Overview

Welcome to GOAT Volunteers! I’m Justin, the founder of this small volunteer placement agency. After spending nearly a decade in the corporate world (yawn!), I decided to give up my comfortable, yet unfulfilling lifestyle. I wanted a life of adventure while making the world a better place. Consequently, I started volunteering and quickly found my passion in altruism. Halfway through my first year of traveling, I came up with the idea to create a volunteer placement company based on ethical business practices and full transparency. This would give me the ability to achieve my goal of making a greater, positive impact on the planet. Why GOAT? Volunteering abroad is a challenging but wildly rewarding endeavor that anyone can benefit from. The inspiration for the name came from a small plastic goat figurine that my middle sister (who loves goats) gave me to take on my around-the-world volunteering journey. The goat is a great symbolic figure of a volunteer — they stand on unknown and unsteady grounds with confidence. The acronym G.O.A.T. is often used in sports and entertainment. It stands for “Greatest of All Time”. While I’d love to say that about this agency someday, the truth is we’re just getting started. This breed of GOAT is a bit different; it stands for Global Opportunities for Altruistic Travel.