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Mingan Island Cetacean Study's Research Expeditions - Mingan Island Cetacean Study's Research Expeditions - Ecoresearch tours with field biologists in the Mingan Island region of the Quebec North Shore. Observation of large baleen whales, blue, fin, humpback, and minke, as well as Atlantic white-sided dolphin and harbor porpoise. Dates: St. Lawrence Jun 15-Oct 15, Baja Feb-Mar. Costs: St. Lawrence CAN$1,690 or CAN$1,850 per week. Baja US$1,375 per week. Contact: MICS Inc., 378 bord de la mer, Longue-pointe de Mingan, PQ, GOG 1VO Canada; Tel./fax 418-949-2845 Volunteer Canada-Volunteer Canada - "The Canadian Association of Volunteer Bureaux & Centres is mandated to promote the growth of volunteerism & community participation in Canada. Volunteer Canada acts as a national umbrella organization on behalf of volunteer bureaux & centres in all provinces & territories. WWOOF-Canada (Willing Workers on Organic Farms) - WWOOF-Canada (Willing Workers on Organic Farms) - In exchange for your help (4-6 hours per day, 5-5 1/2 days per week ) you receive accommodations, meals, and an interesting and valuable experience. Host farms/homesteads in every region of Canada, East to West, with some farm hosts also in the U.S. Dates: Year round. Most opportunities early spring to late fall. Costs: $30 per person includes membership plus 2 International Postal Coupons. Contact: WWOOF-Canada, RR 2, S. 18, C. 9 Nelson, BC, V1L 5P5, Canada; 250-354-4417
and historical societies. Dates: One-week trips throughout year: Dominica waterwheel Aug 2000; BVI, Turks, and Caicos Nov 2000; St. Croix Moravian Cemetery Inventory Jan 2001; George Washington House, Barbardos Feb 2001. Costs: $500-$1,000 per week. Contact: CVE, Box 388, Corning, NY 14830; 607-962-7846
Global Language Villages - Global Language Villages- Since 1997 we have taken teachers to China every summer for three weeks of tourism and teaching English to Chinese students in an immersion environment. Many teachers repeat every year.
Learn Spanish While Volunteering - Learn Spanish While Volunteering - Assist with the training of Costa Rican public school teachers in ESL and computers. Assist local health clinic, social service agencies, and environmental projects. Enjoy learning Spanish in the morning, volunteer work in the afternoon/evening. Spanish classes of 2-4 students plus group learning activities; conversations with middle class homestay families (1 student or couple per family). Homestays and most volunteer projects are within walking distance of school in small town near the capital, San José. Dates: Year round, all levels. Classes begin every Monday (except Dec 18-29), volunteer program is continuous. Costs: $345 per week for 23 hours of classes and group activities plus Costa Rican dance and cooking classes. Includes tuition, meals, homestay, laundry, all materials, weekly 3-hour cultural tour, and airport transportation. $25 one-time registration fee. Contact: Susan Shores, Registrar, Latin American Language Center, PMB 123, 7485 Rush River Dr., Suite 710, Sacramento, CA 95831-5260; 916-447-0938, fax 916-428-9542 Living Among the Giant Grasses. United States - Masters for International and Intercultural Management.Work with tropical bamboos and learn about them as some of the world's fastest growing renewable resources while you live in a rural Costa Rican community. Receive a general orientation on the subject of bamboo, work in a botanical garden, participate in the development of a small bamboo plantation, and assume workshop tasks utilizing bamboos. Dates: Year-round, 1 month sessions, beginning the 1st of each month. Costs: $750 for 1st month, $600 additional months. Includes private sleeping space, shared bath, meals. Airfare and insurance not included. Contact: Patricia Erickson, Apdo. 295-7210 Guapiles, Costa Rica; fax 011-506-710-2264
www.jatunsacha.org - www.jatunsacha.org - Jatun Sacha a non profit organization located in Ecuador SouthAmerica, offers volunteer opportunities in any of its four biological reserves. Activities: reforestation, research, maintenance, personal projects, organic agriculture, community work.
