How to Fund Your Volunteer Travels

One of the most rewarding types of travel is using your time for social good. Many people are taking advantage of the opportunity to see the world while helping a cause in an ethical way.

However, many (most) of these opportunities are not free. You shouldn’t expect them to be free — there are costs involved in hosting a volunteer program that you wouldn’t imagine.

CreativeVolunteer has vowed to create an affordable opportunity for creative travelers to utilize their skills for social good. Still, to do so in an ethical way, there are certain costs that are unavoidable.

A part of our program, for example, we will not host a volunteer without paying both the subject of the project and a personal translator for their time. The volunteer will, therefore, incur these costs.

We’ve taken the time to put together a list of ways we’ve found to be effective in raising funds to go on that volunteer experience you’ve always wanted and to touch the lives of many.

Tips for Raising Money for Volunteering Experience

1. Use your network

Contact your family and friends and ask them to place their fundraising initiatives on their media platforms to reach a wider audience. When people see that someone they…