Organizations

Photo Exhibition On Human Rights Defenders For PBI 25th Anniversary

Date: July 23rd, 2007 |

Peace Brigades International recruits international volunteers who, when invited, accompany human rights workers in Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Nepal and Indonesia and promote non-violent transformation of conflicts. The volunteers’ presence alerts those who pose a threat to human rights workers that their actions will not go unnoticed. To get an idea of what it [read more]

Has The Media Influenced Your Volunteer Destination?

Date: July 21st, 2007 |

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Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) recently launched a campaign to recruit volunteers for its programs in five countries – Eritrea, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nigeria and Mongolia – which may not be able to continue if there is not increased volunteer interest. VSO attributed the decline in volunteer interest in these countries in part to inaccurate [read more]

Relief Agency In Sudan Providing More Than Just Immediate Medical Care

Date: July 11th, 2007 |

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An article from the Christian Science Monitor featured on Yahoo news reports on the relief agencies which have come to Darfur: “It’s one of the cruel ironies of the Darfur conflict, which has entered its fifth year, that it took a deadly war… for many Darfuris to receive the first adequate healthcare of their lives.”
Darfuri [read more]

A Lesson About Less Charismatic Species From Conservation Co. In South Africa

Date: July 8th, 2007 |

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During a recent email interview with Conservation Co founders Dayne Davey and Mark Slatter, and an interesting issue came up,which I thought was worthy of a post of its own.
The Conservation Co logo is a tree frog…why? They chose the tree frog in part because until recently, funding, attention and protection was directed at [read more]

Projects You Should Know About: 88 Bikes

Date: July 4th, 2007 |

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If you’re looking for an innovative project to provide inspiration, look no further than 88 bikes. The brainchild of brothers Dan and Jared Austin, 88 bikes linked individual donors (whose donations bought bikes) with kids in an orphanage in Cambodia. All 88 kids, to be exact. The kids received not only bikes, but [read more]

Global Service Corps: Volunteer Placement Organization

Date: July 23rd, 2007 |

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Global Service Corps (GSC) is registered as a non-governmental organization in Thailand and Tanzania, and offers volunteer programs of two weeks to six months long in these two countries. Thanks to a Travel With A Challenge article for pointing me to this organization.
GSC says its programs are established “on the view that the [read more]

Change The Truth Fund Update

Date: July 20th, 2007 |

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The Change the Truth Fund, which connects donors from the US with St. Mary Keven’s orphanage in Uganda, has been busy.
Change The Truth founder Gloria, a photographer who became familiar with St. Mary Kevin’s orphanage while on a photography workshop in Africa, shares news about the charity on the official Change the Truth website as [read more]

Assist The Flying Doctors In Mexico

Date: July 10th, 2007 |

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Volunteering with some “Flying Doctors” does not sound like something you do every day. If your lack of an MD or other medical qualification has been stopping you – your wait is over! Well, okay, if you live in the south-west United States and there is space, that is.
World Hum recently posted about Los [read more]

Interview With Conservation Co. Founders

Date: July 7th, 2007 |

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Conservation Co founders Dayne Davey and Mark Slatter took some time out to do an interview with the Volunteer Logue about their new organization, which offers volunteer trips linking international volunteers with conservation research projects in South Africa. Find out how they got started, what they think about paying to volunteer, and why connecting [read more]

International Volunteer Programs Association

Date: July 2nd, 2007 |

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International Volunteer Programs Association is an alliance of organizations offering volunteer opportunities; the main page offers the possibility to search by region, country, type of work and duration. The opportunities listed are those offered by members, and include large organizations such as Cross Cultural Solutions and Globe Aware, as well as worldwide-but-low-cost organizations like [read more]

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