Volunteering in Phnom Penh Region
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Cambodia English Teaching Volunteers
- Location: Phnom Penh
- Description: Teach English at a community school to help children gain life skills and employability.
- Focus: Teaching English
- Duration: 2–12 weeks
- Costs: From $215 per week
- Requirements: Age 18+
- Website: volunteerworld.com
Volunteering in Cambodia is a deeply rewarding experience — you'll build real connections with local communities while making a tangible impact.
— Cambodia Volunteer Community
Tips:
Prepare your resume and a motivation letter; apply 2-3 months in advance.
Childcare & Community Work
- Location: Phnom Penh
- Description: Provide a fun, supportive environment for children to learn and grow.
- Focus: Childcare and community services
- Duration: 4–12 weeks
- Costs: From $630 per week
- Requirements: Age 18+
- Website: volunteerworld.com
Volunteering in Cambodia is a deeply rewarding experience — you'll build real connections with local communities while making a tangible impact.
— Cambodia Volunteer Community
Tips:
Prepare your resume and a motivation letter; apply 2-3 months in advance.
Micro-finance Internship
- Location: Phnom Penh
- Description: Empower entrepreneurs from disadvantaged areas to build sustainable businesses.
- Focus: Community services and micro-finance
- Duration: 1–12 weeks
- Costs: From $1,372 per week
- Requirements: Age 16+
- Website: volunteerworld.com
Volunteering in Cambodia is a deeply rewarding experience — you'll build real connections with local communities while making a tangible impact.
— Cambodia Volunteer Community
Tips:
Prepare your resume and a motivation letter; apply 2-3 months in advance.
Childcare in Phnom Penh
- Location: Phnom Penh
- Description: Assist in childcare centers with daily routines and care tasks.
- Focus: Education access and childcare
- Duration: 1–24 weeks
- Costs: From $305
- Requirements: Age 18+; families welcome
- Website: volunteerhq.org
Volunteering in Cambodia is a deeply rewarding experience — you'll build real connections with local communities while making a tangible impact.
— Cambodia Volunteer Community
Tips:
Prepare your resume and a motivation letter; apply 2-3 months in advance.
Medical in Phnom Penh
- Location: Phnom Penh
- Description: Assist and observe in a pediatrics hospital.
- Focus: Health and wellbeing
- Duration: 4–12 weeks
- Costs: From $890
- Requirements: Age 18+
- Website: volunteerhq.org
Volunteering in Cambodia is a deeply rewarding experience — you'll build real connections with local communities while making a tangible impact.
— Cambodia Volunteer Community
Tips:
Prepare your resume and a motivation letter; apply 2-3 months in advance.
Working with NGOs
- Location: Phnom Penh (and Siem Reap)
- Description: Support initiatives in community development, education, health, human rights, and environment.
- Focus: Community development
- Duration: 5–24 weeks
- Costs: From $805
- Requirements: Age 19+
- Website: volunteerhq.org
Volunteering in Cambodia is a deeply rewarding experience — you'll build real connections with local communities while making a tangible impact.
— Cambodia Volunteer Community
Tips:
Prepare your resume and a motivation letter; apply 2-3 months in advance.
Cambodian Living Arts
- Location: Phnom Penh
- Description: Facilitate Cambodia's transformation through the arts, empowering individuals and communities.
- Focus: Arts and cultural preservation
- Duration: Varies
- Costs: Not specified
- Requirements: Not specified
- Website: cambodianlivingarts.org
Volunteering in Cambodia is a deeply rewarding experience — you'll build real connections with local communities while making a tangible impact.
— Cambodia Volunteer Community
Tips:
Prepare your resume and a motivation letter; apply 2-3 months in advance.
Cambodian Children's Fund
- Location: Phnom Penh (Steung Meanchey)
- Description: Work alongside local staff in community-based education programs serving over 2,000 children from families formerly living on the Steung Meanchey landfill. Volunteers assist with English classes, computer literacy, life skills workshops, and after-school tutoring programs.
- Focus: Education and community development
- Duration: 1–6 months
- Costs: From $350/month (covers orientation, placement coordination, and admin support)
- Requirements: Age 21+; background check required; commitment of at least 4 weeks preferred; TEFL certification helpful but not required
- Website: cambodianchildrensfund.org
Volunteering in Cambodia is a deeply rewarding experience — you'll build real connections with local communities while making a tangible impact.
— Cambodia Volunteer Community
Tips:
Prepare your resume and a motivation letter; apply 2-3 months in advance.
Wildlife Alliance Rescue Center
- Location: Phnom Penh / Cardamom Mountains
- Description: Support Cambodia's leading wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center. Volunteers help care for rescued animals including sun bears, gibbons, pangolins, and birds confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade. Field placements in the Cardamom Mountains involve forest patrol support, camera trap monitoring, and community outreach.
- Focus: Wildlife rescue and conservation
- Duration: 2 weeks–3 months
- Costs: From $500/month (rescue center) or $400/month (field placement); includes accommodation at field sites
- Requirements: Age 18+; good physical fitness for field placements; no specific qualifications needed for rescue center; veterinary or biology students preferred for specialized roles
- Website: wildlifealliance.org
Volunteering in Cambodia is a deeply rewarding experience — you'll build real connections with local communities while making a tangible impact.
— Cambodia Volunteer Community
Tips:
Prepare your resume and a motivation letter; apply 2-3 months in advance.
Pour un Sourire d'Enfant (PSE)
- Location: Phnom Penh
- Description: Join one of Cambodia's most established NGOs providing vocational training and education to over 6,500 students from extremely poor families. Volunteers contribute to hospitality training, graphic design and digital skills classes, business English instruction, and administrative support for the social enterprise programs.
- Focus: Vocational training and education
- Duration: 1–6 months
- Costs: From $200/month (covers placement coordination; accommodation not included but affordable options nearby from $150/month)
- Requirements: Age 20+; professional skills in hospitality, IT, graphic design, marketing, or business are highly valued; intermediate French or English required
- Website: pfrancope.org
Volunteering in Cambodia is a deeply rewarding experience — you'll build real connections with local communities while making a tangible impact.
— Cambodia Volunteer Community
Tips:
Prepare your resume and a motivation letter; apply 2-3 months in advance.
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