Location
  • Jamaica
    • Mandeville
Length
1 to 52 weeks
Health & Safety

Program Details

Language
English
Age Min.
16
Timeframe
Short Term Spring Break Summer Winter Year Round
Housing
Host Family

Pricing

Starting Price
3260
What's Included
Accommodation Activities Airport Transfers Meals Transportation Wifi
What's Not Included
Airfare Travel Insurance Visa
Feb 04, 2025
Dec 22, 2022
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About Program

Our program will make you step out of your comfort zone and engage with your new friends from around the world. You will develop a better understanding of global issues while making a meaningful contribution to the community that hosts you.

In Jamaica, you’ll work with us to achieve long-term goals on a volunteer program that addresses specific needs. You can help children improve their reading comprehension at schools or take part in sports coaching to inspire a generation. For a more professional angle, particularly if you want to get some work experience, you could join our medical or psychology internships.

Get ready to dance to reggae rhythms and enjoy the warm Caribbean sunlight. Relax on beautiful white beaches and explore Jamaica’s lush, green scenery on hikes. Follow the link below for more!

This program is currently not being promoted on Go Overseas by its provider. Check with Projects Abroad for the most up-to-date information regarding the status of this program.

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Impact 🌎


We are committed to sustainable practices that benefit local communities and the environment.

Our initiatives:

► Climate-positive projects
► Low-impact travel model
► Increased biodiversity

Partnering with Ecologi

We have partnered with Ecologi to offset more carbon emissions than we generate.

Planting trees for a greener future

We plant a tree for every volunteer who joins our projects.

Long-term impact

Our projects are designed to create long-term, positive change for communities and the environment.


Join Projects Abroad, a force for good connecting volunteers with communities. Build green futures, fight inequality, and empower locals on impactful adventures.

Visit our website to learn more about our impact worldwide.

Program Highlights

  • Choose a project you are passionate about that fits your interests
  • Support global sustainable efforts that contribute towards the long-term objectives of each program.
  • Get 24/7 support from the local staff and head office team
  • Live and work in the local community
  • Explore a new country and culture while you're meaningful contribution to the community

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Program Reviews

4.76 Rating
based on 17 reviews
  • 5 rating 76.47%
  • 4 rating 23.53%
  • 3 rating 0%
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  • Impact 4.7
  • Support 4.95
  • Fun 4.65
  • Value 4.4
  • Safety 4.8
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Ben
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Awesome Experience

I’ve met a lot of nice people during my stay. The landscape and weather is beautiful and the staff and host family was very nice. If you are planning to go here, go open minded. Because some things may be very different than at home. Despite the differences it is still one of the nicest places I’ve ever traveled. The people here are very down to earth and if you treat them the same way they treat you, you will have no problems at all. I was here for the last 2 months and I will likely never forget my stay here.

Pros
  • Very nice food
  • No stress at all
  • Very good support
Cons
  • If you like to shower warm, you should learn to shower cold
  • I didn’t experience any Cons
  • I didn’t experience any Cons
122 people found this review helpful.
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Marco
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Jamaica Journalism Experience

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176 people found this review helpful.
Response from

Hello Marco,
It sounds like you had an amazing time (I can’t say we're surprised!). Thank you for taking the time to share your positive experience with our global community. We’re so happy that you enjoyed Journalism project in Jamaica. We look forward to seeing you again on one of our projects or Internships!

Kay Hendricks, Country Director for Jamaica

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Charlotte
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Psychology Projects Abroad Jamaica

This project was incredibly well organized from my pickup right to my drop off at the airport one month later. Not only did I gain experience in psychology but I also was fully immersed in Jamaican culture and had the opportunity to learn about other Jamaican projects and how they work together during community days. I felt very at home during this project and also had the freedom in weekends to travel throughout Jamaica and go on many adventures. I was also fortunate to have made lifelong friends with other volunteers from around the world with whom I now stay in touch daily. This project also taught me the importance of culturally appropriate treatment approaches in my field which i now use daily. So grateful to have had this experience and hope to return again.

181 people found this review helpful.
Response from

Hello Charlotte,
It sounds like you had an amazing time (I can’t say we're surprised!). Thank you for taking the time to share your positive experience with our global community. We’re so happy that you enjoyed Psychology project in Jamaica. We look forward to seeing you again on one of our projects or Internships!

Kay Hendricks, Country Director for Jamaica

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Laura
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Psychology intern

I volunteered at Ebenezer Home now Ebenezer Rehabilitation center. The center is amazing the staff care about the clients, the men have as much independence as possible and for a non profit they are doing their best.
I recommend the project but I feel split because the money I paid doesn't go to the project itself. Which is a shame as they needed this. Projects abroad did but Ebenezer some items when I was there but I feel for the amount I paid more could have been done to help. When I return I will be doing so independently so I can help the project more.
Socially- you get to go around with other volunteers at weekends to different parts of the island. I would say plan where you want to go beforehand as some volunteers get to other parishes and don't know what's there. Research first.

