LEAPNOW Internship Opportunities
College Internship | International & U.S. Based Internship Program Opportunities
LEAPNOW maintains a database of more than 6,000 internships, work exchanges, volunteer opportunities, language schools and apprenticeships, which we have been actively collecting and using since 1977. These internships are in 126 countries, in an incredibly wide range of fields (see below for a sample list).
Five Ways to Participate
Partial Database
In addition to our program-based internships, we also offer approximately forty volunteer, educational international and U.S. domestic internships that are available to individuals. This list is added to on a semi-regular basis. Most of these internships need people throughout the year and many can accommodate multiple volunteers. Most internships are happy to have you stay for a long period of time.
Age range: Depends on the internship.
Full Database
The definitive experiential year of college! This 9-month program includes 3 months of group travel in Asia or Latin America as well as a 3-month individual internship using our complete database. Additionally, LEAPYEAR includes:
- Four intensive contemplative retreats in the U.S.
- Formal Rites of Passage into adulthood.
- A full year of college credit, with financial aid.
Age range: 17 to 24
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Re-set your life with a directed 3-month inner and outer adventure!
Deeper Waters is a 3-month internship from our full database bracketed by 2 intensive inner-directed retreats.
Learn how to live as a conscious & evolving human in a world that needs responsible action.
Age range: 18 and up
Partial Database
Explore three continents in four months! One Revolution participants travel in a small group to Guatemala, Uganda & India, where they do service internships, as well as internships in arts, crafts, cooking, and much more.
These internships are limited to those available in the cities you are based in.
Age range: 17 and up
Partial Database
Spend three months immersed in the life of Varanasi, one of India’s holiest cities, while serving those whose lives will be poorer without your help! Students participate in service internships as well as internships in crafts, arts, dance, cooking, and more.
These internships are limited to Varanasi.
Age range: 17 and up
The full internship list is only available to students doing the Deeper Waters Program or the LEAPYEAR Program. Within a Deeper Waters semester you can do an internship while having access to counseling and mentoring designed to help you frame your internships within the context of your life and life purpose. The LEAPYEAR program includes a 3-month internship chosen from the database of 6,000.
Internships include the following and much, much more:
- Martial arts study in Brazil, Japan, Taiwan, China and Thailand
- Medical work outside of the United States - in Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Africa, and many other locations.
- Work with children just about anywhere in the world - in schools, orphanages, on the streets, in refugee camps and other settings.
- Alternative and conventional building construction & sustainable living in the U.S. and many other countries
- Work on organic farms throughout the world - Australia, NZ, Africa, Asia, Latin America, the U.S, Europe, and the Caribbean.
- Work with animals in the U.S., Australia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Kenya, South Africa, India, Argentina, Nepal, and other countries. Work with elephants, primates, pumas, birds, sea turtles, penguins, musk oxen, baby baboons, horses and farm animals, Great White Sharks, and more.
- Language immersion and homestays throughout the world.
- Arts & crafts study and apprenticeship in Latin America, India, Africa, Europe, Canada, and Asia.
- Work with scientists - ecology, botany, marine science, forestry, archaeology, and more.
- Work with midwives in Latin America, Indonesia, Africa and elsewhere.
- Political internships in the UK, Australia & Switzerland
- Blacksmithing, jewelry-making, glass blowing, weaving
- Historical restoration
- Work on kibbutzes (kibbutzim) in Israel and in eco-villages & intentional communities throughout the world
- Work with indigenous people in the U.S. and abroad
- Work with women's issues and women's empowerment groups throughout the world
- Spiritual study: yoga retreats, ashrams, meditation, etc.
- Hotel management internships, work in chateaus in France, retreat center internships
- Work on remote Pacific islands
- Work at SCUBA dive centers - Galapagos, the Caribbean, the Gulf of Thailand, and on the Great Barrier Reef.
- Service work with people with disabilities, with the very poor, the dying, with the blind, and with those who are developmentally delayed.
Leap Now international & U.S. based internship opportunities in a wide spectrum of environments
From environmental causes to teaching, wildlife rescue and more...
Become an intern during your College years and gain invaluable experience and memories that will last a lifetime!



