International Volunteering and Travel Opportunities for Persons Over 50 Years of age.
Whether you have volunteered internationally in the past or are planning your first volunteer trip, this website provides the basic information you can use to identify and carry-out your quest.
About me
In 1991 I joined the Peace Corps. My Peace Corps service in Guatemala in 1991-92 led to work as a United Nations Volunteer in the first elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the Bosnian War. I have since worked elections in 12 other countries.
A particular highlight of my international work was managing camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 2002 in Herat, Afghanistan. Development work in Kandahar, Afghanistan also stands out. I have traveled to 58 countries in total.
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Featured Programs
Afghanistan
United Nations Volunteers
Created in 1970 by the UN General Assembly, the United Nations Volunteers(UNV) program mobilizes qualified volunteers to serve in countries ...
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Africa
Unite For Sight
Unite For Sight volunteers participate in hands-on clinical service while assisting eye doctors in rural villages, refugee camps, and slums. ...
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Africa
Maryknoll (Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Inc.)
The Maryknoll Fathers and brothers (Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Inc.) was founded by the American bishops in 1911 to ...
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Africa
Biosphere Expeditions
Biosphere Expeditions is a multi-award-winning not-for-profit participatory conservation organisation offering hands-on wildlife volunteer expeditions as an adventure with a purpose for everyone. Biosphere Expeditions’ ...
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Africa
International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ)
International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ) provides safe, quality and extremely affordable volunteering placements in developing countries all over the world. Whether ...
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Africa
Amizade
Amizade is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering individuals and communities through service and learning worldwide. We have a 15-year ...
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Africa
Global Crossroad
We strive to offer the world’s most affordable, successful, and enriching volunteer programs. Our highly-respected programs are held in more ...
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Africa
Isla
Isla partners with universities and academic institutions, mostly in the U.S. and around the world, as well with partner organizations, ...
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Recent Blog Posts
October 2024 Newsletter
Volunteering, and humanitarian service that makes a difference, is vitally needed in today’s world of turmoil and strife. A key to filling this need is ...
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June 2024 volunteering update
Hello All: I have been thinking, deeply, about what I should write in this newsletter introduction. On the downside, the current international events: war, famine, ...
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Spring 2023 volunteering update
The Director of the U.N. World Health Organization (WHO), has announced that the Covid 19 Global Health Emergency has ended. The disease hasn’t left us, ...
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Interview with author Susan E. Gibson
The number of Covid infections are in decline world wide. We are now able to plan international trips and volunteer assignments with reasonable confidence that ...
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Planning Retirement Abroad
Just when we thought we were seeing some light in the Covid 19 crisis along comes Omicron. As I write, the Omicron threat is fading, ...
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International Volunteer Sending Organizations Resuming Operations
International volunteer sending organizations are resuming international operations and sending volunteers.. If you are interested in a volunteer assignment abroad, I strongly suggest you first ...
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Effects of COVID-19 on Global Volunteering
Times continue to be difficult for international volunteer organizations. The Covid-19 variants are wreaking havoc in areas that previously had the outbreak under control. It ...
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Planning for Renewed Global Travel
Many of us are planning global travel later in the year. For those of you who are considering an international trip, there is a list available ...
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March 2021
At the time of this writing, the number of Covid-19 cases world-wide is diminishing. Parts of the world are beginning to open up to travelers. ...
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Not Exactly Retired
Hello All! In this time of the Covid 19 pandemic, when we are personally distancing and limited in our ability to travel, it is a ...
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Volunteer Medical Missions to Rural Guatemala
Hello All! Peace Corps Volunteer Todd Peterson, while serving in a remote area of Guatemala, saw that the villagers in the area had a need ...
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Advice for Volunteers
Popular Blog Posts
Interview with author Susan E. Gibson
The number of Covid infections are in decline world wide. We are now able to plan international trips and volunteer assignments with reasonable confidence that ...
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Beginning International Volunteering Over 50
When we first start thinking about devoting some of our time to international volunteering we usually don’t have any idea of where to start. We ...
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Interview with Elizabeth Andrews – Habitat for Humanity Team Leader
Elizabeth Andrews is an anthropologist by education and profession. She worked as an anthropologist for many years for the State of Alaska. In 2002 ...
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A Better Life for Half the Price
To be able to cut one’s living expenses in half seems like the impossible dream. How would you like to go from paying $1300 per ...
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Why Volunteer Internationally? – Points to Consider
In June of 2011, sitting at dinner with friends in an outdoor restaurant on the banks of the Axios/Vardar River in Skopje, Macedonia, I began ...
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Professional Services Volunteering Over 50
There are many opportunities for non-medical and non-teaching professionals to volunteer internationally. This article outlines some of the organizations offering such opportunities.http://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/work/volunteer/articles/professional-service-volunteers-over50.shtml
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