Fly For Good

Once you have been accepted into our Volunteer Program, Ecuador Volunteer can help you obtain a discount on your flight to Ecuador via the Fly For Good program. To take advantage of this discount, register online at http://www.flyforgood.com and search for flights to UIO (Quito’s airport code). You will need to call to book and apply the discount. We will send you our Foundation’s discount code once you are accepted, which you will need for the discount.

Since Fly For Good only works through some airlines, the discount may or may not be less than other airline companies. Nonetheless, it may be worth it to check!

Online Scholarships

There are a number of online organizations and companies that offer scholarships for Study Abroad and Volunteering Abroad opportunities, offering scholarships as little as $100. Check out these websites to apply for scholarships/grants geared toward Travel and Volunteering Abroad:

1. Fastweb:

FastWeb is a free online scholarship-matching service. Students submit a detailed profile to the site which then matches the profile against a scholarship database that lists more than 1.5 million awards worth more than $3.4 billion. With daily updates, the site automatically notifies the student when a new award is added that matches the student’s profile.

2. FinAid: The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid:

This award-winning site has grown into the most comprehensive source of student financial aid information, advice and tools – on or off the web. Access to FinAid is free for all users.

3. Institute of International Education:

This directory features detailed descriptions of hundreds of study abroad scholarships, fellowships, grants and paid internships for US undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students as well as professionals.

4. US Department of Education:

If you’re exploring options for paying for college, see “Find Aid.” You’ll learn about the various kinds of financial aid (loans, grants, and work-study), how to apply, common myths and more.

5. Go Abroad:

GoAbroad.com is the leading international education and experiential travel resource. Click the “Scholarship” drop down on the left panel “Travel Tools” menu to search for scholarships.

6. International Scholarships:

The International Scholarship Search is the premier financial aid, college scholarship and international scholarship resource for students wishing to study abroad. You will find a comprehensive listing of grants, scholarships and loan programs to assist university students in their pursuit to study abroad.

7. Diversity Abroad:

DiversityAbroad.com has partnered with several organizations to offer study abroad scholarships and grants and to help make your study overseas experience possible.

Fundraising Support

Ecuador Volunteer encourages our volunteers to start fundraising campaigns to cover part or all of their volunteer and travel costs. Effective fundraising shares your cause and the reasons and goals that motivate you to volunteer abroad with your family, friends, and people from your own country. As a result, fundraising campaigns connects people from your home country with people in need here in Ecuador.

Ecuador Volunteer will support volunteers in their fundraising efforts as best we can by providing official documents, letters, posters, photos, videos, etc. to help you raise public funds. Volunteers can share stories and pictures of previous volunteers and of those you will directly impact through your work, whether it is the environment, children, families, etc.

One fundraising approach that has proven to be quite effective (and not time consuming) is to send email letters to family and friends. These letters explain what you are going to do during your project, the importance of volunteering for you (career growth, personal growth, travel opportunity, etc), the impact you will have on people in Ecuador (children, impoverished communities, the environment, animals, etc), and ask for any contribution to make this trip possible. Ecuador Volunteer can provide you with form letters that you can personalize.

You may be surprised by how many family members, friends, and people will be touched by your efforts and donate to your cause

Team Leader Advantage

If you are an outgoing person who loves to interact with people, we strongly encourage you to take advantage of our TEAM LEADER ADVANTAGE. By becoming a team leader, you will organize your own group from your school or hometown and serve as your group's main contact with Ecuador Volunteer. Your main job will be to organize your group before departing for Ecuador, and in exchange you will get a great deal on your Team Leader Program Costs. Form your group, choose the project and dates (existing or alternative program dates), and Ecuador Volunteer will take care of the rest!

Your discount depends on the size of your group.

Team Leader Discounts:

6 people = 40% off Team Leader Program Costs**
7 people = 55% off
8 people = 70% off
9 people = 85% off
10 people = 100% off (Team Leader Program Costs are covered!)
16 people = 100% off + Free Roundtrip Airfare to Ecuador*

*Ecuador Volunteer covers the Team Leader's roundtrip airfare value up to US$800.

Multiple Team Leaders

If you and a friend want to organize a team, you and your friend will serve as co-Team Leaders and will split the Team Leader Advantage. That means, for a group of 6 (excluding both Team Leaders), each Team Leader will receive 20% off his/her program costs.

**Important

The Team Leader Advantage discount is only available for our Spring Brea, Winter Break, and Summer Volunteer Packages. The number of people per group does not include the Team Leader(s). Program costs do not include airfare from home country to Ecuador.