If your skills, goals or desired destinations do not fit here, ask Ann.
People of all skill & experience levels are needed on most projects. Pitch
us your Questionnaire & then we can discuss what fits.
If you are more interested in International Careers, please see
International Work webpage.
Human Services.
Gender Based Violence. Africa. Help launch
Domestic Violence program.
Or help build programs with men who
grew up in violence.
Andes.
Community organizers
needed to help launch
livelihoods projects.
Spanish is helpful but some people have done intensives on-site or
prior.
AIDS. Africa. Work with excellent AIDS organization.
At Risk Kids. Many people request to volunteer with AIDS
orphans.
New opportunities working with kids who are at risk of being trafficked.
Tutoring, sports & job mentoring are especially
useful.
Refugee Camp in Africa. Help build
livelihoods. Artists & art therapists needed to create calendars &
cards to generate income. Work with youth & families. Need French & English
speakers.
Men as mentors.
"If we could do something constructive with our unemployed,
restless young men, we'd have fewer wars."
Post-Conflict West Africa.
Aim is to prevent another war. Work with at-risk youth; those that were
recruited to be rebels. New UN mandates has given women new rights.
Strengthen women's gains. Ensure that the victims of atrocities
have gainful employment.
Educating Girls.
Africa. In most villages, 97% of the women can
not read
or write. Help transform thinking about what women & girls can
do.
Dominican Republic. Work with women & children who have
fled Haiti.
Great experience in human rights, poverty & livelihoods.
Mental Health. Africa. Most of Africa has few mental health
resources.
We have been asked to help. First gingerly step is public
education.
Arctic. Experience needed
in drug/alcohol treatment, suicide prevention, domestic violence, mental
health &/or restorative justice. +Engaging youth; community
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Teaching Literacy
& Practical Skills. Youth & Kids.
Educating Girls. Africa. Africa's
ticket out of poverty is educating the girls says the UN. Good with kids? Help with
homework & tutoring.
Teach
literacy, any academic subject or sports.
Need books, librarians & library assistants.
Refugee camp, Africa. "To give our children an education is a gift
when they have lost or left almost everything else." French speaking
helpful.
Andes.
Another Director who believes "Education is the ticket out of
poverty."
We need vocational & literacy teachers & tutors:
math & basic accounting, IT, ESL & academics
instructors & tutors. Spanish helpful, but can be learned.
Construction.
Congolese refugees need help to build school, as do Andes.
Africa: maternity clinics so women have a sterile place to give birth
rather than walking for miles. Central American campesinos whose homes
were bulldozed need help rebuilding. Youth learn as they work
side-by-side with you.
Africa & Asia, teach skills that help feed a family.
Teach catering, carpentry, wood working, crafts,
agriculture/ gardening, animal husbandry.
Teach computer literacy, hardware
& software; secretarial & typing.
Teach or assist in arts & crafts skills that can feed a family.
Tie-dye teachers & helpers are especially needed; weavers, quilters,
sewing.
Asia & Africa. Need scooter repair, auto mechanics, small
appliance repairs.
Post-Conflict Africa believes that education is critical to
preventing conflict.
India. Teach writing, primary school, sports, yoga or health
education.
Nepal & Mongolia believe that learning English is a ticket out of
poverty.
Our school in Honduras is for the children of single mothers.
They will provide apartment & most of your food if you teach
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Business & Income
Generation
Half the world's
people live on less than $2/day.
Your mission, if you should decide to undertake it, is to help lift
people out of poverty.
Andes.
It is hard to eke out a living at 12,000 feet
elevation. No coconut palms or lettuce.
Our Andean Directors invite people to take on this challenge: how do you
strengthen
livelihoods
& generate income? Spanish helpful or do intensive prior.
Exciting new business programs launched after our
Africa visit:
income generation x Fair Trade = lifting out of
poverty & improving life in village.
Business developer or
entrepreneur: many NGO's in Asia, Africa & the Americas, struggle
to survive. Help develop an enterprise that sustains a non-profit.
India.
Link micro-finance crafts to Fair Trade
markets & market handicrafts to
sustain school.
Post-Conflict Africa. Teach entrepreneurial or income
generating skills, or
business development.
