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If you have relevant qualifications or experience, you'll probably find you have a better choice of projects.

Health professionals, engineers and accountants are all in demand to help in developing countries. This kind of work is often longer term and may be paid at local rates.

The organisations listed in this section are not necessarily endorsed or approved by do-it.  You should research organisations carefully before making any commitments.

All organisations are UK-based charities, public sector or not-for-profit unless otherwise stated.

Action for Children in Conflict

Providing skilled and experienced people to work on projects in Sierra Leone, Kenya and Tanzania.

BSES Expeditions 

Experienced leaders required to take young people on exploration projects in remote regions.

Challenges Worldwide

Recruit and train volunteers with professional skills and experience to work in developing countries.

Merlin 

A non-profit organisation providing healthcare to the world's most vulnerable people. Engineers and administrators are also needed.

Médecins Sans Frontières

Looking for health professionals, administrators and logistics staff to work in crisis areas as well as office volunteers.

Raleigh

Looking for enthusiastic staff volunteers aged 25+ in a variety of roles to support young people in undertaking sustainable community, environmental and adventure projects overseas.

RedR

A charity that registers engineering, IT, finance and agricultural professionals to respond to humanitarian agencies at short notice.

Skillshare

Looking for doctors, teachers, architects and more to work towards sustainable development in Africa and Asia.

Teach Ghana Trust

Teach children in a variety of subjects. There is a particular need for teachers of science subjects as well as of English, French and geography.

United Nations Volunteers 

A wide range of opportunities in health, peacekeeping and development projects around the world.

VESL Summer Placements

A charity that sends volunteers to run educational projects in Asia.

VSO

Teachers, health professionals, IT specialists, business and finance professionals and social and community workers are all wanted to help in developing countries.

Volunteer Programme Sudan

Teach English in Sudan - previous experience and qualifications welcome but not required.

 World Skills

Dutch-based organisation facilitating multi-national teams of volunteers working on skills transfer projects in developing countries.  

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