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| Himalayan
Education Lifeline Programme - Volunteer work opportunities
in India and Nepal. |
| Hope
and Homes for Children - A British based NGO working
in 14 countries worldwide with children displaced by war
or disaster. |
| HorizonCosmopolite
- HorizonCosmopolite offers internship programs abroad,
volunteer work opportunities on every continent and Spanish
immersion in Central America. Our programs are designed
for any age groups, all nationalities and rarely ask for
specific knowledge or qualifications. |
| IBG
- German workcamps. |
| Idealist.org
- A huge array of resources and vacancies for worldwide
volunteer work and internship positions. |
| Independent
Living Alternatives - ILA recruits full-time volunteers
for 4 months or more, to enable disabled people to live
independently. |
| Insight
Nepal - Operate a short-term placement scheme is
designed to leave the participant more than photographs. |
| Institute
for Earth Education - Organic internships. |
| Institute
of Cultural Affairs (ICA:UK) - A small UK charity
linked to 34 other ICAs around the world.offering one year
volunteer placements in developing and developed countries
around the world. No formal skills or experience required. |
| Inter-Cultural
Youth Exchange (ICYE-UK) - ICYE-UK offers 18-30
year olds 6 or 12 months voluntary work overseas. Placements
available in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe. Projects
include working with streetchildren, disabled, NGO's, HIV
education, health, environmental work. We also place people
aged 18 and over on environmental projects in Costa Rica
and Nepal. The projects in Europe are funded by the European
Commission, the other projects are self-funded. |
| Inti
Wara Yassi - This organisation runs a wildlife refuge
in Bolivia where hundreds of volunteers from all over the
world work each year. As they are building a second
refuge they could use more volunteers. |
| i
to i International Projects Ltd - Volunteer abroad,
teach, conserve and work experience in Africa, Asia, South
America and Australia. |
| LEAPNow
- Internships, voluntary positions and work programs. Some
programs are only open to United States and Canadian citizens
living west of the Mississippi. |
| Mast
International - US based organisation. Voluntary
work in various countries, mostly Europe, in agriculture,
horticulture and forestry. |
| Mennonite
Central Committee - Church organised voluntary work. |
| Millennium
Volunteers - Government intitiative aimed at young
people aged 16 to 24 looking to volunteer in the UK. |
| Mission
to Seafarers - One year programme assisting chaplains.
Committed Christians only. |
| Mission
Volunteers USA - Church organised voluntary work. |
| Monkey
Sanctuary - Home to a colony of woolly monkeys,
the Sanctuary accepts several dozen volunteers a year. Volunteers
stay for 2 to 4 weeks and contribute a small sum towards
the cost of accommodation and food. |
| New
International Friendship Club-Nepal - Voluntary
work in Nepal. |
| Oneworld
- Campaigning organization that hosts the websites for quite
a few volunteer organizations. Use the search engine to
find what you want. |
| Operation
Crossroads Africa - Over 40 years experience of
sending volunteers to Africa. |
| Operation
Mobilisation - Church organised voluntary work. |
| Operation
Wallacea - Often working closely with ex nomadic
sea gypsies, volunteers undertake conservation, research
and community projects and surveys of marine or rainforest
ecosystems. Unqualified divers may undergo a PADI Open Water
dive training course. |
| Orangutan
Foundation - This charity is uniquely involved in
the protection of the Orangutan and it's Southeast Asian
rainforest home. Their volunteer programme lasts for six
weeks and includes hands on conservation fieldwork in the
orangutan's natural habitat. Another programme, The Red
Ape Challenge, involves raising a minimum of £2750
for a close up view of the Oranutan home in Tanjung Puting
Park, Borneo. |
| Peace
Brigades International - PBI has branches in 15
countries and recruits volunteers to act as international
observers and to accompany local human rights activists
in conflict areas. They began working in Guatemala in 1983
and have run projects in El Salvador and Sri Lanka. Currently,
PBI are operating in Columbia, Indonesia, West Timor, Haiti,
Mexico and the Balkans. |
| Pro
International - International workcamps arranged
in Europe and Africa between March and November for volunteers
aged 16 to 26. |
| Quest
Overseas - Gap Year Company specialising in three
month expeditions to South America and other destinations. |
| Raleigh
International - Volunteers aged 17-25 can go on
10 week expeditions abroad. Raleigh also employ staff, aged
over 25, with various skills to aid the expedition leader. |
| SENEVOLU
- Voluntary work with an organisation that promotes community
tourism in Senegal. |
| Service
Civil International - Organizes workcamp placements
through a network of worldwide partner organizations. |
| Services
for Open Learning - Volunteers required to support
English teachers. |
| Students
Partnership Worldwide - Recruit over 500 people
aged between 18 and 25 from the developing and developed
worlds to work in India, Namibia, Nepal, South Africa, Tanzania,
Uganda and Zimbabwe. |
| Sudan
Voluntary Programme - Volunteers, under-graduates
and graduates who are native English speakers, are needed
to teach English on projects in Sudan for 12 weeks or more. |
| Sunseed
Desert Technology - At Sunseed research, education
and ecological living are uniquely combined. Take part in
research into Appropriate Technology, Semi-arid land management
and organic gardening, learn about sustainable living and
become part of a vibrant community for as long as you want.
