<p>I'm posting on the parents forum hoping to find people who have experience volunteering abroad. My daughter is interested is in doing a summer volunteer program in a Spanish speaking country. She'll be 17 and can communicate reasonably well in Spanish. She'd prefer a homestay program. She saw IFRE Volunteer</a> Abroad, (IFRE) Volunteering Abroad, $80/Week | IFRE Volunteers Abroad but I'm having a hard time figuring out whether or not it's a good program. If anyone has any knowledge about IFRE, that would be great. Any thoughts on other volunteer programs for a seventeen year old would also be appreciated. </p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I know of International Student Volunteers and Campus Crusade for Christ has Summer Projects all around the world. I think they cost quite a bit of money though.</p>
<p>Thanks but she is not interested in a religious organization. Any other ideas? Alternatively, any ideas of how to determine if a program is what it says it is?</p>
<p>I would ask in the Summer programs forum -
[Summer</a> Programs - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/]Summer”>Summer Programs - College Confidential Forums)</p>
<p>If you google it, you come up with lots of links but I don’t know what organizations are reputable.</p>
<p>take a look at rusticpathways</p>
<p>Thanks momofboston.</p>
<p>I did find two pages that were helpful and others considering volunteering abroad might be interested in them.
[Funding</a> Your Volunteering Abroad Trip](<a href=“http://www.coyotecommunications.com/stuff/fundingabroad.html]Funding”>Funding Your Volunteering Abroad Trip)
[International</a> Volunteer Programs Association](<a href=“http://www.volunteerinternational.org/]International”>http://www.volunteerinternational.org/)</p>