Mar de Jade Ocean-Front Resort - Mar de Jade Ocean-Front Resort - Tropical ocean-front retreat center in a small fishing village on a beautiful half-mile beach north of Puerto Vallarta. Surrounded by lush jungle with the warm, clear sea at our door, enjoy swimming, hiking, horseback riding, massage, and meditation. Study Spanish in small groups. Gain insight into local culture by optional volunteer work in community projects, such as rural community clinic, our local library, or a model home garden. Mar de Jade also has meeting facilities and provides a serene and intimate setting for group events. Dates: Year round. Costs: Twenty-one day volunteer/Spanish program May-Nov 15 $1,000 (student discount available); Nov 15-Apr $1,080. Includes room and board in a shared occupancy room and 15 hours per week of volunteer work. Vacation: May-Nov 15 room and board $50 per night; Nov 16-Apr $55 per night. Spanish $80 per week with minimum 1 week (6 nights) stay. Contact: In Mexico: Tel./fax 011-52-322-2-3524. U.S. mailing address: 1605B Pacific Rim Ct., San Diego, CA 92154-7517
Volunteer Nepal! -Volunteer Nepal! - This program is designed to meet the needs of participants who desire more than typical tourist experience. It provides volunteer service opportunities for people who are genuinely interested in learning about a new and different community and culture while contributing their time and skills to benefit worthwhile community service throughout Nepal. By partaking in the program, it is hoped that participants will experience personal growth as well as open communication channels between different countries and cultures. Dates: Feb, Apr, Aug, and Oct. Other dates can be arranged. Costs: $650 includes pre-service training, language instruction, homestay, trekking, rafting, jungle safari, volunteering, food and accommodations, etc. Contact: Rajesh Shrestha, Director, Cultural Destination Nepal, GPO Box 11535, Dillibazar, Kathmandu, Nepal; 011-977-1-426996, fax 011-977-1-428925 or 011-977-1-416417
Masters for International and Intercultural Management -Masters for International and Intercultural Management - The School for International Training (SIT) offers academic curriculum integrated with field-based practice, reflection, and application including professional practice. SIT offers master's degrees in Teaching (ESOL, French, Spanish), Intercultural Relations, International Education, Sustainable Development, Organizational Management, and a self-design option. SIT also offers undergraduate semester abroad programs in over 56 countries. Dates: Call for details. Costs: Call for details. Contact: Admissions, School for International Learning, P.O. Box 676, Kipling Rd., Brattleboro, VT 05302; 800-336-1616, fax 802-258-3500 Rethinking Tourism Project - The Rethinking Tourism Project, an Indigenous organization based in Minnesota, offers volunteer opportunities for students and others to work with us in our home office. Volunteers learn about responsible tourism and international development issues from the Indigenous perspective. We also offer 2 volunteer positions in our partners' southern Mexico office each semester. Non-paid positions and require a 3-month commitment. Contact: Rethinking Tourism Project, 1873 Iglehart Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55104; Tel./fax 651-644-9984 ServeNET-ServeNET - The World of serving and volunteering. Offers a gateway to Youth Service America (YSA) and volunteer opportunities.
AMNU-AMNU - Association Modèle des Nations Unies à l'Université de Lausanne Towards the goal of promoting international awareness, the Model United Nations Association (AMNU) organizes annual simulations of high level international conferences, bringing together delegations composed of students from around the world. These students play the role of diplomats representing the member countries of the United Nations, confronting current and concrete international issues. They must try to reconcile the need for effective solutions with the specific interests of their respective countries. This results in engaging discourse as well as debates, behind the scene negotiations, and finally compromises which take the form of official resolutions. All this takes place below the vigilant supervision of high U.N. functionaries, in the hope that the simulations be as realistic as possible.  An
American in a Refugee Camp -An
American in a Refugee Camp - by Charu Newhouse - I’m often asked
how and why I went to the camp. It’s relatively simple, my background
is in human rights and international relations. After bartending and waitressing
my way through Europe, I was interested in doing something a bit more meaningful.
