volunteer at an orphanage, intern at a medical facility, or work with street children. There are urban as well as rural locations to choose from, it's up to you. Our homestays place you with a local family who will welcome you as one of their own. Stay from as little as 1 week to 3 months, with start and end dates that are entirely flexible.

Qualifications: Cosmic Volunteers simply requires fluency in English. However, healthcare participants must be studying or practicing in the healthcare field, such as doctors, nurses, EMT's, medical students, and nursing students.

Cost in US$: Starts at $795 for 1 week

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Students, career-breakers, and retirees

Age Range: 16+

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Philippines Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Phone Interview
• Resume
• Written Application

Cosmic Volunteers's Mission Statement: Cosmic Volunteers is a US-based non-profit organization that offers volunteer and internship programs abroad in China, Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Nepal, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, and Vietnam. Our volunteers are placed at schools, hospitals, newspapers, orphanages, HIV/AIDS clinics, women's groups, and other organizations who ask us for assistance. Our volunteers are mostly from the US, Canada, and Europe, from all walks of life, and range in age from high school to retirees.

Year Founded: 2001