International Volunteer Programs Association

By Kate | July 2nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

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... [Read this entry]

Volunteers In Asia

By Kate | June 9th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Volunteers In Asia (VIA) offers volunteer opportunities in China, Vietnam and Indonesia, and is also starting programs in Laos and Burma. While teaching English seems to be the main... [Read this entry]

Volunteer Placement Organization: Volunteers For Peace

By Kate | March 7th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Volunteers For Peace is a non-profit organization which was founded in 1982. It works by acting as a partner to a large number of similar organizations worldwide and its goal... [Read this entry]

Volunteer With Gibbons In Thailand

By Kate | March 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

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No, that’s not my picture to the right; the Volunteer Logue received a heads up about a press release received at Bootsnall regarding an opportunity for six paying... [Read this entry]

My Short Pay To Volunteer Experience

By Kate | March 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »

I took a year off university, after my junior year, and worked much of it; at the end I took a trip through Europe and decided to do a pay... [Read this entry]

Volunteer Placement Organization: Global Visions International (GVI)

By Kate | February 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Global Visions International is a British-based organization which places volunteers in “over 150 projects including challenging Marine Conservation and Wildlife Research expeditions in Africa and Latin America and volunteer teaching... [Read this entry]

To Volunteer Independently Or Not To Volunteer Independently

By Kate | February 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Volunteering independently, such as with one of the organizations featured at Independent Volunteer, generally entails dealing directly with staff from the organization you’ll be volunteering with – which is... [Read this entry]

Table Of Contents: Organizations

By Kate | February 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Find links to the Volunteer Logue profiles of specific organizations here. The General Tips and Advice and Resources/Perspectives have their own pages.
Organizations
American Red Cross
Americorps (US)
Amnesty... [Read this entry]

Volunteer Placement Organization: Cross Cultural Solutions

By Kate | February 10th, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Cross Cultural Solutions provides short-term volunteer placements for international participants; “one of the primary goals of the organization [is] to follow the lead of local organizers and provide them a... [Read this entry]

Pros And Cons Of Short-Term Volunteering

By Kate | February 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Pros

You don’t have to make a big commitment to an organization or place you’ve never met before.
You don’t have to quit your job to have the time to do... [Read this entry]