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Lydia Hodgins, 24, in Senegal

Lydia Hodgins…

22 year old Jamie from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales had never considered volunteering before. Then a stay in hospital gave him time to reflect on his life and what he wanted to do. Bored of his 9-5 job, an advert he saw…

*UPDATE*

Unfortunately we are currently unable to offer placements in Nigeria.

Placements are available in:

Bangladesh Cambodia Kenya Nepal Tanzania Uganda Zambia

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*UPDATE*

Unfortunately we are currently unable to offer placements in Sierra Leone.

Placements are available in:

Bangladesh Cambodia Kenya Nepal Tanzania Uganda Zambia

*UPDATE*

Unfortunately we are currently unable to offer placements in Senegal. 

Placements are available in:

Bangladesh Cambodia Kenya Nepal Tanzania Uganda Zambia

84.4% of Tanzania's working poor live on US$2 or less a day.

ICS runs numerous projects in Tanzania addressing a number of issues. These include supporting people to access a regular source of income,…

Restless Development ICS volunteer Rebecca Corbett spent her placement in Ushewekunze, a community just outside the Zimbabwean capital of Harare. Here, she tells the story of George and Arthur, two emerging…

*UPDATE*

Unfortunately we are currently unable to offer placements in Zimbabwe.

Placements are available in:

Bangladesh Cambodia Kenya Nepal Tanzania Uganda Zambia

*UPDATE*

Unfortunately we are unable to offer placements in Togo in 2018-19.*

Placements are available in:

Bangladesh Cambodia Kenya Malawi Nepal Tanzania Uganda

*If you have already been placed, your…

“We are one family even though we all come from different areas of Uganda,” says Nellie Ssali, a Ugandan businesswoman with a mission – to lift fellow women out of abusive relationships and empower them to make…

Distancing itself from its troubled past, Uganda has gained recognition in recent years for its tough stance in tackling HIV and AIDS across the country. 

ICS volunteers support Uganda’s growth through …

BeeSweet isn’t your average social enterprise. This Zambian business has set itself an impressive target – to give away 50,000 beehives to local farmers, who can then support their families and communities by…

Any conversation with young people about safe sex, anywhere in the world, is likely to feature a group of sniggering boys asking you what the best positions are. That’s according to Sarah Meath, an ICS volunteer…

With the UN predicting its population of 13 million will triple by 2050, Zambia is one of the fastest-growing countries in Africa.

26-year-old Bryony Sims from Bristol is a Raleigh ICS volunteer team leader on placement in the communities of El Jobo and Mango Solo in Northern Nicaragua, where volunteers mentor local entrepreneurs. By sharing…

*UPDATE*

Unfortunately we are unable to offer placements in Nicaragua in 2018-19.*

Placements are available in:

Bangladesh Cambodia Kenya Malawi Nepal Tanzania Uganda

*If you have already been placed, your…

Happy Friday! Before the weekend starts, take a seat and listen to the wise words of two wonderful ICS volunteers who cooked and climbed their way to the top!

Restless Development ICS volunteer, Cheree Vaan Jaarsveld …

Three cycles of volunteers working in the same community teamed up to raise money and help repair a community well, enabling up to 500 local residents access clean water. 

Bernice is a young woman from Owuram in Ghana.…

At 16, Mahomed Khatri lost his sight from retinal detachments in both his eyes. He was forced to quickly learn to cope with a life without vision – and all the challenges that suddenly came with it.

Now 26, ten years later…

Hello lovely fundraisers!
We’re mixing it up in the ICS office this week and bringing you our first themed blog. So, what better way to start than with Planning.
Coming up with a plan for your ICS fundraising is key to…

For 23-year-old Eleanor Calver, her ICS placement gave her the opportunity to gain more experience of working in sexual health – a sector she felt passionately about.

After returning from Zimbabwe, she’s now working for The…

Starting your own charity or NGO can seem like a scary prospect. Where do you begin? How do you test your ideas? What contacts do you need to make? And will it really make a difference?

But ICS can be a great chance to get…

Amelia Womack was just 29 when she was elected as The Green Party’s Deputy Leader in 2014 – the youngest ever in political party history. Two years and one re-election later, she’s more vocal than ever about the power young people…

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The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funds ICS – representing a significant investment by the UK Government in young people.