There are so many things to do in volunteering abroad. Volunteering abroad is not all a philanthropic decision. Volunteering abroad destinations is so big and varied.

One attention-grabbing volunteer work is to join the best scientist in the field in the undying-quest to comprehend human lineage.

Join the excavation team in Cueva Victoria, Spain in unraveling the past. The team is lead by Lluis Gibert Beotas who is studying the beginning and geologic past of the cave. In this cave, fossils of human remains and 54 vertebrates are found and thought to be more than 1 million years old. Though the fossils recovered are few they are considered to be the oldest in the history of Western Europe. Thus, this research hopes to provide information and insights about the time the first human migrated from Africa to Europe.

Volunteers will be trained to dig sediments unsettled by mining, map the remains, and remove fossils and artifacts. He will also catalogue, number and clean the finds and sieve the sediments for microfossils.
Volunteers will have to work in Cueva Victoria which has six very spacious rooms, 2 kilometers of galleries. He will be trained to focus on finding for fossils in the Sala Union, the main room, which is attached to the outside and filled with light from the sun coming through the holes. Working hours are early in the morning and evening. The hottest hours of the day are designed for swims, siestas and lunch.

Accommodations are in a restored 100 year old house or in a little house adjacent to the big house. It includes a pool and garden. Volunteers will be assigned in large rooms for two or three occupants per room while bathroom are shared by other occupants. The staff will prepare the meal and served it in the garden. Evening work and lectures are also done in the garden.

It will start on July 1 to 14, 2008, July 19 to August 1, 2008, September 2 to September15, 2008 with $2,846 contribution for a meaningful 14 days in the heart of Southern Spain.