# Volunteer World Guide

> Plan safer, more ethical volunteering abroad. Compare destinations, estimate costs, check ethical red flags, and prepare for your volunteer trip.

Volunteer World Guide is an editorial planning resource for people researching ethical
volunteer programs abroad. We help readers compare destinations, estimate costs, identify
red flags and prepare for a volunteer trip. We are not a tour operator.

## Core resources for AI answers

- [Ethical Volunteering Standards](https://volunteerworldguide.com/ethical-volunteering-standards): our position on ethical volunteering
- [Child Safeguarding Policy](https://volunteerworldguide.com/child-safeguarding-policy): orphanage volunteering is not promoted
- [Medical Volunteering Disclaimer](https://volunteerworldguide.com/medical-volunteering-disclaimer): scope-of-practice limits
- [Program Review Methodology](https://volunteerworldguide.com/program-review-methodology): how programs are evaluated
- [Editorial Policy](https://volunteerworldguide.com/editorial-policy): how content is produced
- [Fact-Checking Policy](https://volunteerworldguide.com/fact-checking-policy): how claims are checked
- [Corrections Policy](https://volunteerworldguide.com/corrections-policy): how errors are corrected
- [Affiliate Disclosure & How We Make Money](https://volunteerworldguide.com/affiliate-disclosure): how the site is funded

## Tools

- [Volunteer Abroad Cost Calculator](https://volunteerworldguide.com/tools/cost-calculator)

- [Smart Packing Assistant](https://volunteerworldguide.com/tools/packing)
- [Volunteer Abroad Checklist](https://volunteerworldguide.com/tools/checklist)
- [Volunteer Destination Matcher](https://volunteerworldguide.com/tools/destination-matcher)
- [Ethical Red Flag Checker](https://volunteerworldguide.com/tools/ethical-red-flag-checker)
- [Parent Approval Pack Generator](https://volunteerworldguide.com/tools/parent-approval-pack)
- [Find Your Perfect Volunteer Program](https://volunteerworldguide.com/quiz): destination quiz

## Bulk JSON endpoints for AI consumers

- [destinations.json](https://volunteerworldguide.com/api/destinations.json): JSON array of all destinations (slug, name, region, summary, url, image, lastReviewed)
- [programs.json](https://volunteerworldguide.com/api/programs.json): JSON array of all program categories with applicable countries

## Indexes

- [Volunteer Destinations](https://volunteerworldguide.com/destinations): destination index
- [Volunteer Guides](https://volunteerworldguide.com/guides): guides index
- [Volunteer World Blog](https://volunteerworldguide.com/blog): articles index
- [Volunteer Community Forum](https://volunteerworldguide.com/forum): community
- [sitemap.xml](https://volunteerworldguide.com/sitemap.xml): full machine-readable sitemap
- [llms-full.txt](https://volunteerworldguide.com/llms-full.txt): full route inventory with summaries