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2Way Development - Skilled Volunteers Overseas
Organizes tailor-made international travel and volunteer placements. Information on prices, packages, and services.
ACDI/VOCA
A private, nonprofit organization that promotes broad-based economic growth and the development of civil society in emerging democracies and developing countries.
Africa Volunteer, Work, and Research
Nonprofit Educational Organization. Internships, Study Abroad, Travel-Study, field Study Academic credit - undergraduate or graduate level.
African Conservation Trust
Details of opportunities for volunteers to join conservation projects in Southern Africa.
AidCamps International
Offering opportunities for short term voluntary work on development aid projects overseas run by local non-governmental organisations in the third world. Information about projects, applying, and practicalities.
Amigos de las Americas
Offers opportunities for young people to in public health, education and community development. Stories, Locations, Dates, and Rates.
Amistad Institute
Spanish programs with options for activities, volunteers and internships. Also a camp for middle and high school student groups. Includes prices and contact information.
Amizade International Volunteering and Service-Learning
Provides community service volunteer programs around the world and international service-learning courses for academic credit.
ARCAS
ARCAS is a non-profit Guatemalan NGO formed in 1989 by a group of Guatemalan citizens who became concerned as they saw their precious natural heritage rapidly disappearing before their eyes.
Asociacion ANAI
A non-profit organization in Costa Rica: includes list of ecological conservation projects, ecotours; nature photos.
Asociacion Casa Guatemala
An shelter in Guatemala for orphaned, abandoned, or abused children. Information about their activities, projects and supporters. Includes details of their needs, and on volunteering.
AustraLearn
Study abroad in Australia and New Zealand, detailing full degree program information, summer courses, internships, scholarships and financial aid, and application.
Belize Botanic Garden
Belizean species are presented in an educational setting, including special collections such as Heliconias, orchids, and palms. Goals are to recreate specific habitats such as Pine Ridge, Baldy Beacon, as well as a savannah, a rainforest, and a riverine eco-system. Education on the horticultural heritage of Belize, including sustainable agriculture. San Ignacio, Belize.
Bethany Home
Provides a service for children and adults who are disabled and lives in the Hilir Perak district but also throughout Malaysia.
Biosphere Expeditions
Offering volunteer wildlife conservation expeditions in various countries.
Blue Ventures Conservation
UK based not-for-profit organisation working to facilitating projects that enhance global coral reef conservation and research.
Brethren Volunteer Service
Offer religious volunteer youth opportunities abroad.
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
Supporting volunteering opportunities throughout the UK and across the globe.
Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund
A UK registered charity that runs the Mvog-Betsi zoo and Mefou National Park in Cameroon, in conjunction with the Cameroon government.
Camphill Botswana
Working from the educational, curative and social impulses of the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner, Dr Karl Koenig and a group of close associates started a school for disabled children, set within the context of a shared, Christian, communal life.
Canada World Youth
Designs and delivers international educational programs for youth (aged 17-29) with a focus on volunteer work and community development in a cross-cultural setting.
Canadian Crossroads International
Non-profit organization dedicated to building a constituency of global citizens committed to voluntarism, international development and social action.
Careforce International
Meeting the medical, educational and spiritual needs of children around the world.
Carter Center
Center offers programs for academic credit or practical experience each year.
Casa Alianza
Nonprofit serving homeless children and youth in Central America. Includes information on programs, advocacy and street children.
Casa Xelaj
A socially-responsible educational institute in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala promoting cross-cultural understanding through its Spanish, Quiche languages and cultural programs, social projects, internship program, volunteer work and travel services.
Catholic Medical Mission Board
Medical relief agency providing international health care for third world relief. This Catholic charity sends medical donations including emergency medical supplies and pharmaceuticals for emergency aid.
Catholic Network of Volunteer Service (CNVS)
Offers faith-based volunteer opportunities for men and women with varying skills, to help others in need of volunteer service. Database of short and long-term opportunities, in US and abroad.
Catholic Relief Services
Catholic Relief Services does not currently have a volunteer program. To be considered for International job openings you need a Visa and work documentation.
CENIT - Center for the Working Girl
Nonprofit NGO in Quito, Ecuador providing a variety of educational, vocational, and health services to working girls and their families. Information on programs, longterm follow-up, and volunteering.
