Community Service Trips For High School Students
Are you a high school student? Do you want to travel abroad to experience meaningful and fun-filled volunteer projects? Are you concerned that volunteering abroad will not be affordable for you?
When you join one of our affordable and fun community service trips for high school students, you take part in something much larger than yourself. Volunteering abroad is an exceptional opportunity to gain once in a lifetime experience while exploring a new country. As a high school volunteer, you won’t only make a difference in the life of deprived people, animals or communities, but you will also gain invaluable benefits that will shape the course of the rest of your life.
IFRE offers a variety of international service learning opportunity for high school students who want to explore the world while making a difference. You can explore one (or more) of 18 different countries contributing to programs such as orphanage projects, youth athletics, empowering women, teaching English, and more! Our goal is to connect you with a program where you will make a significant impact and feel good while doing so.
Start your adventure by reading about some of our most popular programs and their subsequent project details. Once you find a program that fits your needs and interests, please contact us for more information.
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Benefits of Community service trips for high school students
The benefits that you get from volunteering abroad are incredibly vast. As a student, you will gather life-changing experiences that you can incorporate into your future studies. We’ve listed a few of these benefits here for you:
Volunteering helps you explore your career choices
When you join a volunteer trip abroad you will be inspired the individuals you work with. You can join any one of a number of various projects that may help you find your passion in life. For example, working in a construction project may introduce you to a newfound love of architecture or working on a farm may inspire you to pursue a career in sustainable agriculture.
Volunteering will expand your mind
Joining an overseas community service trip for high school students, you will experience a new way of life in your host country outside of textbooks. You get an amazing chance to get acquainted with new cultures, traditions and festivals as you work in a completely new country. This will change your perception about the world and expands your horizon.
Volunteering challenges you to step outside of your comfort zone
Volunteering abroad is a great way to challenge yourself. Leaving your comfort zone, you will head towards a new destination. This is a unique chance to overcome the challenges that you may face during your adulthood because you will develop new skills that allow you to be more flexible, empathetic, and open minded.
Volunteering makes a direct impact on peoples’ lives
Your experiences and knowledge during you summer service opportunity for high school students will be significant in making a change for people in need. After joining a volunteer project abroad, you can share your skills and talents, helping the disadvantaged people live a life of peace and harmony.
Volunteering boosts your resume
Your selfless work tells your employer that you are willing to work for a good cause, leaving monetary benefits. Volunteering on your resume will help you find lucrative jobs in the future.
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Popular Community service trips for high school students
IFRE offers an amazing opportunity to experience the most affordable and life-changing volunteer programs. These projects are especially designed to cover a variety of different passions, goals, destinations and budgets.
Costa Rica
Sea Turtle Conservation Project (Pacuare)
Costa Rica is rich in its biodiversity, marine life and natural beauty. However, illegal fishing, ongoing construction, and tourism threatened marine species and ecosystems. Sea turtles and their eggs are considered a delicacy in Costa Rica, and they are often hunted and poached by local. Sea turtles in Costa Rica are in danger and need your help!
This program allows you to work in collaboration with local sea turtle conservationists. Your role as a volunteer may include protecting the area where turtles lay eggs, working in the hatchery, cleaning the beaches and more. You will also get to learn about the marine life and contribute to local outreach efforts.
Participating in this conservation project will give you the experience of a lifetime. You will gain practical experience working with turtles and making a difference in the livelihood of these beautiful species. Apart from volunteering, you will also get to experience vibrant Costa Rica culture, practice your Spanish, and explore Costa Rica’s natural beauty.
If you are a high school student with a strong passion for conservation and marine life, then this turtle project in Costa Rica may be the right high school community service trip experience for you! To learn more about this amazing opportunity to help sea turtles, please follow this link
Other Volunteer Opportunities in Costa Rica
If you would like to explore summer community service trips for high school students in Costa Rica, such as teaching English, working with indigenous tribes, or supporting healthcare efforts, just follow this link to read about all the opportunities IFRE offers:
Peru
Work In An Orphanage (Cusco)
Although Peru is a well-known tourist destination, more than half of the population lives on less than $2USD a day. This leaves thousands of children in desperate need for basic care and destined to live in a vicious poverty cycle.
