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Directory of international Volunteer opportunities - Featured Opportunity
Directory of International Volunteer Organizations
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  • Agenda S.O.S. International - volunteers for creative missions in South America.
  • AidCamps International - UK-based nonprofit organisation offering volunteers the opportunity to participate in third world development aid projects run by local non-governmental groups.
  • Ajed - gives young people opportunities to experience life in Senegal while participating in volunteer projects and staying with guest families.
  • Amigos de las Americas - community service and recreation which provide volunteers the unique opportunity to participate first hand in the culture of the region they are traveling.
  • Association for Support of Individual Charity (ASIC) - provides services to individuals who are engaged in charity at a personal level, particularly in Guatemala.
  • Athens 2004 Volunteers - official site of the International Volunteers Association, which helps raise volunteers for the 2004 Olympics.
  • Bruce Peru - volunteers helping street children and abandoned mothers in Latin America, with lots of creative projects.
  • Cross-Cultural Solutions - volunteer abroad in India, Africa, Latin America. Work overseas in international humanitarian service programs.
  • e-Volunteerism - web-based international journal focusing on volunteer management concerns includes feature articles, roundtables, and training designs.
  • Evaluation of the United Nations Volunteer Program in Kosovo - describes job satisfaction levels, discrimination, and lack of support reported by UNVs.
  • Friends of Lesotho - providing development grants, project assistance, student scholarships, and more.
  • Geekcorps - matches volunteers from the high-tech world to companies in the developing world for short overseas interships.
  • Global Citizens for Change - promotes overseas volunteering as an educational experience.
  • Global Citizens Network - sends small teams of volunteers to rural communities worldwide to work on projects and immerse themselves in local culture.
  • Global Health Corps - training university students in conducting culturally appropriate public health programs.
  • Global Service Corps - nonprofit organization sending out volunteers to Thailand and Tanzania for health and education projects.
  • Global Volunteer Network - directory of international volunteer programs and opportunities.
  • Global Volunteers - private nonprofit, nonsectarian organization sends volunteers to work on human and economic development projects.
  • Go M.A.D. - connects volunteers with projects worldwide.
  • Greater Cleveland-Volgograd Oblast Alliance - nonprofit organization facilitating humanitarian assistance to non-governmental organizations and citizens living in the Volgograd region of Russia.
  • Greenways - brings international volunteers together to live and work with local residents in the areas of culture, environment, and education.
  • HandsFor.org - non-sectarian, nonprofit organization aiding communities in developing countries.
  • Healing Arts Missions - volunteer efforts supporting a school and medical center in Dumay, Haiti.
  • Institute for International Cooperation & Development (IICD) - trains and sends voluteers to work in community development projects in Africa and Latin America.
  • Intercambio Cultural Maya - cultural exchange and development program that involves the Maya of the Yucatan Peninsula.
  • International Christian Youth Exchange (ICYE) - nonprofit youth exchange organization promoting youth mobility, intercultural learning, and international voluntary service.
  • International Conference Volunteers - assists organizers of nonprofit conferences in Geneva; solicits, trains and coordinates volunteers for international conferences, and advises conference organizers.
  • International Site for Voluntary Work - aggregates volunteer organizations. Includes message board for volunteer feedback.
  • International Volunteer Programs Association - online directory for international volunteer and internship opportunities.
  • Jesuit Volunteers Philippines
  • Korea Overseas Volunteers in Bangladesh - provides news and information about the program.
  • Lindesrvold - training school for international volunteers, also known as the Travelling Folk High School.
  • Loving Hand for Disabled and Aged Persons (LOHADA) - non-religious, non-political, and non-governmental organization aiding the disabled , their children, and elderly persons in Arusha, Tanzania.
  • Makindu Children's Center - offering volunteer opportunities in developing self-sustaining program in this Kenyan village that will provide basic needs, education. and training for the children there.
  • Maranatha Volunteers International - constructs churches, schools, orphanages, clinics, housing and other structures in areas of great need around the world.
  • Mondo Challenge - sends volunteers to help with development programmes in many countries.
  • Nepal NGO - provides volunteer work in schools in Southern Nepal.
  • Outreach International UK - offers gap year volunteer projects in Mexico to young adults.
  • Partners of the Americas (2)
  • Peace and Hope Trust, Inc. - committed to promoting education and values in the third world, especially Nicaragua and Ukraine, through the relief of poverty, sickness, and starvation.
  • Peace Corps
  • Project Open Hearts - works with foreign medical staff to provide surgical training, assistance with diagnostic procedures, and support for orphaned children and needy families.
  • Project Trust
  • Quota International
  • Retired & Senior Volunteer Program International (RSVPI) - providing volunteer opportunities and community service in locations around the world.
  • Room To Read - builds schools and libraries and provides scholarships to underprivileged children in Nepal and Vietnam.
  • Schools for Chiapas - sponsoring trips and solicting funds to build schools for the Maya peoples of Chiapas.
  • SMILEchildren - nonprofit organization helping enhance the education and welfare of primary and secondary school-children in Myanmar.
  • Take to the Hills - delivers clothing and medical supplies to rural areas, concentrating on villages in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Northwest Mexico.
  • Teachers for Tomorrow - provides instruction by volunteer teachers in Romania and India.
  • Technology Helping Advance Women Entrepreneurs (THAWE) - international development organization sending volunteers to developing countries to promote the sustainable growth of women-owned businesses.
  • United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS/Habitat
  • United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS) - aims at creating a worldwide programme for information technology volunteers.
  • Visions In Action - international nonprofit organization offering 6 and 12 month volunteer positions in five African countries and Mexico.
  • Visions Service Adventures - co-educational, experiential learning summer program for teenagers performing community service in North America, South America, and the Caribbean.
  • Voluntary Service Overseas
  • Voluntary Work Information Service (VWIS) and Working Abroad - international networking service for volunteers, travellers, and professionals in the humanitarian and environmental sectors.
  • Volunteers for Peace International Workcamps - overseas work projects for adults and teenagers.
  • Volunteers in Asia - provides volunteer and service-learning opportunities in Asia, and leads study-tours in the U.S. and Asia.
  • Volunteer uds Life - Account of life as a volunteer in Latin America, plus several volunteering opportuities.
  • Volunteer Cajamarca - Opportunities to help poor children and mothers in the Andees of Peru (in the city where Pizaro conquered the Incas and took their treasures)- Cajamarca is the fourth tourits destination of Peru..
  • We Share Foundation - raising funds and making grants to support humanitarian, educational, and research causes worldwide.
  • World Jewish Peace Corps - global partnership offering volunteer opportunities for young Jewish adults around the world.
  • WorldTeach - international social service program which places volunteers as teachers in developing countries that request educational assistance.
  • Worldwide Volunteering - database of global volunteering opportunities and organizations.
  • Y.M.E. Foundation, The - a nonprofit, humanitarian organization with projects in developing countries.