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.
AAI continues to
visit Peru as volunteers hand-deliver food, aid, and promises kept following the
earthquake. Our Adopted Project commitment continues and grows. This trip includes painting a completed Bath House, a festival and party to celebrate the dedication and opening of a new Water Project, meeting, inspiring, and enjoying the company of children to sponsor in a new Youth-to-Youth Sponsorship Program, and scouting a partner project with the Fuller Center for Housing. Together, AAI and the Fuller Center will build 300-350 homes for the most needy! This trip includes the fulfillment of completed goals and the celebration of future dreams. After your humanitarian work, perhaps you would like to add a few days and visit Machu Pichu, Cuzco, or hike the Inca Trail! Peru and her people await!
Mapou Chevalier as he delivers the necessities of life -- providing food, drinking water and educational opportunities to the flood devastated region. Immediate relief is mandatory. Future goals include opening a school for children who lost their parents due to the flood. An in-country team awaits your arrival and will work to assist in the efforts. Accommodation will be provided in a beautiful residential home.
The opportunity of a lifetime! Join Tsidii as she returns to her birthplace and shares the incomparable beauty of her homeland with you. She will reveal her grand dreams and visions for the Kingdom of Lesotho as she investigates her projects further. The Tsidii Foundation will establish a Community Health and Cultural Center. This trip is a first step, a fact-finding mission, to develop the model to empower and inspire Lesotho and, in turn, educate the rest of the world! Lesotho is reputed to be affected by the AIDS crisis more than any other country in the world. The community health service that Tsidii invisions will address this tragic issue; however, Tsidii explains the clinic will do even more....it will be of service to all....and have a very special focus on women. Please visit Tsidii's Photo Gallery for a glimpse into the beauty of Lesotho.
For accommodation and itinerary plans, please contact: Tsidii Le Loka Lupindo at: culturalmission@aol.com
Enjoy the beauty of Antigua and Lake Atitlan while visiting our projects in action. AAI partners with Mayan Families Foundation in Panajachel to empower women through the Sewing Machine Project and to offer support in areas that include water purifiers, efficient wood burning stoves, and School Tuitions. You will spend an afternoon at the Open Windows Learning Center, in Duenas, interacting with children of all ages and distributing aid to families of migrant workers toiling in the surrounding coffee plantations. The beauty of the Mayan people and the stunning, breath-taking scenery will make this trip a most-memorable life experience.
We will be returning to Guatemala monthly. Find out more details in our brochure...and join us!
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. For more information about the lodge, read the details and check out our brochure which includes the itinerary and "Needs List".
South Kids International leads this mission to improve the lives of abandonned, abused, and physically and/or mentally-challenged children and youth in Brazil. If you are ready to roll up your sleeves, visit five different facilities, meet the youth, and help these youngsters cope with their fears and frustrations in life, this trip is for you! Volunteers are encouraged to provide fresh ideas to inspire and motivate these children. Make a difference in the lives of these young people, give of yourself, and help these children prosper.
For more information about this fantastic opportunity, read the itinerary, "Needs List", and more in the brochure. Get ready to pack up your bags and inspiration. The children of Brazil are waiting!
Join In-Country Coordinator, Cesar Calderon, in beautiful El Salvador. Deliver aid and gifts to Children's Homes. Visit and play with the children. Then, there's time to rest, explore, shop, and head to the coast to enjoy the fabulous beaches. This trip is an inspiring and rewarding blend of humanitarian work and taking in the beauty of El Salvador. Don't miss it! Bring the family!
Join AAI Volunteers on this popular mission led by a mission coordinator with over 20 years experience working in El Salvador. Knowledge of the Spanish language is not required! You will visit the poor living in both urban and rural areas. You will also visit at least one orphanage and one hospital.
Please join Reverend Dr. Luc Pierre in 
Enjoy the beauty of Antigua and Lake Atitlan while visiting our projects in action. AAI partners with Mayan Families Foundation in Panajachel to empower women through the Sewing Machine Project and to offer support in areas that include water purifiers, efficient wood burning stoves, and School Tuitions. You will spend an afternoon at the Open Windows Learning Center, in Duenas, interacting with children of all ages and distributing aid to families of migrant workers toiling in the surrounding coffee plantations. The beauty of the Mayan people and the stunning, breath-taking scenery will make this trip a most-memorable life experience.