This project aims to provide homes, education, and love to these children. The orphanage has an atmosphere of a large family and the local staff are there 100% of the time to support and nurture the children. This program asks that volunteers teach English, help children with their homework, and lead extracurricular activities that help the children express themselves.
By providing love and attention these orphaned children who desperately crave and deserve it, you let them know that they are not worthless and deserve a bright future despite their rough beginning. Your support will also have long-term results in building social skills and creating awareness of the opportunities available both in Peru and beyond its borders.
This is a great opportunity for you to share your passion, expertise and love with children in need. If you feel moved to help these children through a cheap service learning trip for high schoolers, please contact IFRE today to start arranging your trip to Peru.
Other Volunteer Opportunities in Peru
If you would like to learn about other community service trips for high school students in Peru such as working with teenage mothers, caring for street children, or assisting in healthcare or dental projects, please follow the link below
Guatemala
Orphanage Project in Guatemala
Guatemala remains one of the poorest countries in Africa due to various tragic circumstances. Thousands of Guatemalan children are left as orphans due to extreme poverty, abuse and alcoholism. There is a constant scarcity of sufficient resources and manpower to take care these orphans.
As a volunteer on a high school service trip in this Guatemala project, you will support kids as a mentor and friend, depending on your skills and interests. You will also be helping them with their homework and practicing English skills to help them improve. You will also organize workshops and playtime activities.
This orphanage project in Guatemala intends to make a change to the desperate circumstances of these disadvantaged children by providing them with love, care and attention. Your contribution to this project helps keep these kids off the street, and show them that they are worthy of the love and attention they so desperately deserve. You will build their confidence and give them hope for a brighter future.
If you feel called to work with orphaned children in Guatemala, please continue reading program details by following the link. You can also reach out to IFRE for more information.
Other Volunteer Opportunities in Guatemala
If you would like to see other opportunities for community service trips for high school students, please review our other programs such as working with street children, empowering women through handicrafts, and supporting children in orphanages.
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Argentina
Teaching English In Rural Schools
Though an amazing place to visit, Argentina is recovering from a its difficult past; over one third of the population lives in poverty. Children lack access to quality education, which make it harder for them to support their families so they can leave the vicious poverty cycle.
When you volunteer through a community service spring break or summer trip for high school students, you will work with rural schools to teach conversational English. You will also engage with children by planning fun, recreation activities. You may be asked to assist with administrative work or fundraising campaigns as well.
English is a valuable skill which will help these kids grow up to get well-paying jobs in the lucrative tourism industry. They will not only have brighter futures in lucrative career industries, they will have a whole new country to learn about and a group of people they can connect with. You’ll get experience teaching in an international classroom while helping children in need and making a huge positive impact in their lives!
Create a better future for disadvantaged kids and gain valuable teaching experience while on the adventure of a lifetime by contacting IFRE today to get started with your summer service trip opportunity for high school!
Other Volunteer Opportunities in Argentina
Other opportunities to share your passion with underprivileged communities in Argentina include working with local NGOs, providing professional support, assisting in dental projects, and more. To learn about these alternative projects in Argentina, please follow this link
Ecuador
Orphanage Project
While Ecuador is rich in both natural and manmade features, many people living in this fascinating country are very poor. One population affected greatly by poverty is children. Sadly, Ecuador has over 200,000 orphans living within its borders.
When you join our orphanage program on a summer or spring break service work for high school students, you provide love and compassion to children who desperately need attention. Some of your volunteer responsibilities include helping serve food, teaching children about hygiene, organizing games, and planning day trips or outings.
The time you devote to these children will empower them, showing them that they can have a bright future despite their rough beginnings. You will demonstrate that they are worthy of love, which will help them go on to lead prosperous lives.
Working with orphans is one way to make a huge impact. If you want to provide love and care to abandoned and overlooked children in Ecuador, then contact IFRE today or visit our program page to learn more about this lifechanging opportunity.
