Volunteer Placement Opportunities

Overseas Development Network
Hannia Casaw – Program Coordinator
33 Valencia St., Suite 330
San Francisco, CA,   USA
Tel: (415) 431-4204
Fax:(415) 431-5953
Email: odn@igc.org
Web site: www.igc.org/odn
ODN is a national, student-based, non-profit organization. Since its creation in 1983, it has been a forum for thousands of young people to address global issues such as hunger, poverty, and social injustice. They provide links to volunteer opportunities in international development in the US and abroad.

Peace Corps
1990 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20526,   USA
Tel: (800) 424-8580
Email: dcinfo@peacecorps.gov
Web site: www.peacecorps.gov
Today, more than 6,500 Peace Corps Volunteers are helping people around the world build a better future for themselves, their children, and their communities. Volunteers live at the grass-roots level in 84 countries, where they work on projects in education, the environment, small business development, health, and agriculture.

UN Volunteers (UNV)
Email: post-info@unv.org
UNV was created by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1970, to serve as an operational partner in development co-operation at the request of UN member states. It is unique within the UN family and as an international volunteer undertaking. It reports to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and works through UNDP's country offices around the world. There are about 2,000 qualified, experienced and motivated women and men of over 130 nationalities currently serving in developing countries as volunteer specialists and field workers. Since 1971, roughly 17,000 UNVs from some 140 developing and industrialised nations – 70% and 30% respectively – have worked in an equal number of countries.

Volunteer Organizations for Professionals

International Executive Services Corps (IESC)
Stamford Harbor Park
333 Ludlow St.
Stamford, CT 06902,   USA
Tel: (203) 967-6000
Fax: (203) 324-2531.
Email: 62054816@eln.attmail.com
Web site: www.iesc.org
IESC is a nonprofit international management and business development organization that provides expert volunteer support to entrepreneurs and NGOs in developing countries. The executive and technical advisors are typically recent retirees with years of experience and training. IESC's Skills Bank comprises over 13,000 American industry and professional experts who volunteer to help businesses and nonprofits around the world. IESC volunteers work either in the country or from the United States providing hands-on training and mentoring. Generally, projects last three months, but could last as long as two years.

British Executive Services Overseas – (BESO)
Marjorie Wright, Communications Manager
BESO
164 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London, SW1V 2RB, England
Tel: +171 6300644
Fax: +171 630 0624
BESO sends experienced professional volunteers, often retired people, on short advisory assignments to more than 100 developing countries around the world. Established in 1973, BESO encourages sustainable economic and social development by assisting government, local non-governmental organizations and companies who are unable to afford the commercial rates of international consultants. BESO's priorities include projects that stimulate economies, facilitate healthcare, and improve living and working environments. BESO volunteers provide managerial, technical, professional skills and training. BESO sees self-help as key to the success of long-term sustainable development and subsequently regards "skills transfer" as a fundamental component of their work. If a requesting organization's application is successful, BESO selects a qualified volunteer from its 3000 person database. BESO provides volunteers' travel costs. Host organizations must provide local transport, accommodation and expenses.

Volunteer Organizations & Information

The Learning Institute for Nonprofit Organizations
6314 Odana Rd.
Suite 1
Madision, WI 53719,   USA
Tel: (608) 274-2192
Fax: (608) 274-9978
"Attracting and Keeping the Best Volunteers" Participant Packet

EFDES
Cecilia Dockendorff
Av. Italia 929
Santiago, Chile
Tel: (56-2) 209-6408
Fax: (56-2) 209-6408
Cecilia Dockendorff is an Ashoka Fellow who is transforming Chilean values and promoting social activism and citizen participation. Her wide-ranging "lines of action" provide opportunities for Chileans to get involved, addressing poverty, environmental degradation, and other problems through solidarity and volunteer community action.

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
c/o Indiana University Center on Philanthropy
550 West North St.
Suite 310
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3162,   USA
Publishes nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly. Annual conference in the fall.

Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA)
P.O. box 32092
3108 N. Parham Rd
Richmond, VA 23294
Tel: (804) 346-2266
Email: ava@freedomnet.com
Publishes The Journal of Volunteer Administration Quarterly newsletter "Update." Professional Certification Program. Annual International Conference on Volunteer Administration in October and regional activities throughout the year.

Corporation for National and Community Service
1100 Vermont Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20525,   USA
Tel: (202) 606-5000.
AmeriCorps, Learn & Serve America, VISTA, RSVP, Foster Grandparents, and Senior Companion programs.

Points of Light Foundation
1737 H St., NW
Washington, DC 20006,   USA
Tel: (202) 223-9186
Publishes Volunteer Leadership. Council on Workplace Volunteerism, National Council of Volunteer Centers. Annual National Community Service conference in June. "Volunteer Marketplace" catalogue (books, recognition items). National Volunteer Week materials. President's Volunteer Service Awards

Energize, Inc.
5450 Wissahickon Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19144,   USA
Tel: 215-438-8342
Fax: 215-438-0434
Web site: www.energizeinc.com
Energize, Inc. is a training, consulting and publishing firm that specializes in volunteerism. Since it was founded by Susan Ellis in 1977, it has assisted clients in 47 U.S. states, four Canadian provinces and south America to create or strengthen volunteer corps.

Web Resources

Impact Online – www.impactonline.org
Impact Online, Inc.
Jay Backstrand – Director
325 'B' Forest Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94301,   USA
Tel: (650) 327-1389
Fax: (650) 327-1395
Email: respond@impactonline.org
Impact Online (IOL) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing volunteerism through the Internet. IOL offers VolunteerMatch, a matching service for volunteers and nonprofits, Virtual Volunteering, a research project on volunteer activities which can be completed over the Internet, and information and resources on volunteerism.

CyberVPM – www.cybervpm.com
Nan Hawthorn
9594 First Avenue NE
Box 413
Seattle, WA 98115-2012,   USA
Tel: (206)525-2104
Fax: (206)525-3320
CyberVPM strives to increase the effectiveness of volunteer effort to improve and enlighten communities by developing and delivering print and Internet publications that empower volunteers and volunteer resource managers alike. The Trailblazing Web site contains Resources for Volunteer Program Managers and Volunteers Award-winning Resources for Volunteer Program Managers / Online Discussion & Networking / Bookstore / Training Kits Resources for Volunteers / Good-Deed-a-Day / Learn the Internet / Sitemap.

InterAction – www.interaction.org/volunteer.htm
1717 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Suite 801
Washington, DC 20036,   USA
Tel: (202) 667-8227
InterAction: The American Council for Voluntary International Action is the nation's largest coalition of international development, disaster relief and refugee assistance agencies. InterAction's members include more than 150 US-based non-profit organizations, large and small, including secular and religious groups. Member organizations all share the same basic goals of easing human suffering and strengthening people's ability to help themselves. InterAction coordinates and promotes these activities and https to ensure that goals are met in an ethical and cost-efficient manner. Online it holds international volunteer agencies and opportunities.

Books and Training Manuals

Alternatives to the Peace Corps : A Directory of Third World & U.S. Volunteer Opportunities
By Filomena Geise (Editor)
Paperback – 100 pages
8th edition (January 1999), Food First Books.
List price $9.95.
Go to www.amazon.com – an online book store.

"How to Work with Volunteers"
By Malgorzata Ochman and Pawel Jordan

"Making Volunteerism Work: A Handbook for Volunteer Coordinators in Non-Profit Organizations"
By Pravah for Ashoka – Innovators for the Public
(working draft)

Who Cares? magazine
1436 U Street NW #201
Washington, DC 20009,   USA
Angela Wheeler, Publisher & CEO
Tel. 202-588-8920
Email info@whocares.org
Web site: www.whocares.org