ProWorld

ProWorld has a great variety of volunteer, internship and study experiences in many different countries- many focused on Central America and South America, but also India, Nepal, Ghana, and Thailand.


The study aboard programs mostly are language immersion, service-learning, and field study programs at local universities.

Many of the internships are very unique to the culture and location. For example in India you can do a health internship at a ashram! or in Mexico help kids with disabilities ride horses. Have to say...that's pretty cool. 


They also have scholarships for certain projects and referral incentives. 

Proworld

Student Volunteer Panel Links

On Feb 24th the ISWC had a great panel of fellow students who shared their experiences of volunteering and work abroad. Here are the links they shared with us!

Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity

- clinics all around the world to provide vision to communities

- they partner with optometry school from the US to send student volunteers

United Nations Volunteer Site

- "We partner with governments and with UN, non-profit and private sector organizations in order to support development programmes. UNV delivers a prompt, efficient and value-adding service to identify and engage professionals who can deliver services and fulfill a wide range of specialised tasks." 

- they also have their own online service to connect people to volunteer organizations! 

Medo

- based in the indigenous community of Soloy, District of Besiko, Ngobe-Bugle Comarca, Panama

Mona Foundation

- a particular focus on education, women, children

- all volunteer-based!
- Countries: Brazil, Haiti, Cambodia, China, India, Mongolia, Panama, Swaziland, Tanzania, US, Vietnam

Global Urban Trek

- through InterVarsity

- particularly recruiting students and recent grads

- living in local slums in communities around the world. 

- ministry

Servant Partners

- work in slums of other countries as well as inner cities of the US

- internships

- Thailand, India, Mid East, North Africa, South Africa, Mexico

- Los Angeles, San Antonio

i-to-i Volunteer and Adventure Travel

This seems to be more of those organizations that "work hard, play hard" - combining some volunteer serving with tourist activities.

They specialize in offering TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)

They offer programs by the week up to 12 weeks, but they also have some special internships every year for 2011 it's for China and Thailand.

http://www.i-to-i.com/