Via Volunteers

General information

Via Volunteers support ethical volunteer projects in South Africa. That means sustainable long term projects that are developed through genuine community and conservation needs to ensure that your contribution is meaningful and long lasting.

Our team is based in South Africa and provides every volunteer with unparalleled support and personal attention during their stay. Having an experienced and caring support base close at hand is a valuable benefit that has provided reassurance to all our volunteers, and their parents!

We are strong advocates for ethical volunteering and responsible tourism practices and evaluate every project thoroughly to ensure they are not linked to the mistreatment of children or wildlife in any way.

By creating awareness for real conservation efforts, we also help volunteers to avoid unethical activities like riding elephants, 'lion-cub petting' and 'walking with lions', the latter two of which are essential ingredients for the abhorrent canned lion hunting industry.

Each and every project has been personally vetted by the Via Volunteers team, and we work hard to ensure that the information we provide for you is both comprehensive and up to date, so that you can make an informed decision about joining one or more of our projects.

Our dedicated team has 12 years of hands-on experience working directly with projects and organizing placements for thousands of volunteers from nearly 60 countries.

We are certified South African specialists and are on hand to ensure that your volunteering adventure is the best it can be with expert advice on every aspect of your stay.