Membership with IVPA is a distinguished mark of excellence. We stand for responsibility in the field of international volunteer abroad programs. Our members are expected to uphold the IVPA's Principles and Practices as guidelines for good programming as well as meet stringent membership criteria.
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American Jewish World Services (AJWS) AJWS Volunteer Corps places professional Jewish men and women on volunteer assignments with local NGOs in developing countries, where they provide skills training, technical consultancy and general support for a minimum of three months. Volunteers range in age from young professionals with several years of work experience to retirees. AJWS World Partners Fellowship is awarded to Jewish recent college graduates and young professionals. Fellows volunteer at an NGO for nine months and participate in a service-learning program that includes an orientation, regional retreats, online education and a closing domestic conference. AJWS Alternative Breaks are one to three-week programs for college-aged students organized in collaboration with campus-based organizations. Participants explore the connections between social justice, service and Judaism through education and hands-on volunteer work. Individuals do not apply directly to AJWS. AJWS Volunteer Summer is a year-long program of service, study and personal growth for Jewish young adults ages 16 to 24. The program begins with a summer of hands-on volunteer work and service-learning in the developing world, followed by a year of domestic engagement which includes retreats and continued activism.
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American Youth Understanding Diabetes Abroad (AYUDA) Established in 1996, AYUDA (American Youth Understanding Diabetes Abroad, Inc.) is a non- profit volunteer-based organization that empowers youth to serve as agents of social change in diabetes communities throughout the world. AYUDA is dedicated to supporting local diabetes communities develop and implement sustainable programs throughout the world. AYUDA’s innovative peer learning model uses international volunteers as catalysts for motivating local youth living with diabetes to live happy and healthy lives. AYUDA’s initial focus emerged from Latin America but has expanded in scope to currently include volunteer programs in Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Bermuda. www.ayudainc.net/ |
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Amigos de las Americas Amigos de la Americas (AMIGOS) builds partnerships to empower young leaders, advance community development and strengthen multicultural understanding in the Americas. www.amigoslink.org |
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Child Family Health International Child Family Health International (CFHI) is a global family of committed professionals and students who work at the grassroots level to promote the health of the world community. Child Family Health International's vision of advancing quality health care for all is achieved through various means, including: Global service learning programs for medical and other health science students that focus on cultural competency in the health setting; Community initiatives that support health care services for underserved communities through local medical professionals and clinics, and Medical supply recovery - Collection and redistribution of recovered and recycled medical supplies. www.cfhi.org |
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Cross-Cultural Solutions Our mission is to operate volunteer programs around the world in partnership with sustainable community initiatives, bringing people together to work side-by-side while sharing perspectives and fostering cultural understanding. We are an international not-for-profit organization with no political or religious affiliations. www.crossculturalsolutions.org |
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Global Citizens Network Global Citizens Network recognizes the interdependence of people around the world, and that social and economic injustice, racial and ethnic inequality, and ecological loss affect all people. But through cooperative effort, individuals of all cultures can experience and enhance their ability to make a difference in their community and their world. To foster that cooperation, Global Citizens Network sends short-term teams of volunteers to communities in other cultures where participants immerse themselves in the culture and daily life of the community. Each volunteer team is partnered with a local grassroots organization active in meeting local needs. Global Citizens Network creates a worldwide network of people and organizations committed to addressing global issues. By providing participants the opportunity to learn about the society, knowledge, art and livelihood of other cultures, Global Citizens Network seeks to honor and help preserve those cultures. By providing the resources of participating volunteers and project grants, Global Citizens Network seeks to assist human and community development in those cultures. By creating a network of people and organizations, Global Citizens Network also seeks to enhance participants' impact on issues of local and global concern. www.globalcitizens.org |
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Global Service Corps Community development work in Tanzania has expanded due to funding from the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) and other agencies. This funding gives GSC participants the rare opportunity to see the inner-workings of an international development agency by working alongside our staff of development professionals. Service work is conducted in both urban and rural areas with some of the country’s most vulnerable populations, including widows, orphans, Maasai and other indigenous groups. Whether volunteering in Tanzania, Thailand, or Cambodia, all GSC participants are fully immersed in the local cultures as they live, work, learn, and play among families, staff, students, and community members. Participants receive language and cultural orientation as well as technical training that will prepare them to assist in a variety of community development and training projects with the goal of meeting the basic needs of the community along with empowering its members to improve their livelihoods. As an accredited NGO with a complete in-country staff, Global Service Corps has become an established part of each community it serves, and tailors its programs to offer the most sustainable benefit to the community, while providing an unforgettable experience for its volunteer participants. |
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Globe Aware Globe Aware seeks to promote lifelong advocates for a better world and to sustain the world's cultural and natural resources. The organization, together with the local community hosts, develops effective local solutions to global problems in non-religious, non-political, multi-international environments. The aim is to expand and foster cross-cultural peace and understanding between Americans and the rest of the world, to preserve culture and promote sustainability. Globe Aware expeditions provide volunteers the opportunity to live and work side by side with a host community. The hosts provide a safe and interesting setting in which to learn, help, and have fun. The volunteers help to empower the host communities in creating renewable, self-sufficient programs. While Globe Aware's financial assistance benefits the community economically, it is actually the involvement and collaboration between the volunteers and community that is the greatest mutual benefit. www.globeaware.org |
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Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat is a worldwide, grassroots movement with a presence in more than 90 countries, including all 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico. www.habitat.org |
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Projects Abroad Projects Abroad sends volunteers abroad to over 20 countries to do over 100 different internships and service projects. Founded in 1992, we have grown to a team of 200 people around the world that sends 3500 volunteers annually. Volunteers can go at any time, for as long as they wish. Our most popular programs include: environmental conservation, archaeology and cultural preservation, teaching English, care work in orphanages, as well as medical and nursing projects. www.projects-abroad.org |
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ProWorld ProWorld matches volunteers of all ages with community projects in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. From building cleaner-burning stoves in Peru to empowering women in Thailand, participants make a real difference in local communities. ProWorld has been working with volunteers for more than 10 years and offers unique volunteer, internship and study abroad opportunities in the areas of healthcare, environment and social-economic sectors. www.proworldvolunteers.org |
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Service for Peace Service For Peace involves volunteers in ongoing community development programs throughout the world. Our Global PeaceMakers and group programs are designed to further the growth and development of individuals and our Communities of Peace through the shared experience of voluntary service. Service For Peace specializes in providing genuine, safe, fun, and meaningful international service experiences for private groups as well as programs open to the public, introducing volunteers to issues of community development, education, health, and other social themes. Our programs attract volunteers from diverse parts of the world and engage international volunteers with local counterparts from the host country and even the host community. Volunteers and our Communities of Peace are transformed by intercultural service, and our participants also have the opportunity to experience their host culture from an "insider" perspective together with local staff and participants. Our programs are designed to assist in ongoing initiatives within our long-term partner Communities of Peace, providing an exciting and realistic experience to volunteers and ensuring a sustainable impact in our communities. Our programs send volunteers to over 20 countries in the world, including the Dominican Republic, Kenya, Guatemala, the Philippines, Ghana, Honduras, and more. Our programs range in cost from between $550 to $950, and are essentially "all-inclusive," providing housing, in-country transportation, meals, clean drinking water, service and program materials, cultural activities, 24-hour staff accompaniment, and more. www.serviceforpeace.org |
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