Women & youth trafficked & sold into prostitution. Teach alternative
income generation.
Nepal. Most trekkers originally go to see mountains, but walk away
wanting to help the poor. You too? Help with community development & poverty eradication.
Haitians Refugees: Dispossessed & rejected, the Haitians need
creative ways to make a living.
Central America. Teach livelihoods & grassroots business development
to care-takers of AIDS orphans, street kids & campesinos.
Many places. Teach accounting & budgeting.
Micro-finance. Help find micro-finance funds & launch micro-finance
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Journalism, Human
Rights & Democracy Building
Refugee Camps & Post-Conflict Africa.
Human rights violations are usually to shut people up. Fear &
silence->>tyranny. Freedom of expression->>democracy.
Where journalists were persecuted,
restore the ability to tell what is going on.
Teach villages & refugees how to
report on life experiences & community events.
Restore this important foundation of democracy.
Investigative journalism. In many countries, journalists must not
rock the boat. We have one exception to the rule. You must qualify for
this post.
Nepal. Maoist rebels who wanted a unresponsive monarchy ousted
have laid down their rifles and won the majority in legislative races.
Next Nepal will draft a New Constitution & governmental structure, sans
the king. Goal: a government which is more responsive to the needs of
the poor. Fascinating stories wait to be written.
Our partner journalism organization requests people with strong copy
editing skills.
Women & Journalism, Africa. Women's concerns have gone unheard &
unheeded.
We have new opportunity to work with TV journalist to air topics of
concern to women.
From Boyz to Men. Journalist & musician has launched music project
to give youth
a constructive way to engage in social concerns.
Mongolia was abuzz with its
legislative election for the
State Great Khural.
This is
big news in a country that modeled itself after the USSR. You missed the
story?
Send your Questionnaire & we'll hook you up to the next breaking story.
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HEALTH
Public Health, Medical,
Midwifery
& Nursing
Water & Sanitation; Health Promotion
There are far more opportunities for health skills than listed here.
Please email us your
Questionnaire & resume and
then we can discuss what fits for you.

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AIDS
Doctors & nurses needed in AIDS clinic & in outlying villages.
You don't need credentials to be an AIDS or health educator.
"Village medicine." Africa. India. Andes. Many people in the
world have never been to doctor.
Though you may not be able to diagnosis or treat everything, you will be
far better than nothing.
Andes. Help design programs to prevent high infant
mortality. Need: Nurses, nurse practitioners, doctors, mother-child
specialists; Public Health. Sanitation. Nutrition.
Side-by-side. Africa. For doctors, nurses & students, this is
great way to know the ropes in Africa.
Nepal. Public Health. Doctors, nurses, dentists, nutritionists.
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Midwifery & Nursing. Africa. Midwives & nurses needed in maternity clinics.
Para-professionals also needed (taking height, weight, vitals &
helping mom & baby.)
India. We have 3 sites requesting nurse, nurse practitioner,
dentist, doctor, medical student, or nursing student for ~general
practice or prevention education.
Chinese doctors and acupuncturists. We saw Chinese hospitals in
West Africa. Alas they are too expensive for 95% of the people. Willing
to treat at our office?
So many choices for a nurse or doctor that a Roadmap of Resources is
useful.
If you are more interested in International Careers, see
International Work webpage.
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Clean water &
sanitation are an important part of health.
Andes, Girl's village, Nepal, Himalayas. India,
Central America, Ghana, West Africa
all welcome assistance in building water & sanitation systems.
Smokeless stoves. Women in Nepal, the
Americas & Africa have respiratory problems because
they cook in very smoky rooms. Help us vent or
rebuild the stoves.
Massage therapy: India-- after digging wells; Thailand--release
knots of women & kids who have been trafficked into prostitution; people with AIDS; Andean miners & more. |
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Students &
Paraprofessionals
are welcome & needed in
almost all of our programs. Some are highlighted below.
You don't need a college degree or
credentials to volunteer with us!
Please don't decide if you fit in our programs by the website.
Please email Questionnaire & resume so we can discuss what fits. We
need:
Tutors, tutors, tutors. Kids need 1-to-1 time. Teach reading,
academics or what you love.
