| Volunteering in Latin America: | | | | many habitats. You can choose volunteering work |
| Past South America’s exotic appeal and | | | | from different types of conservation projects that |
| interesting cultural make up, Latin America offers a lot | | | | include preservation of endangered species of turtles |
| of opportunities for volunteer work and especially in | | | | in Costa Rica and Trinidad & Tobago; Wildlife |
| teaching English. This South American region offers | | | | rehabilitation centers in Brazil, Argentina and Ecuador |
| beautiful landscape and travel opportunities to places | | | | and save forests and environmental projects in Brazil |
| that are more heard of than seen. Volunteering in Latin | | | | (mostly Amazon), Chile, Costa Rica, Panama, |
| America has increased in the recent past due to a | | | | Guatemala etc. You don’t need to have any |
| failing economy, poverty, and lack of education and | | | | kind of degree in animal behavior, all you need is love |
| political and civil wars and strife. But the fact is that | | | | for nature, animals and a will to make a difference and |
| Latin American nations have a wealth of natural | | | | save the planet and its depleting natural resources. |
| resources, but are still considered as developing | | | | |
| countries by those in North America and Europe. | | | | Health Volunteerism: Volunteering in Latin America |
| | | | | revolves a lot around health and related services |
| So if you are interested in overseas volunteer work | | | | because most of the countries there don’t have |
| then Latin America is a place to be. Some of the | | | | the necessary infrastructure or skilled people that |
| relatively developed countries in Latin America like | | | | include, doctors, nurses and other medical practitioners. |
| Argentina and Costa Rica have significant number of | | | | Lack of education also means that health problems |
| people below the poverty line. Apart from this most of | | | | are at a rise in the backward areas and smaller towns. |
| Latin American countries are not well versed with | | | | You can get a lot of exposure through volunteer work |
| English, which is slowly becoming a global language. | | | | in hospitals in Ecuador and Honduras. |
| Volunteering in Latin America can vary from country | | | | |
| to country and it can include from community | | | | Sports Volunteerism: Sports may seem to be the |
| development, health education, environmental work and | | | | unlikely area for volunteer work. South America has a |
| even sports. As an individual, you can always choose | | | | lot of sporting talent especially in soccer but there is no |
| the kind of overseas volunteer work you want to | | | | infrastructure, coaches or training schools that can |
| participate in and the duration that you want to work | | | | hone the skills of the youngsters or teenagers who |
| for. | | | | want to enter the professional sports arena. Soccer is |
| | | | | like a religion in some countries like Brazil and Argentina, |
| Volunteering in Latin America includes the following | | | | who have also made their mark on the World stage. El |
| types of work: | | | | futbol is considered to be a way of life, so if you have |
| | | | | ever coached any teams or played in any league |
| Conservation volunteerism: This is of prime importance | | | | games in Europe or other parts of the world then you |
| especially because a large part of the Amazon rain | | | | can volunteer as a football/soccer coach. |
| forest has disappeared and with it has disappeared | | | | |