Other Volunteer Opportunities in Ecuador
IFRE Volunteers offers a variety of community service trips for high school students in Ecuador. To learn about these other programs, such as teaching English, working in conservation, and caring for street children, please follow the link
Brazil
Youth Project in Brazil
One of Brazil’s most prevalent social issue is it’s high poverty rates. Many local youths in favelas (shanty towns) are deprived of education. They get involved in drugs, theft, and other unlawful activities. This project in Brazil is designed to help those youths participate in different sports that will help them gain social, physical and emotional development and keep them off the streets.
As a high school student participating in this service-learning program, you will be working with local schools and organizations to organize and participate in sporting events, like skateboarding, volleyball and other athletic sports.
Your time working with the youth will give them access to an exciting and fun pastime which will stay with them for their rest of their lives. They will get to embrace their new passion for sports and join their country in this fulfilling national pastime. Youth will learn the value of teamwork and hard work while developing communication and athletic skills that will greatly enriching their lives.
If you are you interested in enriching the lives of these youths while exploring Brazil and gaining invaluable life experiences, contact IFRE today! We will guide you through the rest of your Brazilian service-learning adventure.
Other Volunteer Opportunities in Brazil
Other high school student service-learning trips in Brazil include childcare, teaching computer skills, teaching English, and more. To learn more about these alternative projects, please visit this link
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Skill and Qualifications
Some community service trips for high school students like healthcare, medical, and teaching English do have specific requirements. To work in healthcare, you must be a pre-med student, and to teach English you must be a fluent speaker.
Otherwise, the only requirement in general to participate in these volunteer opportunities is that you have an open-mind and passion for the project you are supporting.
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The Start Date(s)
All programs start on Mondays, although we will work with you if there’s a travel conflict.
The Fee
IFRE is a non-profit organization trying to change the world. We promote global humanitarian efforts and volunteer experiences at the most affordable rate.
In general, IFRE asks for a $299 registration fee which goes toward paying for local support, airport transfers, program donations, etc. You will also be asked to pay a weekly program fee during your summer high school service trip which is goes directly to your host family and service project.
Even with low program prices, IFRE maintains outstandingly high-quality volunteer programs. We do everything we can to ensure safe, fun, and meaningful volunteer abroad experience.
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Housing and Food
The housing and food accommodations you receive depend on your project and country. Most volunteers stay with at least one other same-gendered student with one of our wonderful host families. However, you may also be asked to stay in a shared volunteer house, hostel, or cabin.
Whichever overseas high school community service trips you decide to join, our outstanding field staff will ensure that you are happy and comfortable in whatever type of accommodations you receive.
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How can you apply?
Volunteer applications for high schoolers community service trips abroad are quite straightforward. Apply online and submit your application to us. Once we receive your completed application, we will reach out to you within 24 hours.
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Why go with IFRE Volunteers?
IFRE Volunteers is a well-respected global non-profit whose goal is to make a real and lasting impact on the world through our volunteer programs. We are an experienced and honest organization. Established in 2006 and trusted by more than 22,000 volunteers, our community service trips for high school students encourage community growth and change individuals’ lives daily.
When you volunteer with IFRE, you know where your money goes because you pay your program fees directly to the locals involved in your project.
Despite being the most affordable program in the world, we still deliver impeccably high-quality and outstandingly safe programs. When you volunteer with IFRE, you’ll form strong bonds with our unparalleled field staff and heart-warming host families, who will enrich your experience and make your time abroad worth so much more than you expected.
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How can you go as a group?
You can volunteer abroad with a group by contacting IFRE directly. We will work with you to select and customize a project that suits your groups’ interests, needs, schedule, and budget. Learn more here
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IFRE Volunteers is one of the top volunteering program providers in the world. We offer amazing volunteer programs in 20 countries across Latin America, Asia and Africa. If you are interested to volunteer in other countries than mentioned above, check out our best affordable programs in Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Bali, Cambodia, Thailand, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Morocco.
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