Center for Cultural Interchange (CCI)
Exchange program for students in the U.S.A. and 30 other countries. School year and short-term programs are described, including information on how to become a host family.
Cercopan Primate Sanctuary
Provides sanctuary and rehabilitation to more than 60 individuals of six species.
CESO (Canadian Executive Service Organization)
Founded in 1967, CESO is a not-for-profit, volunteer-based organization providing social and economic development expertise to Canadian Aboriginal Peoples, non-Aboriginal Canadians, developing nations and the new market economies of Central and Eastern Europe.
Ch?teau de St-Ferriol, 11500 Aude, Languedoc, France
Ch?teau de St-Ferriol is a late Medieval - early Renaissance ch?teau-fort in the foothills of the Pyrenees, looking for volunteer help with organic farming and restoration work, in exchange for accommodation and keep.
CharityFocus
Non-profit organization, located in Artesia, CA. serving South Asian residents of Southern California. Learn about the services and programs.
Cheetah Outreach
If you are a student in Cape Peninsula, South Africa, Cheetah Outreach will bring a cheetah to your school. The rest of will have to make due with the Photo Gallery and the Meet our Cheetahs page. Also included is the page, Plight of the Cheetah which describes how the cheetah is losing habitat, and their conflict with livestock farmers in Namibia, a south African country.
Child Family Health International
Service Learning in International Health for medical, pre-medical, and nursing students.
Child Haven International
Asists children and women in 4 countries, who are in need of food, education, health care, shelter and clothing, emotional and moral support.
Children Better Way
A non-profit to rehabilitate and develop children who are suffering due to man-made and/or natural disasters by providing quality education, including HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention, shelter, and recreation.
CHOICE Humanitarian
CHOICE Humanitarian offers solutions to the hardships of poverty in the rural villages of the world with simple technologies, self-help initiatives and public awareness.
Christian Peacemaker Teams
Responding to Christ's call to confront injustice, its members attempt to bring the redemptive love of God to violent situations through direct, personal involvement. FAQ, calendar, history and mission, and action alerts.
CISV Canada
Contact information and news from the organization.
Citizens Democracy Corps
A quasi-governmental body that functions as a local administration of its District, initiating, planning and managing community programmes. Information about its various services (jobs, social assistance, skills upgrading, healthcare) and even how you can volunteer.
Community Service Volunteers
Charity dedicated to giving everyone the chance to play an active part in their community through volunteering, training, education and the media.
Concern America
A small nonprofit, nonsectarian, nongovernmental development and refugee aid organization.
Conservation Volunteers Australia
Help create a Better Earth become a conservation volunteer.
Coral Cay Conservation
Volunteer expeditions that provide resources to help sustain livelihoods and alleviate poverty through the protection, restoration and management of coral reefs and tropical forests.
Cosmic Volunteers
Offers programs to volunteer and intern in Ecuador, Ghana, India, and Nepal from one week to one year. Site offers information about Cosmic Volunteers and their programs.
Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound School
Rainforest trekking, whitewater rafting, Spanish language study, kayaking, scuba diving, and study abroad for university credit. (San Jose, Costa Rica)
Council on International Educational Exchange
To help people gain understanding, acquire knowledge and develop skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world, is Council's mission.
Crispaz
A faith-based organization dedicated to mutual accompaniment with the church of the poor and marginalized communities in El Salvador.
Cross-Cultural Solutions
An international volunteer program, with opportunities in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Peru, Russia, Tanzania, and Thailand.
CUSO
Supports alliances for global social justice. Information about current volunteer opportunities, development programs worldwide, and global education activities in Canada. (French and English)
Development Projects and Adventurous Overland Travel
Combines award winning development projects and adventurous overland travel.
Doctors Without Borders
Doctors and nurses volunteer to provide urgent medical care in countries to victims of war and disaster. Includes news, exhibits, publications, speeches, field news, and volunteering information.
Earthwatch Institute
An international non-profit organization supporting scientific field research and offering members of the public the opportunity to work with distinguished field scientists.
Ecovolunteer
Gives volunteers the opportunity to protect nature and its inhabitants by helping local organizations with their conservation projects.
