What a HeyLocals trip looks like for uni students
Going abroad with HeyLocals as a uni student means stepping out of the classroom and putting your skills, curiosity, and adaptability to work in the real world.
You'll join social, educational, environmental, or community projects that are already running, working with local teams and other international volunteers.
Activities are mainly in the morning, useful, educational, and matched to the local context.
Afternoons are for cultural exchange, exploring the area, and community life. Good for building connections and seeing things from new angles.
Everything's set up so you can focus: accommodation included, local support, and carefully chosen projects.
For many activities you can apply for university credits (CFU).
The essentials of a uni-student volunteering trip
Real projects, already running
No simulations. You join projects that local teams run all year.
Growth, personal and professional
A trip that builds independence, problem-solving, and cross-cultural awareness.
Support and structure
Local team on-site, clear guidelines, constant support throughout.
Everything sorted
Meals, accommodation, essentials, all in. You focus on the project.
Who's it for?
Students after meaningful experiences
Goal: Add something real and international to your uni time.
Students ready to challenge themselves
Goal: Step out of the comfort zone, build new skills, see things differently.
Students who care about social and environmental issues
Goal: Do something with real impact, time and energy that actually lands.
First-time travellers
Goal: A first trip abroad that's guided, safe and structured.
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What you get
Shared but well-kept places where you live with other students and international volunteers. Perfect setting for exchange, and new friendships.
Social, educational, environmental, or community projects that are already running, led by local teams all year.
A trip that builds transferable skills (independence, adaptability, teamwork), and you can apply for credits for the hours spent on activities.
Local team on-site, full arrival orientation, ongoing support. You focus on the experience.
What's included
Not included
How it works
Intro call
We chat about your degree, your motivations, and what you'd like out of the trip.
Pick the project
We suggest a project that matches your interests and the setting you'd be happiest in.
Getting ready
We help you prep: docs, departure, life on the ground. Clear and straightforward.
Arrival
The local team picks you up and eases you into the project.
See projects in detail
Explore the projects available for this travel type
Get your hands dirty, literally. Help the rural communities around Nakuru build safer homes, better schools and more functional shared spaces. A grounded, physical experience full of meaning.
In a village near Ubud, you'll work with your hands to renovate schools, kindergartens and community spaces. Lay bricks, paint walls, build furniture and discover how rewarding it is to give shape to real change.
Help renovate local schools in Zanzibar with your own hands. Paint classrooms, fix furniture and build better spaces for students, and see a different side of the spice island while you're at it.
See up close the daily life of a community kindergarten, support the educational activities and find out what it's like to grow up and learn in rural Kenya. A simple, hands-on and deeply human experience.
Be alongside the kids in their early years with games, songs and creative activities at the kindergartens in Cartagena. A trip that mixes hands-on care, learning and a proper feel for Colombian and Caribbean Coast culture.
Work alongside the teachers in lively classrooms and help young children grow through simple, creative activities. An experience that brings together teaching, play and cultural exchange in the heart of northern Thailand.
Step into everyday Nairobi and support a school set up to give children and families educational continuity in a complex urban setting. A practical and human experience built on relationships, routines, play and small shared progress.
Work alongside the local educators at a community kindergarten in Tarrafal, between games, songs and first words in English. Give the children attention and meaningful input, in a corner of Cape Verde where the sea is always a few steps away.