Either pay to take a working holiday in an idyllic Spanish
village or apply to become part of the staff for a small
weekly allowance. |
| SV
Agency - Can offer teaching experience in a school
in Izhevsk, Russia, in exchange for room and board. |
| Teaching
& Projects Abroad - Adventurous foreign travel
with a chance to do a worthwhile job. |
| Tear
Fund - Another Christian programme. |
| TimeBank
- TimeBank appeals to people like you who know that their
time and skills are in demand but just don't know what to
do about it or where to start. Includes a VSO supported
Overseas Directory. |
| Trees
for Life - Volunteers needed to help restore the
Caledonian Forest in Scotland. |
| UNESCO
Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service
- They don't recruit volunteers themselves but, in exchange
for 2 international reply coupons, can provide a list of
voluntary organizations in your country. |
| United
Nations Exchange - Over 1000 projects in Europe
and North America as well as a more specialised programme
of projects in more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia and
Latin America. |
| Utsikt.nu
- One of Swedens most popular sites for students who wish
to study or work abroad; helping to find the right courses
or work programs they wish to take. Their service is free
for visitors. The database is impressively large and unique
since the search function is very advanced and accurate.
In English and Swedish. |
| VFP
International Workcamps - 1500 short term intercultural
adventures in 70 countries. |
| Visions
in Action - Internships in Washington DC and six
month and one year volunteer positions in Africa and Mexico. |
| VOIS
- Host a number of charity and voluntary organization sites. |
| VOLU
- Volu, a NGO specialised in the organisation of workcamps
in Ghana, accept volunteers for three weeks from all over
the world and have two camp seasons: summer and winter. |
| Voluntary
Service Belfast - Undertake community and conservation
tasks in the province and gain experience that can lead
to nationally recognized qualifications. |
| Voluntary
Service Overseas (VSO) - Skilled volunteers recruited
to work in the developing world earning local wages. |
| Volunteer
Abroad - A Cactus volunteer programme gives you
the unique opportunity to combine a language course with
volunteer work in Latin America. |
| Volunteer
Africa - Provides details on British organizations
that give young people the opportunity to spend time on
a voluntary project in Africa. |
| Volunteer
International Projects (VIP) - Based in Sri Lanka,
VIP has an extensive range of internship and Volunteer programmes
in Sri Lanka and the Maldive Islands, including a resort
stay teaching English GAP programme, conservation, hospitality,
media, fashion, business & IT. |
| Volunteer
International - Journalism Internships for aspiring
journos or journalist / photographers with Sri Lanka's leading
broadsheet newspaper publications. The placements are only
for those seriously interested and require a minimum of
three months stay. Volunteer International suggest that
these programmes are best suited for Journalism or English
majors. |
| Volunteer
Resource Centre - A helpful resource centre for
anything and everything to do with volunteering in Ireland.
They are not an employer or even a recruiter of volunteers
for themselves but they do try to find volunteers for Irish
organisations that need them. |
| Wild
at Heart Youth Adventures - Volunteer wildlife programmes
available in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. |
| Wilderness
Volunteers - Promotes volunteer service to America's
wild lands. |
| Wildlife
Conservation Society - Lots of things of interest
but a tad slow. |
| Workaway
- A website set up to facilitate contact between travellers
and host families who are prepared to offer food and accommodation
in return for a few light hours work per day. Work can be
anything from gardening or maintenance through to child
care or shopping. |
| World
Conservation Monitoring Centre - Provides information
services on conservation and sustainable use of the world's
living resources. |
| World
Service Enquiry - Well established information and
advice service about working or volunteering in the developing
world. |
| WWOOF
Australia - Organic farming organisation. |
| Youth
International - Inter cultural exchanges, adventure,
community service and homestays. |
| Youth
With a Mission - Christian self supporting volunteers
required. |
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