WWOOF

A WWOOF volunteer holds up a handful of organic vegetables

WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) is an international movement that connects visitors (called WWOOFers) with organic farmers and growers. The organization was founded in 1971 in the UK and has since grown to include more than 130 countries. WWOOF offers people the opportunity to live and learn on organic farms in exchange for … Read more

Love Volunteers

Love Volunteers logo - a New Zealand volunteer organisation

Love Volunteers is a New Zealand-based organization that facilitates international service & volunteering opportunities in 40 countries throughout the America’s, Africa, Asia, Europe and Middle East. We provide safe, rewarding and meaningful voluntary service projects abroad to mature volunteers and will assist them in finding and securing a meaningful volunteer placement that is well suited … Read more

International Schools Services

International School Services

Founded in 1955, International Schools Services (ISS), is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educational excellence for children attending international schools worldwide. The Educational Staffing department of ISS has successfully assisted more than 15,000 qualified teachers and administrators in their search for opportunities in 200 American and International schools around the world.

International Executive Service Corps (IESC)

International Executive Service Corps (IESC) logo

IESC is a not for profit economic development firm that uses volunteer experts, paid consultants, and professional staff to achieve IESC’s mission — to promote prosperity and stability through private enterprise development. Our programs are funded primarily through grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts — most often with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). For … Read more

Global Communities

Professional volunteering for Global Communities

Founded in 1952 Global Communities is a non-profit organization that works in conflict-affected and developing countries around the world. Global Communities has active programs in the Middle East, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe. In the Visiting International Professional (VIP) program, Global Communities recruits experienced subject-area experts for a variety of short … Read more

ACDI/VOCA

ACDI/VOCA logo

For 43 years and in 145 countries, ACDI/VOCA has empowered people in developing and transitional nations to succeed in the global economy. Based in Washington, D.C., ACDI/VOCA is a non-profit international development consultancy firm that delivers technical and management assistance in agribusiness systems, food security, financial services, enterprise development and community development in order to … Read more

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

Doctors Without Borders - Medecins Sans Frontieres

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in nearly 60 countries. MSF recruits doctors, nurses, logisticians, water-and-sanitation experts, administrators, and other medical and non-medical personnel to provide medical care … Read more

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity logo

Habitat for Humanity International is an ecumenical Christian ministry that is working in partnership with low-income families around the world to build simple, decent housing. Habitat operates in nearly 3,000 communities in nearly 100 countries. Habitat’s Global Village Work Trips allow volunteers to travel to locations around the world to help build Habitat houses with … Read more

Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT)

Photo of volunteers for Christian Peacemaker Teams

CPT builds partnerships to transform violence and oppression in situations of conflict. At the invitation of local peacemaking communities, CPT provides physical accompaniment, advocacy, human rights observation and reporting, and solidarity networking. CPT understands violence to be rooted in systemic structures of oppression and works to undo oppressive structures.  By amplifying the voices and nonviolent … Read more

Catholic Volunteer Network

Catholic Volunteer Network logo

Catholic Volunteer Network (CNV), established in 1963, is a non-profit membership organization of more than 200 domestic and international Christian-based volunteer and lay mission programs. Currently, more than 10,000 volunteers and lay missioners serve in these programs throughout the U.S. and in more than 100 other countries worldwide. CNV publishes and distributes RESPONSE the most … Read more