I’ve always felt the need to give something back to the countries I’ve
traveled through and lived in. After all, those countries have given
me some very profound experiences. So when I arrived in Budapest, I grabbed
a telephone book and found out the Hungarian Red Cross was just down the
street from my hostel. I went there with an interest in refugee work
anywhere in Eastern Europe and they in turn dropped me off at Debreceni
Menekült Tábor, the Debrecen Refugee Camp. (Escape From America
Magazine article.)
Books On Volunteer Jobs Overseas - Books On Volunteer Jobs Overseas - Our expatriate bookstore has an entire page of books on volunteer jobs overseas. CARE Corps - CARE Corps - CARE is one of the world's largest private international relief and development organizations. Founded in the aftermath of World War II, CARE enabled Americans to send more than 100 million CARE Packages® to survivors of the conflict in Europe and Asia. CARE has become a leader in sustainable development and emergency aid, reaching tens of millions of people each year in more than 60 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. For more than 50 years now, CARE has been a vehicle of American generosity abroad. Cabo San Francisco Foundation - Cabo San Francisco Foundation - FCSF is a non-profit organization, constituted legally in the year 1994 by ministrial agreement # 002908 and whose members are in their majority inhabitants of the community. The Foundation offers opportunities for volunteers in communitarian services, investigation and conservation of the flora and fauna of the region. The zone of influence of the Foundation is the parish of San Francisco, pertaining to the canton Muisne, province of Esmeraldas and has an approximated extension of 150 Km². The program of volunteers provides practical experience for people interested in investigation, classification of native plants, collecting of seeds and reforestation besides to promote in the population the knowledge and care of its environment through environmental and health education. The volunteers would work with the community and under supervision of a member of the Foundation. Cross-Cultural Solutions - Cross-Cultural Solutions - Is one of the leading international volunteer organizations in the United States and sends over 1,000 volunteers overseas every year. Cross-Cultural Solutions employs volunteer humanitarian action to empower local communities, foster cultural sensitivity and understanding, and contribute grassroots solutions to the global challenges of providing health care, education, and social development. Volunteers receive continual professional support from U.S.-based and local staff. No skills or experience required - only a desire to help and learn. Dates: Programs begin at various start dates year-round. Costs: Program fees start at $1950 (for three weeks in Ghana) and vary depending on country and length of stay. Fees cover in-country transportation, accommodations, board, and support. International airfare, insurance, and visa not included. Program fees are tax deductible. Contact: Cross-Cultural Solutions, 47 Potter Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10801; 800-380-4777 or 914-632-0022, fax 914-632-8494 Doctors Without Borders - Doctors Without Borders - The home page of Doctors Without Borders USA (Medecins Sans Frontieres USA) Doctors Without Borders delivers medical relief to populations in danger due to war, civil strife, epidemics or natural disasters. Annually, more than 2,000 volunteers representing 45 nationalities work in some 70 countries in front-line hospitals, refugee camps, disaster sites, towns and villages. Doctors Without Borders teams provide primary health care, perform surgery, vaccinate children, rehabilitate hospitals, operate emergency nutrition and sanitation programs and train local medical staff. Franciscan Mission Service - FMS prepares and sends Catholic women and men for extended assignments among oppressed and poor peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Volunteers are needed to work in the areas of health care, social service, education, agriculture and community organizing. Allow a different culture to expand your worldview. Dates: Sep-Nov 2000, 2001; 3-month preparation. Contact: Joanne Blaney, Co-director, Franciscan Mission Service, P.O. Box 29034, Washington, DC 20017; 877-886-1762, fax 202-832-1778 Global Service Corps - Global Service Corps - Service-learning, cultural immersion in Costa