The arts. Help youth or women write poetry; make music; paint,
draw, break dance, rap.
Sports coaches. Soccer is
universal! Swimming. Playground games. Hockey.
Vocational education. Do you have a hobby that could generate
income? Wood working.
Tie dying. Candle making. Bee keeping. Auto, motorcycle & bike repair.
Bread baking.
Computers are great if people can read. So teach literacy &
computer literacy together.
Kids, kids, kids. Do kids love you? We have many kids awaiting
loving attention.
Brute & brawn. Real help is often more grunt than glory. Help dig
wells & latrines.
The trades. Mechanics are needed! Fix-it-people.
Construction projects change over time. Now, we
need help with:
1. rebuilding in the Caribbean after last year's hurricane.
2. building birthing center in village
3. later, building a pipeline up hill.
Biz wiz. Have you successfully run a small business? Can you
teach others?
Fair Trade & Marketing. Can you help village artisans connect to
eCommerce?
Gardening. Teach sustainable agriculture; composting, terracing,
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Woman-to- Woman;
Mujer-a-Mujer
Girl Child
Education
Girls have been denied an education throughout Africa, throughout the
world.
The World Bank & UN believe the education of females is a critical
factor in transforming societies.
We need people who are naturals at teaching or tutoring.
You need not have formal training in education.
Small Business Developers
We need women who have:
Entrepreneurial & small business experience
People that can "make somethin' outa nothin'".
Resourceful; creative; strong people skills.
Farming, gardening & agricultural experience also helpful.
Your hobbies contribute
Skilled in music, drama, dance? These skills can be used
therapeutically.
Sewing, sports, catering, hair cutting, mechanics or carpentry?
Can you teach these to women in vocational education?
Are you a natural born organizer and leader? Great, we would like you
to help build leadership skills in women in many other countries.
Women in Labor
Train Traditional Birth Attendants
We need doctors, nurses or midwives who have at least 6 months
experience in labor & delivery to how to assess & intervene if mom is
trouble.
This is #1 health request in 3 communities in Africa & in Bolivia.
People need not have medical training to help in maternity clinics.
Women in Journalism
At long last, women are gaining a voice. If you have a background in
journalism,
work with female TV journalist to cover women's issues: widowhood;
women's health; gender based violence.
Domestic Violence
DV was shoved under the rug in most countries. Working in DV requires
strong cultural sensitivity so you gauge what & how you say.
Help launch low-key community education campaign.
or work as advocate or counselor with women who have been abused.
If you are more interested in International Careers,
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NGOabroad is unique service
enabling a broad range of people to make a difference.
Who is
needed? Students, professionals, retirees, families & workers with a
passion for humanitarian service!
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Skills of
professionals, regular folk & students needed:
..Social
workers. Poverty workers. Counselors.
..Community Organizers. Organizational leaders.
..Women's
Rights. Gender-based Violence.
..Journalists. Media. Teach writing, Theatre.
..Human
Rights. Democracy Building. Law.
..Human Rights. Democracy Building. Law.
..Appropriate technology. Solar. Water. Sanitation.
..Environmentalists. Foresters. Logistics.
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..Teachers: Literacy, Vocational & Academics.
..Youth workers & people who love children.
..Accounting. Finance. Micro-finance.
..Teach entrepreneurial or business skills.
..Nurses. Midwives. Massage therapists.
..Physical, occupational, speech therapists.
..Disability experts & advocates.
..Doctors. Dentists. ARNP's. Nutritionists.
..Mechanics. Construction. Sewing. Hair Stylists.
..And more! What skills do you contribute?
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Your interests, hobbies & life skills are just as important.
Are you a coach? athlete? musician? gardener? caterer? solar
electrician? bike mechanic? We'd love you to teach your skills.
Are you crazy about kids? a parent, foster parent, grand parent (and
have no criminal record?) Kids need you!
Are you an office worker or manager? We need your organizational &
the-glue-that-holds-things-together skills.
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There are many skills
needed that are not outlined on this page.
If you want to contribute but a suitable opportunity is not listed
here, ask Ann.
The needs & opportunities in other countries determine if your
skills are suited to paid or voluntary work.
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offer more real & challenging. More frugal.
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