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American Friends Service Committee
1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215-241-7295
http://www.afsc.org
A variety of short term and long term community projects. Domestic projects available.

Amigos de las Americas
5618 Star Lane, Houston, TX 770 57
Phone: 713-782-5269/ 800-231-7796
Fax: 713-782-9267
http://www.amigoslink.org/
volunteer in Latin America for 1-2 months. High school and college students welcome.

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Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA)
1 Elmwood Ave., Kansas City, KS 66103
Phone: 913-384-6500
Fax: 913-384-2211
http://www.sky.net/~cfca/
Work with children or the elderly in a Catholic community in India, the Philippines, and Latin America for 6 months.

CONCERN/America
2020 N. Broadway, PO Box 1790, Santa Ana, CA 92702
Phone: 714-953-8575
Fax: 714-951-1242
Volunteer in Central America in community development or public health on Concern projects. Must have a degree and some experience in public health or community development. Knowledge of Spanish required.

Crossroads Africa
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 242, New York, NY 10115
Phone: 212-870-2106
http://www.igc.apc.org/oca/
Volunteer workcamps in Africa for six-eight weeks in the summer. High school and college students primarily.
 

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Earthwatch
680 Mt. Auburn St., Box 9104, Watertown, MA 02272
Phone: 800-776-0188/617-926-8532
http://www.gaia.earthwatch.org/
One to two week environmental service and exploration teams all over the world.

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Global Citizens Network
1931 Iglehart Ave., St. Paul MN 55104
Phone: 612-644-0960/800-644-9292
http://www.globalcitizens.org/
Short-term rural volunteer and cultural exchange in Latin America and Africa.

Global Exchange
2017 Mission St, #303, San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: 415-255-7296
Fax: 415-255-7498
http://www.globalexchange.org/
Activist trips to South Africa, Cuba, Central America, Palestine, Indonesia, Russia.

Global Routes
1814 7th St., Suite A, Berkeley, CA 94710
Phone: 510-848-4800
http://www.globalroutes.org
Volunteer workcamps in Africa, East Asia, and Central America for two-four months.

Global Volunteers
375 E. Little Canada Road, St. Paul, MN 55117
Phone: 612-482-1074
Fax: 612-482-0915
http://www.globalvlntrs.org
Volunteer workcamps in rural areas of developing countries for 2-3 weeks.

Global Women's Project
PO Box 1314, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Phone: 617-522-1898
Volunteer in developing countries.

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Habitat for Humanity
419 West Church St., Americus, GA 31709
Phone: 912-924-6935
http://www.habitat.org/
Work on low-income housing projects in developing countries for 10 weeks to three years. Prefer those that have building or management skills and experience.

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Inner-City Teaching Corps
300 N. Elizabeth Chicago, IL 60607
Phone: (312) 491-9100 x216
teach@ictc-chicago.org
www.ictc-chicago.org
The Inner-City Teaching Corps is an education non-profit whose mission is to transform education in underserved communities through innovative people and programs.  One such program, the Volunteer Teaching Corps, trains outstanding recent college graduates to serve for two years as classroom teachers in inner-city Chicago parochial schools while earning graduate credits from Northwestern University.  All majors are eligible for this program.

International Voluntary Services
1901 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-387-5533
Fax: 202-466-5669
Volunteer in various developing countries for two years. Must have two years international development work experience overseas.

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Jesuit Volunteer Corps, International
PO Box 25478, Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-687-1132
Fax: 202-687-5082
Volunteer in various developing countries for 2 years. Strong Jesuit, Catholic emphasis.

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Partnership for Service Learning
815 Second Ave, Suite 315, New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-986-0989
Fax: 212-986-5039
http://www.studyabroad.com/psl/
Sends students to developing countries (semester or summer term) for college credit.

Peace Corps
1990 K St, NW, Washington, DC 20526
Phone: 202-606-3886/ 800-424-8580
http://www.peacecorps.gov/
Volunteer for two years in a developing country; the majority of volunteers teach secondary school. This is a competitive program, generally looking for college graduates with a specific skill. Includes three month training overseas. Must be a US citizen.

Peacework
305 Washington St, NW Blacksburg, VA 24060
Phone: 540-953-1376
http://www.peacework.org
Work on construction projects in Latin American and Russia for four weeks.

Project Otzma
http://www.jewishmuseumsf.org/otzma/index.html
Project Otzma is a leadership development program in which Jewish young adults in their early twenties come from all over the world to live and work in Israel for 10 months.
 

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Visions in Action
2710 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009
Phone: 202-625-7403
Fax: 202-625-2353
http://www.igc.apc.org/visions/
Volunteer in Africa or Mexico for six month or a year, working for indigenous nonprofit organizations and the media, primarily in urban areas. Intended for students or college graduates. Includes one month orientation and language training. Work in human rights, journalism, health, environment, community development, social work, etc.

Volunteers in Asia
PO Box 4543, Stanford, CA 94309
Phone: 415-723-3228
Fax: 415-725-1805
http://www.volasia.org/
Volunteer in a Southeast Asian country for one to two years. For students or recent graduates.

Volunteers for Peace
43 Tiffany Road, Belmont, VT 05730
Phone: 802-259-2759
http://www.vfp.org/
Volunteer workcamps emphasizing environment and construction in developing countries for 2-3 weeks.

Voluntary Service Overseas
317 Putney Bridge Rd, London SW15 2PN, United Kingdom
Phone: 011-44-181-780-2266
http://www.oneworld.org/vso/
Volunteer in developing countries with minimum two year commitment. Must have a college degree, significant work experience and skills. Highly competitive. Most VSO volunteers are British, but British citizenship is not required.

Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA)
1600 Wilson Blvd, Suite 500, Arlington VA 22209
Phone: 703-276-1800
Fax: 703-243-1865
http://www.vita.org
Volunteers with significant technical skills and experience work in developing countries for a short time.

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World Learning
Kipling Road, Brattleboro, VT 05301
Phone: 802-258-3173
Fax: 802-258-3258
http://www.worldlearning.org/

WorldTeach
One Eliot Street, Cambridge MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-5527
Fax: 617-495-1599
http://www.igc.apc.org/worldteach/
Volunteer for a year to teach in a secondary school, primarily teaching English. Programs are in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Namibia, Poland, Lithuania, Thailand, and Vietnam.