MIMA FOUNDATION sends volunteer medical missions to areas of Bolivia (and several other countries) where specialized medical and health care is lacking. Most of their medical missions in Bolivia take place in rural areas and small towns. There are many other ways you can participate as well. If you have medical expertise or would like to donate to help send a medical mission, please visit their page here.

VOLUNTARIO GLOBAL, which is headquartered in Argentina, offers you the opportunity to volunteer with a sustainable community development project in Vallegrande, Bolivia where program coordinators will welcome you and also give you the chance to explore this small Bolivian town famous for being the place where Che Guevara was killed and buried. Volunteers are needed to train young people in English, the use of computers, and other skills. Read more or contact Voluntario Global here.

GREEN HEARTS PROJECT, based out of Tarija, Bolivia, is working with local indigenous populations and private land owners to set aside forest reserves in various regions of Bolivia including Tarija, La Paz, and Beni. Green Hearts Project teaches environmental education to school-aged children who participate in planting trees. The project needs volunteers to help plant over 2 million trees over the next few years in various areas of Bolivia. Planting of these forest reserves will take the shape of enormous green hearts, visible from space.

CHUCHINI WILDLIFE REFUGE This ecological and archeological reserve is in desperate need of volunteers at this time. If you would like to volunteer, contact them now on this page. You can work directly with rescued birds and animals if you have experience, but you can also help with forest and property maintenance, feeding and clean-up, gardening or anything else required at this beautiful, now at-risk-of-being-sold wildlife refuge. If you ever wanted to swim with pink river dolphins this is your chance.

EMPOWERING WOMEN in the Mining Communities of Bolivia through education, information and training, is a project created to address one of the most important global challenges: poverty alleviation. Interweaving elements of her heritage and her University of St. Thomas (Houston, TX) education, Ximena Murillo developed this internationally, award-winning humanitarian project. Awarded by the Clinton Global Initiative, President Clinton says: ”This is a huge, huge deal... This is going to become a global issue..."

WWF BOLIVIA the conservation organization, contributes to the conservation of the Amazon and the Pantanal, promotes and generates sustainable economic opportunities for its inhabitants and Bolivia in general. WWF works for a living planet and its mission is to stop the degradation of the Earth’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. Although some WWF programs in other countries do take volunteers, WWF Bolivia is not taking volunteers at this time but there is much you can do to help. Click on our logo to find out more.

CREATIVE CORNERS THE GLOBAL ARTS PROJECT was founded by a woman who served as a volunteer in Bolivia, and is a not for profit volunteer organisation that specialises in creative projects for creative people. It matches people like you to projects where you are best suited and returns profits to communities that need them most. It has dozens of exciting & creative projects throughout South and Central America. 100% of profits are reinvested back to projects for disadvantaged, abused and abandoned children where we send volunteers to supply arts education materials. Volunteer in Bolivia and elsewhere with us!

INTI WARA YASSI is a Bolivian Non-Governmental Organisation staffed by people who come from around the world to volunteer in Bolivia. It is one of Bolivia's only refuges for abused wild animals. In October 2009 they were visited by Jane Goodall. In 2009 Inti Wara Yassi's Machia Animal Refuge in Villa Tunari was being destroyed for a road. We recently featured a volunteer who spent time at Inti Wara Yassi. You can read about her volunteer experience here.

AGUA:YAKU (formerly Simple Water Solutions) is an Evangelical Free Church of Canada Mission (EFCCM) project based in Santa Cruz, Bolivia that teaches simple, inexpensive water well drilling techniques and other appropriate technologies that improve the health, welfare, and economic production of small farm families and communities in Bolivia. More than 40 percent of Bolivia’s population lacks access to proper sanitation, and 37 percent lacks drinkable water. In addition to wells, we can teach and facilitate the construction of water storage systems, wind mills, irrigation methods, appropriate agricultural techniques, etc. To donate or volunteer in Bolivia, contact us through our website.

HOSPITALS OF HOPE is a Christian International Medical Mission organization that operates a modern hospital outside of Cochabamba, Bolivia. There are many opportunities for volunteers to work at the hospital, with everyone from medical students to doctors to general helpers able to get involved. Visit our website for more information on how to volunteer in Bolivia.

VOLUNTEER BOLIVIA located in Cochabamba, offers one of the best international volunteer programs in Latin America. Volunteer Bolivia will match your skills and interests to local needs in order to provide you with an unforgettable cross cultural experience.

MANO A MANO Our mission is to create partnerships with impoverished Bolivian communities to improve health and increase economic well-being. Programs include Medical Supplies, Community Clinics, Sanitation and Education Infrastructure, Water Reservoirs, Roads, and Air Transport.