VOLUNTEERING

VARIOUS VOLUNTEER SENDING ORGANISATIONS:

Canada World Youth - http://www.cwy-jcm.org/

If you’re between the ages of 17 and 29, Canada World Youth offers you the opportunity to become an active player in community development in Canada and overseas.

Youth Challenge International - http://www.yci.org/

Youth Challenge International builds the skills, experience and confidence of young people by involving them in substantive overseas international development projects in partnership with local youth-serving organizations.

One World Global Education - http://www.oneworlded.com/

One World is an experiential learning program. It's objective is to provide participants in its programs with the opportunity to “live themselves into a new way of thinking” resulting from cross-class and cross-cultural immersion experience—or, as our mission statement puts it: “To help North Americans discover that their lives are interconnected with those of developing nations by immersion living and working among the Third World poor.”

Horizon Cosmopolite -

Horizon Cosmopolite offers international educational programs in more than 30 countries throughout the world. They have programs for both individuals and groups.

AFS Interculture Canada is an educational movement that promotes global education and intercultural understanding through quality exchange programs for youth and adults. From one person to another and one culture to another, the AFS experience promotes the core values of our organization: dignity, respect for differences, harmony, sensitivity and tolerance. AFS enables its participants to act as responsible, global citizens working for peace and understanding in such a diverse world.

With Cross-Cultural Solutions, you’ll volunteer side-by-side with local people and experience another culture like never before. The CCS experience also includes cultural and learning activities so that you can learn about the local culture.

Volunteer Abroad, Conservation Expeditions and TEFL Courses overseas with Global Vision International. Looking for a unique travel experience? Make a difference in some of the world's most critical conservation and community volunteer projects with Global Vision International and selected partner organisations. Adventurous individuals can join challenging Marine Conservation and Wildlife Research expeditions in Patagonia, Mexico, Ecuador and Costa Rica and take part in volunteer teaching and wildlife projects in over 30 countries worldwide.

Volunteer Abroad connects motivated people with not-for-profit organizations, communities and government agencies in need of assistance around the world.

AIESEC, the world’s largest student-run organization, is the international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential to have a positive impact on society. In partnership with business and higher education, AIESEC has 50 years of experience in developing high-potential students into globally-minded responsible leaders. AIESEC’s innovative development process consists of unmatched leadership experiences and global internships

NetCorps gives the opportunity to participate in a four-to-six month overseas internship, which may includes some time in Canada. Throughout the internship, participants have the chance to develop skills that will be essential to your integration into the job market: you will fine tune your abilities in information and communication technologies (ICTs), learn a new language, adapt to new work situations, and develop skills in teamwork, leadership and problem solving in different contexts, to name but a few.

International Youth Internship Program – CIDA

The International Youth Internship Program (IYIP) is an employment program for young Canadians between the ages of 19-30. If you’re a post-secondary graduate, you could be eligible for this chance of a lifetime to work in a developing country and contribute to Canada’s international development goals.

Right to Play - http://www.righttoplay.com

Right To Play is an athlete-driven international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play as a tool for the development of children and youth in the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Right To Play is committed to improving the lives of these children and to strengthening their communities by translating the best practices of sport and play into opportunities to promote development, health and peace.  

Canadian Crossroads International

Our aim is to build a constituency of global citizens committed to voluntarism, international development and social action in the new millennium. We do this by developing partnerships with countries from the South, organizing volunteer cooperative placements and internships, and by educating the public on development issues.

CUSO

CUSO volunteer cooperants are skilled professionals who donate their expertise for up to two years to participate in a CUSO program overseas. Cooperants provide strategic, technical and professional support to CUSO’s development partners in Asia, the Pacific, Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean. They facilitate social justice work with organizations and networks in Canada and overseas.

WUSC

Students Without Borders - A new initiative from WUSC offers exciting volunteer and learning opportunities in South America, Africa and Asia for Canadian University and College students!

Uniterra

Uniterra volunteers work in the context of partnerships between organizations from developing countries and Canadian organizations. Volunteers contribute to the local actions of our partners during overseas postings varying from two weeks to two years. Throughout their placement, and after, volunteers take part in education activities in their communities and the media, to build

VSO Canada

VSO Canada is proud to be the Canadian partner of Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO). VSO is an international development agency that works through volunteers. We promote volunteering to fight global poverty, by supporting people to share skills, creativity and learning with communities around the world. Through personal commitment and practical action, volunteers help build a fairer world. 

Engineers Without Borders

To promote human development, we strive to drive change in Canada and in developing communities. Here at home, EWB is raising awareness among Canadians about the impact of their daily actions on developing communities. We aim to make Canada a model global citizen in the fight against poverty. Overseas, our volunteers promote human development in some of the world's most impoverished communities. They help build knowledge and capacity among local entrepreneurs and organisations so they can spread innovative and appropriate solutions to the challenges of poverty.

Canadian Executive Service Organisation (CESO)

CESO engages Canadians as Volunteer Advisers (VAs) to share their business, technical and/or professional expertise. Over 3,000 distinguished VAs on the CESO roster serve as mentors, advisers and trainers to our clients and partners at home and abroad. They work with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal enterprises and agencies in Canada, developing nations around the world, and the new market economies of Eastern Europe.