What would you improve about this program?
More funds directly into the project itself. I feel that for the amount I paid to find out nothing went to Ebenezer was a huge shock and had I known this before I would have volunteered somewhere else. Somewhere where my money went into the projects. The project wasn't cheap so I would expect some of that cost to go into where I volunteered.
190 people found this review helpful.
Response from

Hi Laura.

First of all, thanks for volunteering with our organisation - your time, effort and funds were contributed to an ongoing sustainable project.

I understand your concern about money and where it goes. 56% of your volunteering fee goes directly into the volunteer experience which includes ongoing donations to placements in destination.

I have raised your specific concern with the country director of Jamaica. They will review the ongoing support that’s currently in place to the Ebenezer Rehabilitation Centre and take appropriate action.

If you would like to discuss this further, you can reach me on my email georgegreen@projectsabroad.org – I’d be happy to send you a more detailed financial breakdown.

It was nice to hear that the staff at the centre were amazing and that you travelled around with other volunteers in Jamaica.

Kind Regards,
George Green

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Eva-Marie
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Great experience working in an orphanage

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If you did this all over again, what's one thing you would change?
Sadly, the time wasn't perfectly chosen for me. I did have some issues and uncertainities at home at the time, like my dad had died only recently. I went at the planned time anyway and thought maybe I could leave that all behind, but I couldn't. I brought the bad feelings with me and sadly, couln't enjoy it the way I maybe could have if I went there another time.
Also I had bad luck with my group, there were some people I didn't get on too well with. But of course, you can't know that before and either you're lucky or not.
But you should better plan to go at a time when you're happy in your life. Also, if you go in summer, there are usually more volunteers, maybe even someone who speaks your language, and you have a better chance to meet someone you get on well with and don't depend on people you don't like (like for weekend trip destinations).
161 people found this review helpful.
Response from

Hey Eva-Marie,

Thank you for your great review. 2017 must seem a long time ago now!

It was warming to hear about your experience, working with the children must have been so rewarding.

Not to mention travelling around the tropical paradise of Jamaica!

Just so you know, at the end of 2017 we took the decision to stop placing volunteers in orphanages.

On our childcare projects we now only work with community daycare centres, pre-schools and kindergartens.

If you would like to discuss the above, please do get in touch on georgegreen@projects-abroad.org.

Thank you!

George Green.

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Laura
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Excellent project

I loved my psychology project and can't wait to come back! The team were supportive and other volunteers. The facility I worked at has tried so hard to get to where it is now. The clients were all very accommodating, as were staff. I spent my time being treated as a senior member of staff, I attended all MDT meetings and out things in place for the reorganisation. This place has my heart! I can not wait until I am able to return and continue my work with this facility but I will be doing so as an independent so that I can put money into the organisation myself.

I think the project could be improved by the money we pay going into the actual projects we do as while I was there I found the projects don't receive any money at all which seems such a shame considering the price I paid for my project. It would have made such a different for some of that money to go towards my project.

If you did this all over again, what's one thing you would change?
I would stay longer!! I stayed for 4 weeks on my placements and an extra 2 weeks to see family. 4 weeks was not enough! I intend to come back for three months to spend on placement independently.
171 people found this review helpful.
Response from

Hello Laura,
It sounds like you had an amazing time (I can’t say we're surprised!). Thank you for taking the time to share your positive experience with our global community. We’re so happy that you enjoyed Psychology project in Jamaica. We look forward to seeing you again on one of our projects or Internships!

Kay Hendricks, Country Director for Jamaica

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jacqueline
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Care Program- Volunteer Work in Jamaica

In January this year, I was blessed to be able to spend two short weeks of my time in Mandeville, Jamaica. This opportunity was very rewarding and if I could I would of stayed longer! I spent my time volunteering in a local orphanage and seeing the smiles on the children's faces every morning made me realize how truly fortunate I am here in Canada. Projects Abroad was very helpful throughout my whole trip and they were always a call or text away! I would do it all again in a heartbeat and hopefully I will have the opportunity again some day!

What would you improve about this program?
Cost was very high.
187 people found this review helpful.
Response from

Dear Jacqueline
It's great to hear you had such a wonderful experience in Jamaica. Hopefully you can stay longer next time you join us!
Thanks for your feedback!

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emma
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

a life changing experience

My name is Emma. I recently spent time in Jamaica volunteering through projects abroad, doing their care project. I was placed in a vey loving host family, where i had 3 other volunteers staying with me. They were all very supportive and caring. I then was placed in my placement, an orphanage. There i got to meet and help amazing children who accepted me with open arms. I got to make a difference not only in their lives but in my own. I made lifelong friendships with other volunteers as well as being so deeply submerged into the wildly different culture. It made me grow so much as a person and i would greatly recommend doing it to anyone who has a passion to help others.

194 people found this review helpful.

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