Climate change knows no borders

Climate change volunteering

Inspire climate action

Climate change knows no borders. It’s real and is happening right now.
Though it’s widely known that urgent action is needed to save our planet, many countries across the globe still have little to no awareness of climate change.
By joining us on our Climate Change programs, you’ll help raise awareness in communities that have little to no understanding of how their actions could be negatively impacting the planet. You’ll run workshops on climate change, waste management and the 5 R’s of sustainability with children and adults to raise awareness and enact change.
If you want to be a part of helping shape the next generation of change-makers, this is the program for you.
An Elephant at an elephant sanctuary - GapGuru
Child picking up stones - GapGuru
GapGuru team members gardening with the community

Where you can inspire change

Cambodia

India

Thailand

Nepal

Peru

A smiling gap year - GapGuru

Why volunteer abroad

Why GapGuru?

Extensive Gap Year Experience

Over the past 18 years, we’ve guided more than 6,000 students through unforgettable gap year experiences.

Ethical Gap Year Programs

All our programs work towards the UN’s Global Sustainable Development Goals and are backed up by our charity, the FutureSense Foundation.

A community of support

You’ll be guided by our GapGuru Advisors and Mentors before, during and after your gap year experience.
A large group of gap year students and local Cambodian children sat on the steps of a large statue of Buddha at the Ek Phnom Pagoda waving their arms and smiling - GapGuru

Testimonials

Don’t just take it from us…

This was an amazing experience

This was an amazing experience, loved every second even through the challenges. Working on improving the environment and volunteering at the park where so rewarding but also the workshops carried out as a team where great to experience.

5

Sarah

Travelled in 2022

I loved experiencing new cultures

This was such an amazing experience that changed how I look at the world and taught me more about what it means to be a global citizen. It also made me realise how much I want to travel in the future.

5

Mia

Travelled in 2022

What to expect as a climate change volunteer

The FutureSense Foundation

Be a part of something bigger

As a GapGuru traveller, you’ll be supporting our partner charity, the FutureSense Foundation, to work toward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. These are lofty goals, like ensuring healthy lives, quality education and ending hunger.

Our programs and initiatives with the FutureSense Foundation work towards achieving a ‘Fairer World’, a world in which each person has the opportunity to meet their aspirations for a better future.

During your gap year, you’ll be a part of something bigger, see first-hand the work that the FutureSense Foundation does and contribute to our long-term sustainable programs.

Our Climate Change programs

Where do you want to make your impact?

At GapGuru we’ve crafted our climate Impact programs to be in line with the UN’s thirteenth goal of their Sustainable Development manifesto – to “take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts”.
As a volunteer in any of our teaching programs across the globe, you’ll help achieve that goal.
Faces of Buddha carved into a Cambodian temple ruin - GapGuru

Climate Challenge

Start your journey

Cambodia

Taj Mahal India - GapGuru

Climate Challenge

Start your journey

India

Climate Challenge

Start your journey

Thailand

A shrine on a mountainside with a backdrop of the Himalayas - GapGuru

Climate Challenge

Start your journey

Nepal

Climate Challenge

Start your journey

Peru

How it works

The GapGuru Way

At GapGuru we have the experience to keep things simple for you. With close to two decades shaping over 6,000 trips, we know exactly what makes an impactful, meaningful and memorable gap year. Simply choose your start date then follow these three simple steps:

STEP 01

Choose where you'll make your impact

Pick from five incredible destinations, electing the number of weeks you want to spend in each. You’ll be playing your part to help create a brighter future for some of the most disadvantaged communities around the world.

STEP 02

Decide how you'll make a difference

Select from four activity types that have been designed to be as impactful as possible. All of our programs are built off the back of the FutureSense Foundation, ensuring you’ll be a part of creating lasting change for our communities.

STEP 03

Choose your add-ons

Select additional programs to add to your gap year experience. These can be in the same country as your core activity or in any of our other unique destinations across the globe.

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Chat to our Gap Gurus

If you have any questions at all about what to do, where to go, or how to plan your gap year, get in touch with our GapGurus today. With nearly two decades in the business, we’ve probably had the question before!

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