Rica, Kenya, or Thailand. Live with a village family while assisting grassroots organizations on community service and development projects. Project areas: rainforest conservation, sustainable agriculture, HIV/AIDS awareness, clinical health care, women's groups, classroom teaching. Experience the challenges of developing countries from the inside out. Includes orientation, training, and excursions. University credit available. Dates: Year round. Contact GSC office or check the web site for specific starting dates. Costs: $1,795-$1,995 for 2-4 week project trips; $595 per month for 2-6-month long-term extensions $2,815-$3,145 for summer and semester internships. Includes extensive pre-deparature preparation and in-country expenses (hotel and homestay room and board, orientation, training, project expenses, transportation, excursions). Airfare not included, discount rates available. Contact: Global Service Corps., 300 Broadway, #28, San Francisco, CA 94133; 415-788-3666 ext. 128, fax 415-788-7324 Global Volunteers-Global Volunteers - "Global Volunteers, a private non-profit, non-sectarian development organization, was founded in 1984 with the goal of helping to establish a foundation for peace through mutual international understanding. Their programs center around a 1, 2, or 3 week volunteer work experience in South-east Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, or the United States." Programs range from natural resource preservation, light construction, and painting to teaching English, assisting with health care, and nurturing at-risk children. No special skills or foreign languages are required. Dates: Over 150 teams year round. Costs: Tax-deductible program fees range from $450 to $2,395. Airfare not included. Contact: Global Volunteers, 375 E. Little Canada Rd., St. Paul, MN 55117; 800-487-1074, fax 651-482-0915 HandsFor.org - HandsFor.org - International volunteer positions open around the world! HUMANA People to People - HUMANA People to People - HUMANA is an international Non-Governmental Organization currently running over 150 projects in Africa, Asia and Central America involving more than 500,000 people. So far, more than 4000 Development Instructors (our word for volunteers) have participated in starting up and running these projects. HumanWeb - Click Here - Online Network of Humanitarian and Environmental Issues. International Volunteer Program (IVP) - International Volunteer Program (IVP) - IVP is a unique project that promotes volunteerism in Europe and in the United States. International Volunteer Projects - International Volunteer Projects - Council offers short-term international volunteer projects in more than 30 countries around the world. There are hundreds of projects to choose from in construction/renovation, archaeology, social service, and environmental work. For complete project listings: see [www.councilexchanges.org]. Dates: Year round. Costs: From $300-$1,200 and up. Contact: Council Exchanges, 205 E. 42nd St., New York, NY 10017-5706; 888-COUNCIL, Internships International -Internships International - Quality, nonpaying internships in London, Paris, Dublin, Dresden, Santiago, Budapest, Melbourne, Bangkok, and Glasgow. Internships in all fields, from 8 weeks to 6 months. Open to college graduates and seniors requiring an internship to graduate. Dates: Based on individual's needs. Costs: $800 program fee for all cities except Dublin ($1,000). Contact: Judy Tilson, Director, Internships International, P.O. Box 480, Woolrich, ME 04579-0480; 207-443-3019, fax 207-442-7942 Job Opportunities @ Habitat for Humanity International - Job Opportunities @ Habitat for Humanity International - "Habitat for Humanity International has volunteer and salaried/hourly positions available due to the growth of our worldwide ministry. If you are a performance-oriented individual looking for an opportunity to serve God's people in need, we want to talk with you!". Landmark Volunteers-Landmark Volunteers - "Landmark Volunteers is a nonprofit summer service organization for high school students. If you are fourteen and a half years of age or older, entering 10th, 11th or 12th grade and are looking for an opportunity to do something for others, to expand your world through community service, to give something back to society, you might qualify as a Landmark Volunteer." Medical Volunteer Program - CMMB recruits licensed healthcare volunteers from the U.S. and Canada, for service around the world. CMMB offers long- and