Lasting more than three months, long term volunteer opportunities offer the chance to assimilate with the local population and truly experience life alongside them, improving both the experience for the volunteer and the quality of help the volunteer can provide.
Visit the following organizations offering long term volunteering opportunities:
BRIDGES - Aneight-month program that provides Fellows with a stipend, educational training, mentoring and service learning experiences with local community-based organizations and international volunteer programs.
Christian Foundation for Children and the Aging - A lay Catholic organization creating relationships between sponsors in the United States and children and aging persons in 25 developing nations around the world. Offers long term volunteer opportunities.
CRISPAZ - A faith-based organization dedicated to mutual accompaniment with the church of the poor and marginalized communities in El Salvador.
United Nation Volunteers - The volunteer arm of the United Nations. It was created to serve as an operational partner in development cooperation at the request of UN member states. Offers long term volunteer opportunities to professionals worldwide.
Peace Corps - An independent U.S. federal agency designed to promote mutual understanding between Americans and the outside world.
Mission Doctors Association - Offering short term and long term medical volunteer opportunities in developing nations.
VSO - An international development charity that works through volunteers.
