Ecuador is a country in Western South America, with a Pacific Ocean coastline, lying on the Equator between Colombia, to the northeast, and Peru, to the south and east.
The highest active volcano in world, Cotopaxi, which is in the Andes, is in Ecuador. (Description by Wikipedia.org)
Visit the following organizations offering volunteer abroad opportunities in Ecuador:
i-to-i International Projects - Provides a variety of volunteer work experiences including teaching English as a foreign language, community development, conservation, construction, and free TEFL training.
Peace Corp - Peace Corps volunteers travel overseas and make real differences in the lives of real people.
CENIT - Center for the Working Girl - Nonprofit NGO in Quito, Ecuador providing a variety of educational, vocational, and health services to working girls and their families. Information on programs, long-term follow-up, and volunteering.
Fundacion Brethren y Unida - NGO based in Ecuador working on rural development and volunteer projects in agro-ecology, environmental education and small business development.
Fundacion Zoobreviven - Ecuador conservation organization preserving cloud forests and running community projects. Volunteer projects in reforestation, organic and coffee plantation farming, plant and tree study, bird, mammal, insect study in the Alto Choco bioregion.
Genesis Voluntary Teaching Program - Seeking volunteers to teach English to children in Ecuador coast. Information about the town, Bahia, and about volunteering.
Global Crossroad - Offers a variety of volunteering, internship, trekking, adventure and cross-cultural experience to international volunteers in Nepal, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, Mongolia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Kenya, Ghana, Tibet
Global Works - Summer programs located in all types of cultures around the world. Students live in places that range from small villages to ruined castles. Community service, language and adventure travel programs for teenagers.