short-term placements in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Near East. Our greatest need is for primary care physicians and general surgeons. Dates: Year round. Costs: All volunteers receive room and board, and emergency evacuation insurance. CMMB offers in-kind support to volunteers at their site of service. Medicines and health care supplies are hand carried or sent to them. With long-term volunteers, assistance is also given for traveling, licensing, visas, and a modest stipend. Contact: Rosemary DeCostanzo, Catholic Medical Mission Board, 10 W. 17th St., New York, NY 10011; 800-678-5659, fax 212-242-0930 Natural History and Research Trips -Natural History and Research Trips - Since 1969, specialists in natural history expeditions to prime wildlife habitats. Noninvasive/noncaptive wildlife field research and habitat restoration projects: dolphins, humpback and blue whales, manatees, seabirds, coral reefs, primates. No prior experience necessary. Nonprofit 501.C.3 organization. Dates: Year round. Programs range from 5-14 days; call for current schedule. Costs: From $1,150. Contact: Oceanic Society, Ft. Mason Ctr., Bldg. E, Rm. 230, San Francisco, CA 94123-1394; 800-326-7491 or 415-441-1106, fax 415-474-3395, New England Biolabs Foundation/ArtCorps - New England Biolabs Foundation/ArtCorps - ArtCorps is a pilot project of New England Biolabs Foundation. We place volunteer artists in developing countries to help non-profit organizations communicate more effectively. Volunteers spend 6 - 9 months with the hosting organization. We are now placing volunteers in Guatemala. NRM changelinks - NRM changelinks - Environment & development jobs - On-line guide to int'l opportunities (paid and volunteer) in areas of environment, development & natural resource management. Oneworld Online Volunteers site - Click Here - From the excellent Oneworld WebSite, Editor Helena Earnshaw presents a constantly updated list of the latest opportunities for volunteering for various programs from around the world. On The Go Publishing-On The Go Publishing - Travel-related products and publications including the Volunteer Vacations Guide and the Airline Consolidators Quick Reference Chart. On The Go Publishing helps travelers save money, travel safer and have a richer experience. QUEST - QUEST offers yearlong volunteer opportunities in the U.S., Mexico, and Haiti to women and men. Volunteers share simple living in Christian community while daily serving the poor through various agencies and schools. Dates: Year-long: late Aug-late Aug; summer: end of Jun-early Aug. Costs: Volunteers must pay own costs and transportation to site. Contact: Jenny Audrecht, Program Coordinator, 3706 Rhode Island Ave., Mt. Rainier, MD 20712; 301-277-2514, fax 301-277-8656 SCI International Voluntary Service -SCI International Voluntary Service - Volunteers needed in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. We also cover Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Russia as well as in Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania. Dates: Two-week summer international group workcamps or in 3-12 months year round volunteering with a small stipend. Room and food provided. Participants responsible for $125 fee and airfare. Costs: $125 per program. Contact: SCI International Voluntary Service, 814 NE 40th St., Seattle, WA; 206-545-6585, fax 206-545-6585 Service Learning Programs -Service Learning Programs - The International Partnership for Service-Learning, founded in 1982, is an incorporated not-for-profit organization serving colleges, universities, service agencies, and related organizations around the world by fostering programs that link community service and academic study. Countries include: Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, France, Jamaica, Israel, India, Mexico, Philippines, and Scotland. Students gain hands-on experience in an international community service agency. We also offer a Master's degree in International Service. Dates: Summer, semester, year, or intersession. Costs: Vary. Contact: The International Partnership for Service-Learning, 815 2nd Ave., Suite 315, New York, NY 10017; 212-986-0989, fax 212-986-5039 Teaching and Projects Abroad - Teaching and Projects Abroad - With Teaching and Projects Abroad you can enjoy adventurous foreign travel with a chance to do a worthwhile job. You can teach conversational English or gain experience in medicine, veterinary medicine, conservation, journalism, or