General benefits of volunteer work or a volunteer job opportunity abroad

Ecoteer explains the benefits of volunteering on a volunteer work, volunteer job or volunteer teach opportunity abroad.

• You will gain valuable work experience;
• You will live in one place for a while, giving you time to embrace the local culture and heritage;
• You will learn new skills, languages, maybe even dance moves;
• You will make many new friends;
• You will become a broader minded person and learn about other people;
• You will be making a real difference to a less prosperous community

These are just a few of the benefits of joining a volunteer work, volunteer job or work experience opportunity abroad but you will get out of your time away as much as you put in!

Learn why you should join a volunteer work or volunteer job opportunity with Ecoteer.

Benefits of becoming an Ecoteer Member

Ecoteer has been working hard to give our members great deals on products volunteers need most when volunteering abroad.

Keeping in contact with your family is very important when volunteering for your safety abroad. However calling from your mobile is usually very expensive and often you are charged for incoming calls as well which means a huge phone bill when you get back home. This is why Ecoteer has partnered with Go-Sim a world renowned international sim-card company.

With GO-SIM, you can save up to 85% when calling from overseas in 175 countries. That's up to six times more chat than using your usual service while travelling. You also get FREE incoming calls in over 75 countries, and as your global SIM card is a pay as you go, there's no monthly bill and great call rates are guaranteed.

As an Ecoteer member you can receive a discount of 10% - you will be able to access the discount from your Ecoteer members control panel.

Travel insurance is the most important thing to buy when volunteering independantly. This is why Ecoteer has partnered with World Nomads the leader in travel insurance who are offering Ecoteer members a discount of 10%. You receive your 10% discount when you buy their insurance through your Ecoteer members control panel.

You can buy, extend and claim online even after you've left home. Recommended by Lonely Planet, World Nomads travel insurance is available to people from over 150 countries and is designed for adventurous travellers with cover for overseas medical, evacuation, baggage and activities such as skiing and snowboarding.

The Ecoteer/World Nomads partnership is further strengthen through language guides which are free to download onto your ipod from your Ecoteer members control panel. If you know some of the language you will enjoy your time away so much more and be safer.

Being an Ecoteer member also gives you access to our volunteering forums. The forums are a great way to talk to other volunteers for tips and advice plus you can advertise yourself to volunteer projects and talk to the project leaders.

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