WWOOF

A WWOOF volunteer holds up a handful of organic vegetables

WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) is an international movement that connects visitors (called WWOOFers) with organic farmers and growers. The organization was founded in 1971 in the UK and has since grown to include more than 130 countries. WWOOF offers people the opportunity to live and learn on organic farms in exchange for … Read more

Love Volunteers

Love Volunteers logo - a New Zealand volunteer organisation

Love Volunteers is a New Zealand-based organization that facilitates international service & volunteering opportunities in 40 countries throughout the America’s, Africa, Asia, Europe and Middle East. We provide safe, rewarding and meaningful voluntary service projects abroad to mature volunteers and will assist them in finding and securing a meaningful volunteer placement that is well suited … Read more

International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP)

International Senior Lawyers Project logo

The International Senior Lawyers Project recruits highly experienced lawyers to provide pro bono legal services to non-governmental organizations, developing country governments and other institutions in an effort to promote human rights, the rule of law and equitable economic development throughout the world. ISLP volunteers provide the highest caliber legal assistance to clients through: Long term … Read more

International Executive Service Corps (IESC)

International Executive Service Corps (IESC) logo

IESC is a not for profit economic development firm that uses volunteer experts, paid consultants, and professional staff to achieve IESC’s mission — to promote prosperity and stability through private enterprise development. Our programs are funded primarily through grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts — most often with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). For … Read more

Engineers Without Borders – USA

Engineers Without Borders-USA logo

No matter what your field is: engineering, construction, business, fundraising, marketing, healthcare, or anything else, you are welcome at Engineers Without Borders-USA. EWB-USA is a national, non-profit organization whose mission is to partner with developing communities around the globe to improve quality of life through the implementation of environmentally and economically sustainable engineering projects. EWB-USA … Read more

Mission Doctors Association

photo of a doctor on assignment for Mission Doctors Association

Founded by Msgr. Anthony Brouwers in 1959, Mission Doctors Association is the only program in the United States exclusively dedicated to recruiting, training, sending and supporting Catholic doctors and their families to serve at mission hospitals and clinics around the world. Doctors and their families may serve on both short and long term assignments.

International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps volunteer with a person from a third world country

International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, IMC is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related … Read more

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

Doctors Without Borders - Medecins Sans Frontieres

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in nearly 60 countries. MSF recruits doctors, nurses, logisticians, water-and-sanitation experts, administrators, and other medical and non-medical personnel to provide medical care … Read more

Lay Mission-Helpers Association

Lay Mission-Helpers Association logo

Founded by Msgr. Anthony Brouwers this organization recruits, trains and supports the work of lay missionaries serving around the world in varied professions; teachers, nurses, computer specialists, agronomists, pastoral consultants, accountants, and administrators. In the nearly 50 years of service, more than 700 lay missionaries have served with LMH and MDA in 35 countries around … Read more

Catholic Volunteer Network

Catholic Volunteer Network logo

Catholic Volunteer Network (CNV), established in 1963, is a non-profit membership organization of more than 200 domestic and international Christian-based volunteer and lay mission programs. Currently, more than 10,000 volunteers and lay missioners serve in these programs throughout the U.S. and in more than 100 other countries worldwide. CNV publishes and distributes RESPONSE the most … Read more