business. Dates: Programs available throughout the year. Costs: From $1,280, includes all accommodations, food, placement insurance, and local support. Contact: Teaching and Projects Abroad, Gerrard House, Rustington, W. Sussex BN16 1AW, U.K.; 011-44-1903-859911, fax 011-44-1903-785779 The National Meditation Center - The National Meditation Center - A humanitarian agency with volunteer work camps,internships and cultural tours to the philippines.We are now establishing a camp to train International volunteer be a volunteer and see the world. UN Volunteers -UN Volunteers - The UNV programme promotes volunteer contributions to development, especially with community focus and seeks to influence policy for sustainable results. Voluntary Service Overseas - Voluntary Service Overseas- is a charity that sends aid to developing countries - not in the form of money, food, clothing or equipment, but in the form of expert volunteers. The right people with the right skills who are committed to ensuring lasting, sustainable improvements where they are most needed. VSO volunteers are recruited from around the world, and all are dedicated to sharing skills and building the capabilities of those with whom they work. Voluntary Work Information Service (VWIS) - Voluntary Work Information Service (VWIS) - VWIS is "a Swiss based, independent, non-profit organization providing information on voluntary work opportunities in over 150 countries world-wide, principally in the environmental and humanitarian fields, for people of all ages and nationalities." Volunteer International Projects - Volunteer International Projects - Volunteer or Inter in South Asia (Sri Lanka, India & the maldive Islands) For more details visit our site - Volunteer Opportunities -Volunteer Opportunities - ACDI/VOCA is a nonprofit international development organization providing technical expertise in 33 countries worldwide, with over 700 volunteer opportunities each year. ACDI/VOCA manages long- and short-term economic development programs that focus on: business development, cooperative development, rural finance, agricultural extension, and food security. Dates: Year round. Costs: None. Contact: ACDI/VOCA, Attn: Recruitment, 50 F St., N.W., Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20001; 800-929-8622, fax 202-626-8726 Work
Abroad - Work Abroad-
If you are baffled as to a future career and are ready to explore the many
doors of opportunity that short-term jobs have to offer, you've come to
the right place. Back Door Jobs is simply about discovering life's options
and finding your place in the world (and that's real exciting stuff). So
explore, dreams into reality. The website of Michael Landes, author of
The Back Door Guide to Short-Term Job Adventures
WorldTeach in Africa, Asia, and Latin America -WorldTeach in Africa, Asia, and Latin America - WorldTeach is a nonprofit organization that provides opportunities for individuals to make a meaningful contribution to international education by living and working as volunteer teachers in developing countries. Offers 8-week summer teaching programs to qualified adults, 18 years and older, in Costa Rica, Ecuador (Galapagos Islands), Namibia and China (Yantai); involves either English or basic computer/internet skills teaching assignments. (WorldTeach also has year and semester teaching placements. Check our web site for details.) Dates: Jun 20-Aug 20. Costs: $3,990 includes international roundtrip airfare, health insurance, orientation and training, room and board, and in-country staff support. Contact: WorldTeach, Center for International Development, Harvard Univ., 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA 02138; 800-483-2240 or 617-495-5527, fax 617-495-1599 Youth International -Youth International - An experiential education program focusing on international travel and intercultural exchange, adventure, community service, and homestays. Teams of 12, aged 18-25, travel together for 1 semester to Southeast Asia and India/Nepal, or East Africa and the Middle East. Assist refugees, hike the Himalayas, live with and help an African tribe, scuba dive, and much more. Dates: Fall semester: early Sep-mid-Dec (15 weeks); spring: late Jan-late May (18 weeks). Costs: Fall 2000: $6,500 (Asia), $7,000 (Africa); spring 2001: $7,500 (Asia), $8,000 (Africa). Contact:Brad Gillings, Youth International, 1121 Downing St., #2, Denver, CO 80218; 303-839-5877, fax 303-839-5887 ..
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