The most popular countries for an FSJ abroad are the USA, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.
You can find important information about FSJ in these countries in our blog:
Voluntary social year abroad - These are the 5 most popular countries

In principle, the voluntary service year is state-subsidized. However, volunteers usually have to pay for travel expenses, local travel costs and voluntary service health insurance themselves. An voluntary service abroad is more expensive than an voluntary service in your home country because of the travel costs. It is also possible that you will have to pay part of the visa costs and pocket money yourself if these exceed the government subsidies.

There is a whole range of voluntary services, with different activities and tasks in many social institutions and other areas:

• Child and youth work: educational, pedagogical tasks (kindergarten, after-school care, school)
• Health and care: medical/nursing activities (e.g. in hospital, care of the elderly, )
• in associations: e.g. sports clubs, environmental and nature conservation associations, etc.
• Politics, art, society: e.g. cultural and educational institutions