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Volunteer Abroad

Volunteer Abroad

If you have a desire to volunteer and teach english or sports, care for orphans, volunteer for a foreign newspaper, conservation projects, medicine, disaster recovery, legal, business, and live with a family please read the following sites.

Cross Cultural Solutions - Cross-cultural Solutions is a nonprofit organization that sends volunteers abroad to provide humanitarian assistance, short-term volunteer programs in 10 countries. Start dates are year-round and programs run from 1 to 12 weeks long. CCS was founded in 1995 and operates in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Peru, Russia, Tanzania, Thailand>

Global Volunteers

 

Global Volunteer Network

offers volunteer opportunities in community projects throughout the world. Our vision is to support the work of local community organizations in developing countries through the placement of international volunteers. We believe that local communities are in the best position to determine their needs. We currently provide volunteer programs through our partner organizations in Alaska, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Honduras, India, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda and Vietnam. 

 

Global Vision International 

GVI promotes sustainable solutions for a rapidly changing world by matching you, the general public, with international environmentalists, researchers and pioneering educators to fill a critical void in the fields of environmental research, conservation, education and community development.

Earthwatch Institute

Earthwatch recruits close to 4,000 volunteers every year to collect field data in the areas of rainforest ecology, wildlife conservation, marine science, archaeology, and more. Through this process, we educate, inspire, and involve a diversity of people, who actively contribute to conserving our planet.

Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation

The Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation (ITEC) is a non-profit 501c3), education, research and conservation corporation, and operates the Bocas del Toro Biological Station in Panama. Our mission is to:
1) offer quality field ecology courses to undergraduates and graduate students,
2) provide facilities for long-term biological research in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems,
3) operate programs for the conservation of sea turtles, rain forests and other natural resources along the Caribbean coast of Panama,
4) aid the local community by establishing educational programs and workshops on resource conservation, reforestation, pollution control and by providing alternative employment opportunities having minimal environmental impact.
ITEC does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex or religion with regard to staff employment, acceptance of students, research assistants or volunteers, or in any aspect of its operation.

RCDP Volunteer

Through work camps and village-based volunteer programs, international volunteers promote mutual friendship and solidarity in addition to enriching their own experiences and making meaningful contributions to the future of growing South Asian communities. New volunteer programs in the neighboring countries of India, Tibet, and Sri Lanka.
Nearly 300 volunteers annually join our program from the United States, the UK, Canada, Australia, and other countries

WWOOF
World-wide Opportunities on Organic Farms is dedicated to helping those who would like to volunteer on organic farms worldwide.

WWOOF
World-wide Opportunities on Organic Farms is dedicated to helping those who would like to volunteer on organic farms worldwide.

Lifelong Educational Alternatives and Programs (LEAPNow) - A source for low-cost internships, volunteer positions, work exchanges, and experiential academic programs in over 120 countries and the US.

WorldTeach - WorldTeach is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization based at Harvard University's Center for International Development. WorldTeach was started in 1986 with the mission to improve the quality of education in developing countries. We currently send volunteers to Namibia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and China.

United Planet - United Planet (UP) is a nonprofit public charity devoted to enhancing cross-cultural & geographical understanding in order to promote peace, friendship, & economic prosperity among cultures.

Students Parternship Worldwide - Spend 4-10 months in Africa or Asia in partnership with young people from these regions.
Visions in Action - An international nonprofit organization offering 6 and 12 month volunteer positions in five African countries and Mexico. Positions are available with nonprofit development organizations, research institutes, health clinics, community groups, and news organizations.

- General information about a Safe Trip Abroad http://travel.state.gov/asafetripabroad.html

- Information about the country http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html and http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook

 MORE ORGANIZATIONS

nGoAbroad - Clearinghouse, consultation and referral service that custom fits your skills, interests and goals to international humanitarian needs.

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Brazil - Volunteers
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Ecuador
Peru

 

Care and Support to People Living with HIV/AIDS

08/27/2008 Kiyita Family Alliance for Development (KIFAD) - It requires any Volunteer to be dynamic, flexible, ability to work under minimum supervision, Computer knowledge in vital, ready to begin work immediately, to work with most vulnerable members in the community especially People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), Orphans and other Vulnerable Children (OVCs), ready to work in a rural setting, ready to Contribute to reduction of life threatening illnesses...
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Women's Officer

08/27/2008 Africa Volunteer - Challenging Heights is an NGO that seeks to unearth and develop the talents and potentials of rural Ghanaian children and youth. Their vision is to become the leading children's and youth organization in Ghana, with a mission to mobilize children and youth for better education and health, and to foster their self-confidence. The organisation has rescued children from exploitation through child...
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Sports Teacher

08/27/2008 Africa Volunteer - Cape Coast School for the Deaf (Cape Deaf) aims to give formal education to hearing-impaired children in Ghana. The school seeks to equip its students with basic literacy, numeracy and problem solving skills. Furthermore it teaches its students important skills such as carpentry, farming, and dressmaking, enabling the students to be participants in the socio-economic life of this developing nation....
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NOTE: Most credible volunteer programs have permission to use volunteer workers in the countries in which work is being done.