School leavers have long enjoyed the challenges and rewards of volunteering holidays. Now Hands up Holidays have devised a brilliant way of involving families. Their trips combine an educational volunteer experience with a fabulous adventure exploring a fascinating destination and staying in luxury accommodation - the ideal way to make your travels more fulfilling. 
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Hands Up Holidays says
Our unique holidays are all about your family soaking up amazing sights, enjoying luxurious eco-friendly accommodation and bonding as a family by helping together on a meaningful volunteer project to benefit an overseas community or threatened environment.
In the space of one unforgettable holiday, your children will be able to see for themselves how fortunate they are, by providing insights into others’ lives
You and your children can interact meaningfully with another culture in a safe context with the opportunity to develop confidence in unfamiliar environments.
Families who travel with us return home with a great sense of achievement, lifelong memories and, many tell us, a desire in their children to give back to those less fortunate.
Most of our volunteer projects involve building or renovation, with tasks which suit the entire family. Younger children can interact and play with the local children, and we can arrange day-care services for very young children.
We tailor-make your trip to suit your preferences, with a focus on luxury accommodation (although volunteer projects in some limited destinations only have basic accommodation).
Trips can be run on any date with itineraries from four days to two weeks or longer.
In Costa Rica you can combine a tour of jungles, volcanoes and beaches with work on a project to introduce animals back into the wild. You will feed and help to build enclosures for sloths, raccoons, monkeys, macaws and parrots that were illegally kept as pets. Kids love it!
Find out more about our family volunteering holidays and the Hands Up Holidays philosophy.
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