Trips listed on this page fall into two categories: Airline Ambassador Missions, and AAI Member-led trips.
AAI Sponsored Trips are highlighted in yellow, and have been reviewed to meet our high standards of voluntourism. AAI Sponsored Trips have an established land price, which includes most costs during the mission. Please click the "» See Details ..." link to find out more about each trip.
AAI Member-led trips are coordinated by select AAI members who have expertise in leading trips and want to give others the opportunitiy to share the fun and rewards of traveling to make a difference. An active membership in AAI is required to register for an AAI member-led trip.
Join AAI Directors’ H.E. Ambassador Francisco Lorenzo and Treasurer Daniel Sheth on a life changing journey through the coastal and mountainous areas of the Dominican Republic.
Poverty levels and the number of homeless, parentless and neglected children are rising at accelerating rates at a time when aid into the country is diminishing.
We are calling you to action to serve the beautiful but deprived children of the Dominican Republic. AAI has shipped over 950,000 pounds of aid in form of much needed school kits, clothing pallets, hygiene kits and orphanage modules. Join us in hand delivering this aid, along with toys and locally procured food, to ten schools, three orphanages and an HIV Center.
For more information about the Dominican Republic trip and if you would like to attend, please contact Daniel Sheth via email (daniel.sheth@gmail.com) or phone (917) 748-2544 for more information.
Other dates can be arranged if there is a group of people interested. 2010 trips are in the process of being scheduled.
Homes from the Heart and the Fuller Center for Housing are 22 houses through a 60-home community in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador.
The neighborhood, dubbed Villa Linda and Millard Fuller, goes beyond basic shelter by creating a cooperative living environment, open community spaces, and operating infrastructure.
Through Airline Ambassadors, this unique opportunity provides work teams with a real opportunity to get dirty and have a solid impact on the local people. Volunteers have the opportunity to interact and work alongside current and future home owners to build their neighborhood from the ground up. All volunteers will have the opportunity to help make concrete and pour walls for multiplex housing units. Other participatory possibilities include improving green spaces and community aesthetics, helping to develop micro-business plans and community cooperation, and working with families and children to develop healthy and sustainable lifestyles.
Volunteers will be housed in the Fuller Center’s beachfront property close to the worksite. Ground transportation and most meals will be provided.
Please review your itinerary and the registration information in our
The community of Lethem, Guyana, is home to over 300 Amerindian children who live in poverty and have no access to medical care. Through Airline Ambassadors, you can help deliver 6,000 pounds of aid and medical supplies that will allow an existing medical facility to open its doors and give the local people the care that they so desperately need. In addition, this project will make improvements to 25 culvert bridges which are badly in need of repair, and provide educational materials for the children of Lethem. Join Remote Air Medical, Peace Corps volunteers, and Airline Ambassadors in this trip which encompasses aid delivery, medical assistance, infrastructure improvements, and site-seeing in beautiful Guyana!
Please review your itinerary and the registration information in our
Please join Airline Ambassadors and Flutemaker Ministries in a humanitarian mission to Nicaragua. We will launch projects to help orphaned and abandoned children in the area of Somoto named "The Kids of Cascabel".
The " Kids of Cascabel Project" supports Pastor Carlos Baez who found 18 children at the Somoto garbage dump and rescued them. Having no resources to sustain them, Pastor Carlos linked up with Erik the Flutemaker, whom he met in 2006. Erik, his friends, and his family began to help feed, clothe and educate these children now known as the Kids of Cascabel. Today, Pastor Carlos and his wife, Lorena, and a small group of helpers have expanded their care to include 31 children who receive food, clothing, education and medical care through donations provided through the supporters of the Kids of Cascabel.
Join us in providing nutrition, clothing, housing and education to children who have no chance of escaping their dire circumstances without the assistance of those outside their community.
Join Airline Ambassadors in Cambodia and Thailand and support Orphans, Artisans and Elephants!
You can join the trip First Class, or follow the same itinerary but stay at boutique hotels or orphanages!
In Cambodia, the team will visit the ancient temple of Angor Wat, deliver brightly colored CROCS shoes to kids at FLOW Orphanage, (where the team will be staying) and the Cambodian Children's Fund (a safe haven for children from the local dump)
In Thailand, the itinerary will include visiting the Duang Prateep Foundation and the Soonthorn Vittaya School that boards 50 Hill Tribe Children (where the AAI team will be staying) with an optional extension to Chiang Mai and the Maeteman Elephant Camp (just featured on National Geographic).
In El Mision, Mexico, we visit two orphanages, deliver food, clothing and aid to the children. We spend time playing games/crafts with them. Enjoy this rewarding experience and share your blessings with those in need.
We also make time to enjoy the beauty of Mexico taking time to sightsee, relax on the beach, visit local wineries or horseback ride.
For more information and the trip itinerary, visit the Mexico Brochure.
Travel by quad, horseback or Land Rover on a cultural tour of AAI’s “adopted” village of Nkundusi. You will visit the local school, meet with families in their homes, talk to a “sangoma” (healer) and learn firsthand about life and challenges of HIV, unemployment and access to water and food in Zulu culture. Community leaders have asked for our help and you will deliver supplies and help refurbish the “creche” or day care center where we are providing food water, a playground, and supplies. See the grateful faces and hear the songs of the children you are helping.
You will spend the first portion of your trip in Johannesburg and travel to
Richard's Bay and stay at the HluHluwe River Lodge for the remainder of the trip. For more information about the lodge, read the details on their site. You will be making your own reservations for the lodge portion of the trip. Contact details are provided in our brochure. The brochure also includes your full itinerary and the "Needs List".
This trip closes for registrations one month before the
departure date.
Additional days can be added to your adventure if you wish. Our in-country coordinator will be happy to recommend Cape Town projects for you to visit!
To join the mission, please visit our Mission Pages and review the section
"To Participate on a Mission".
For more information and to confirm your registration, please contact:
you will be building someone’s house so be prepared to work hard and to the best of your ability.
Some activities you can expect to be doing include installing insulation and drywall, mudding, texturing, painting, installing floors, yard work and much more. No experience is necessary as they will train us to do the work. We will work hard but there will also be opportunities to meet families in the area and to enjoy the wonderful food and culture of New Orleans.
Homes from the Heart and the Fuller Center for Housing are 22 houses through a 60-home community in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador. 
The community of Lethem, Guyana, is home to over 300 Amerindian children who live in poverty and have no access to medical care. Through Airline Ambassadors, you can help deliver 6,000 pounds of aid and medical supplies that will allow an existing medical facility to open its doors and give the local people the care that they so desperately need. In addition, this project will make improvements to 25 culvert bridges which are badly in need of repair, and provide educational materials for the children of Lethem. Join 
