Handout on international volunteer opportunities.
Service organizations
AFS-USA: 18+ Community Service Programs
www.usa-afs.org
American Friends Service Committee; www.afsc.org
American Jewish World Service; www.ajws.org
Amigos de las Americas;
www.amigoslink.org
Amizade; www.amizade.org
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers; www.btcv.org
Conservation Volunteers Australia; www.conservationvolunteers.com.au
Council on International Education Exchange; www.ciee.org
Cross-Cultural Solutions; www.crossculturalsolutions.org
Earthwatch Institute; www.earthwatch.org
EcoVolunteer Nature Travel; www.ecovolunteer.org
Foundation for Sustainable Development; www.fsdinternational.org
Global Citizens Network; www.globalcitizens.org
Global Health Corps; www.globalhealthcorps.org
Global Routes; www.globalroutes.org
Global Service Corps; www.globalservicecorps.org
Global Volunteers; www.globalvolunteers.org
Go-M.A.D.; www.go-mad.org
International Partnership for Service-Learning; www.ipsl.org
International Volunteer Programs Association; www.volunteerinternational.org
Mennonite Central Committee; www.mcc.org
Operation Crossroads Africa; www.operationcrossroadsafrica.org
Partners of the Americas; www.partners.net
Peacework; www.peacework.org
Service Civil International; www.sci-ivs.org
Students Partnership Worldwide; www.spw.org
Teachers for Tomorrow; www.teachers-for-tomorrow.org
United Nations Volunteers; www.unv.org
United Nations Information Technology Service; www.unites.org
Visions in Action; www.visionsinaction.org
Voluntary Service Overseas; www.vso.org.uk
Volunteers for Peace; www.vfp.org
Volunteers in Asia; www.viaprograms.org
WorldTeach; www.worldteach.org
ProWorld Service Corps; www.proworldsc.org
Voluntary Service Projects
A great way to learn about the social and political issues of a certain part of the world is through involvement with a voluntary service project. Usually privately sponsored through religious groups and nongovernmental organizations, these opportunities are available for short-term or long-term periods, dependent upon the program. Since they are voluntary, you should not expect pay for your work, but it's possible room and board will be provided.
For more information, see the following:
* International Volunteer Programs Association- IVPA is a search engine for international service, allowing you to search service projects around the world by region, country, type of project, and duration.
Website: www.volunteerinternational.org
* Brethren Volunteer Service- BVS will endeavor to place you in a project where your skills are used and the need is greatest. We expect your service to contribute to the goals stated above. We see BVS as sharing God's love through acts of service.
Website: www.brethren.org/genbd/bvs
* Jesuit Volunteers International- Jesuit Volunteers serve the homeless, the unemployed, refugees, people with AIDS, the elderly, street youth, abused women and children, the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled. JVC has become the largest Catholic lay volunteer program in the country.
Website: www.jesuitvolunteers.org
* Operation Crossroads Africa- This program allows individuals to work at the grassroots level with young Africans.
Website: http://operationcrossroadsafrica.org
* Peace Corps
Phone: (800) 424-8580 Web: www.peacecorps.gov
* SCI-International Voluntary Service- Service Civil International is a non-profit, non-faith based, non-US government supported network for international voluntary service promoting global tolerance and understanding through grassroots community service in 50 countries.
Website: www.sci-ivs.org
* Volunteers for Peace (VFP)
Phone: (802) 259-2759 Fax: (802) 259-2922
Website: www.vfp.org Email: vfp@vfp.org
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