Arts and Culture

Islamic Pesantren Education

Pesantren are Islamic boarding schools where students combine formal education with daily religious studies. They live in dormitories, follow a structured routine, and learn values such as discipline, simplicity, and solidarity. Volunteers support English learning, interactive activities, and cultural exchange while gaining insight into Islamic education. Supporting teachers, organizing activities, sharing the volunteer’s culture, leading interactive English sessions, and motivating students to use English through non-formal activities.

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Language & Culture

The project involves schools and a university that teach various foreign languages. Students interact with international volunteers to build confidence, improve language skills and learn about other cultures. Activities include formal and informal language teaching and cultural exchange. Supporting language teachers, helping with workshops, organizing games and fun activities, and assisting with occasional school events.

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Thriftwood Scout Activity Center

Thriftwood is a Scout Activity Centre which aims to work with the development of young people. We provide camping and activities for Scouts from across the world to come and help them develop spiritually, mentally and physically. We have continued to this day where we undertake programmes for Scouts, Guides, Youth groups and Schools. We offer all the opportunity to take part in adventurous activities that can be used to stretch people young and old alike, to push their capabilities and learn their strengths and weaknesses.

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Hertfordshire Scouts Activity Centres

Hertfordshire Scouts' Activity Centres aim to support the development of young people. They undertake programmes for scouts, guides youth and school groups. They offer a wide range of outdoor and adventure activities on different sites in the county.

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Read more about the article Fundación Escuelas de Paz

Fundación Escuelas de Paz

We are a non-profit organization, with 20 years of experience, formed with the aim of contributing to the construction of peace in Colombia, from the development of actions that promote the organization, participation and empowerment of different actors, especially boys, girls, young men and women, as well as teachers and other leaders, in the exercise of their citizenship and development of their interests in transforming the realities of injustice and violence and processes of advocacy in public policy.

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Read more about the article Casa Mucura

Casa Mucura

Casa Mucura is a foundation created to support and accompany the local community of Nuquí (Colombian pacific coast). They co-create with a responsible community approach that starts from a close understanding of the territory and works through participatory methodologies and permaculture principles that include the vision of the community and lead to social, environmental, and economic sustainability.

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Ñambi Waira

The aim of Ñambi Waira’s project is to disseminate information about this area of the country, to make known the cultural customs of the Inga indigenous community as well as the afro community, and the beauty of nature that is not found anywhere else in the country. To be able to accomplish this, the project offers eco touristic activities as a dynamic way to teach about their cultures. They work with local people as well as tourists that visit the zone.

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