| |
.OPEN
....SOURCE
>VOLUNTEERING
| 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 PhilippinesKorea
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.
| |
|
ADD
YOUR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
|
Below are
OPEN SOURCE Projects started by some
of our volunteers in recent years | |
| |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
Micro Enterprizes: Fish Farm | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
 ...  | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
.