Edinburgh Cyrenians
Works to create opportunities for disadvantaged people by offering effective and lasting routes out of homelessness and promoting social inclusion.
Enkosini
A 12,000 acre preserve in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa created to protect natural habitat and create a sanctuary for African wildlife in need.
Experience Mexico
Experience Mexico a non profit organisation offering volunteer a range of different opportunities in west Mexico.
Explorations In Travel Inc.
Outdoor and cultural adventures for women over 40. Domestic and international active travel trips for women.
Flying Samaritans
A volunteer organization which operates free medical clinics in Baja California, Mexico. Doctors, dentists, nurses, translators, pilots and support personnel fly to clinics in private aircraft.
Foundation for Sustainable Development
Offering several different service projects, a trip to the cloud forest in northern Nicaragua, and a trip to the beach on the Pacific ocean.
Fundacion Brethren y Unida
NGO based in Ecuador working on rural development and volunteer projects in agro-ecology, environmental education and small business development.
Fundacion Zoobreviven
Ecuador conservation organisation preserving cloud forests and running community projects. Volunteer projects in reforestation, organic and coffee plantation farming, plant and tree study, bird, mammal, insect study in the Alto Choco bioregion.
Genesis Voluntary Teaching Program
Seeking volunteers to teach English to children in Ecuador coast. Information about the town, Bahia, and about volunteering.
Global Crossroad
Offers a variety of volunteering, intership, trekking, adventure and cross-cultural experience to international volunteers in Nepal, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, Mongolia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Kenya, Ghana, and Tibet.
Global Deaf Connection
Hosts volunteer vacations to individuals interested in working with deaf children throughout the world.
Global Service Corps
International volunteering and internship opportunities for cross-cultural learning and community service in Thailand and Tanzania. Short-term (two to four weeks), long-term (two to six months), and student internship programs are available, in projects in healthcare, education, and environment/sustainable agriculture.
Global Vision International (GVI)
Hosts volunteer opportunities from 2 weeks to 12 months in over 20 countries including China, Mexico and the Central African Republic.
Global Volunteer Network
A non profit organisation which places volunteers in community projects worldwide.
Global Volunteers
Sends teams of volunteers to work on short-term development projects worldwide. Coordinates over 150 teams per year. Trip information and contacts for Minnesota non-profit organization.
Global Works
Summer programs located in all types of cultures around the world. Students live in places that range from small villages to ruined castles. Community service, language and adventure travel programs for teenagers.
Go M.A.D. Go Make A Difference
International volunteer organization which works to match prospective volunteers with small social service projects around the world for short and long term stays.
Green Volunteers
Resource for finding voluntary work in nature conservation. Lists short and long term projects. Volunteers can work worldwide, with marine mammals or terrestrial fauna, in national parks or in wildlife rescue centers.
Greenforce Conservation Expeditions
Specializes in marine and terrestrial scientific conservation expeditions for gap year students, university students and those wanting to undertake international voluntary work in Borneo, Bahamas, Fiji and Zambia.
Help Exchange
Volunteer work in exchange for free accommodation and food (bed and board) in Australia, New Zealand and Europe on farms, backpacker hostels, lodges and other properties.
i-to-i International Projects
Provides a variety of work experiences including teaching english as a foreign language, community development, conservation, construction, and skills development.
Iko poran
Offers international volunteers programs in Brazil. Focused on community development programs.
Inter-community Development Involvement (ICODEI), Kenya
Organization working on HIV/AIDS education in Kenya, building libraries and pre-schools, encouraging micro-enterprise for women and providing health care for the people of Western Kenya.
Inter-Cultural Youth Exchange
Sends volunteers to work with communities overseas in social and welfare placements from 3 weeks to one year.
IT in Isan
Computer learning program in Thailand taught by international volunteers.
Jesuit Volunteer Corps
Serve the homeless, the unemployed, refugees, people with AIDS, the elderly, street youth, abused women and children, the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled.
Jifunze Project
Charitable project aimed at improving education facilities in rural areas. Information on the project, people and helping.
La Sabranenque
Offers architecture restoration projects for volunteers in southern France. Saint Victor la Coste, France operation. (French/English)
