An opportunity to "Voluntour" to some of the coolest destinations on the planet. Make your adventure more than just about yourself. Participate in local projects following your adventure.

Philosophy

MountainVision Expeditions was founded on the principals of connecting people, cultures and planet through adventure-based trips that stimulate mind, body, and soul. An integral part of this mission is our commitment to supporting non-profit and volunteer-based projects in the communities surrounding our adventure travel destinations.

Projects

All MountainVision trips include optional days where you can volunteer with an organization that we have vetted and worked with in the past. These include a broad range of projects in local communities in Tanzania, Nepal and Peru. Whether your interest is health, education, sports/athletics, clean water, or environmental issues, there are opportunities for you to actively contribute and give back. We work with each organization to match up special skills you may bring so that everyone is getting as much out of the experience as possible. Click here to see a full list of opportunities.

General Information

Volunteer commitments are typically 3-5 days, although you have the option to do more on your own. A typical day would involve a breakfast meeting at the lodge where we review the goals and objectives, as well as review any needed skills. We travel as a group to the site, and then you may be broken up into smaller teams for the day. Lunch may be a sit down, or in the field. Work will typically wrap up around 5PM and we will travel back to the lodge for showers and a relaxing dinner where we review the accomplishments and swap stories. By tapping into the collective intelligence and experience of volunteers with such varied backgrounds, we often discover creative solutions and improvements to the existing processes, which can then be passed back to the local community. Evenings are then free for relaxing, lounging, and/or socializing with your fellow volunteers. Each volunteer can choose whichever project they find most inspiring. The dinner conversations are even more exhilarating when the experiences from different projects start to overlap and we discover new ways for them to work together. To maximize the value of each volunteers' contribution, you will work on one project for the full duration. In certain cases, our sponsoring companies may provide some skills training long before you start your trip. This enables you to hit the ground running, and ensures that we are providing skilled volunteers to the projects.

Costs and Sponsors

To simplify and streamline your experience, we will handle all your arrangements for transportation, lodging, and other logistics, and build the incremental costs into your overall trip invoice. Corporations have often supported Jeff Evans and MountainVision on our higher profile expeditions, and we encourage these sponsor companies to actively sponsor the volunteer projects we support. In certain projects, corporations may be subsidizing a portion of the costs - savings which will be passed on to you. Naturally, we hope you will spread the word about our sponsors that are pioneering an inspiring new approach to corporate social responsibility. We have also had volunteers raise support for their trips from sponsors in their local communities and from their employers.

Many of our Adventures With a Cause projects are facilitated by our friends at Travelcology. Their model unites adventure travelers, nonprofit organizations, and corporations as equal stakeholders in a shared commitment to social responsibility through travel. Travelcology's portal is a developing platform through which this global community will be connected to realize these goals. Whether you are headed off on one of our established MVX trips or just want to participate in our Adventures WIth A Cause project, Travelcology will be a great resource for your next socially conscious adventure.

Example Volunteer Projects

Peru

• School house carpentry and repair
• Adobe brick construction and application
• Donation and distribution of school supplies
• Soccer field development
• Expert ecological education on local challenges and subsequent methods of assistance

Tanzania

• Donation of school and living supplies to Arusha based AIDS orphanage
• Community based projects at local Masai villages ie...clean water access, medical supply distribution, clinical medicine
• Expert ecological education on local challenges and subsequent methods of assistance
• Athletic field development/construction
• Nutrition education

Nepal

• Medical clinic assistance
• School supply distribution
• Expert ecological education on local challenges and subsequent methods of assistance
• Nutrition education

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