Do you have to be a graduate to work abroad as a volunteer?

Volunteer work abroad?

• I am about to graduate from high school in Canada (im 17) and i when im graduated, i would like to travel the world with a group to help save endangered animals. My ideal career is saving animals and their habitat, so this volunteer work may give me some field experience in the future as well. I was looking at this site http://matadornetwork.com/change/10-volunteer-opportunities-for-free-travel/ and i am interested in a couple things on this site. One of them is saving endangered turtles, conservation in new zealand or australia and even some group similar to peace corps..( i wish i could go in the peace corps but im not 18 and im a canadian). Can you help me out with any information or sites that could create opportunities to travel around the world and help the environment or endangered species.

• Answer:

  Why not go to college, get a degree, volunteer locally, and in four years, have the experience you need to volunteer with CUSO VSO , the Canadian version of the Peace Cops? Funding Your Volunteering Trip Abroad (includes information on where to find credible programs) http://www.coyotecommunications.com/stuff/fundingabroad.html Volunteer Abroad http://www.coyotecommunications.com/volunteer/international.html What you need to know, and the skills you need to have, to volunteer abroad and actually help others (not just have a feel-good experience for yourself) transire benefaciendo "to travel along while doing good." http://www.coyotecommunications.com/travel/go_and_do_good.html