FORUM on International Volunteering

Association Française des Volontaires du Progrès (AFVP) recruits, form and frames volunteers whom it assigns on missions identified beforehand with its partners. The bases of its action are:

Values carried by the AFVP with knowing the expression of a laic voluntariate founded about the recip [...]

The "Learning and Assisting Overseas" Association (Arbeitskreis "Lernen und Helfen in Übersee" e.V. - AKLHÜ) is a network of 24 German organisations involved in recruitment for development cooperation, voluntary community services and extra-curricular youth and education activities. AKLHÜ acts as [...]

AVI is a company limited by guarantee, registered as a charity and not-for-profit organisation. AVI works in partnership with a wide range of organisations oversees and in Australia. They recruit skilled volunteers from Australia at the request of their partners, an [...]

Canadian Crossroads International (CCI) brings individuals, organizations and communities in Canada and in the global South into partnerships to reduce poverty, to fight AIDS and to assert human rights globally. CCI builds the capacities of Southern organizations and, in so doing, strengthens whole [...]

Founded in 1958, CECI is a private, not-for-profit corporation, whose mission reads as follows:

CECI fights poverty and exclusion; it strengthens the development capacity of disadvantaged communities; it supports initiatives for peace, human rights and equity; it mobilises resources [...]

CESO is a leader in providing governance and sustainable economic development  For almost 40 years, the not-for-profit Canadian Executive Service Organisation (CESO) has reduced poverty, created sustainable economic growth at home and abroad through the [...]

Established in 1975, Comhlámh (pronounced ‘co-law-ve’, Irish for ‘solidarity’) is a member and supporter organisation open to anyone interested in social justice, human rights and global development issues. Some of the key issues with which we engage include overseas volunteering, trade ju [...]

Volontari nel mondo - FOCSIV is a Federation of Italian NGOs involved in international development co-operation. Its aim is to contribute to the struggle against all forms of poverty and marginalisation; oppression of human dignity and human rights; t [...]

Fredskorpset arranges reciprocal exchanges of personnel between organisations in Norway and developing countries. Their objective is to contribute to lasting improvements in economic, social and political conditions in the world. When people from different countries meet and get to [...]

The purpose of the Hungarian Volunteer Sending Foundation is to foster a relationship with organisations specialised in carrying out developmental and aid projects and to find the right volunteer or professional for the job, based on the needs and requests [...]

International Service is a UK registered charity and the oldest of the British volunteer sending agencies. It was founded in 1953 as the United Nations Association (UNA) Trust’s response to the Dutch floods of that year but soon after started to expand its reach outside Euro [...]

The Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer (JOCV) Program is a volunteer sending program of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which aims in contributing to the socio-economic development of developing countries through the technical cooperation activitie [...]

MS’s work is coupled through a clear vision about a world in peace with better conditions for the poor and marginalised. A world where people cooperate to achieve global justice.

Hand in hand with 200 partner organisations in Africa, Central America, Asia, the Mi [...]

Progressio is an international development charity working for justice and the eradication of poverty working in partnership with civil groups and governments in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia, the UK and Europe

Their approach combines advocacy w [...]

PSO aims to contribute to the structural alleviation of poverty throughout the world by strengthening the capacity of civil society organisations in developing countries. PSO achieves this by supporting Dutch organisations and their partners in developing countries. It does so by funding these activ [...]

The Singapore International Foundation is a non-profit organisation founded in 1991. Its mission is to build a better world through shared ideas, skills and experiences, so as to uplift lives and create greater understanding between Singaporeans and world communities.

Our activities are [...]

Skillshare International is an international volunteering and development organisation working to reduce poverty, injustice and inequality and to further economic and social development in partnership with people and communities throughout the world.  They do this by sharing an [...]

UNITE is an umbrella organisation representing 25 Swiss development agencies and church organisations, sending development/fraternal workers to projects of their Southern partners as well as supporting local personnel and facilitating both South-North an [...]

Based in Bonn, Germany, UNV is the UN organization that supports sustainable human development globally through the promotion of volunteerism, including the mobilization of volunteers.

As a part of its activities, each year, UNV provides [...]

Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) is a people-to-people approach to international development, grounded in the spirit of friendship and equity.

They work in partnership with non-governmental organisations, community groups, and local governments to empower str [...]

VSO was voted top international development charity in the International Aid and Development category at the Charity Awards 2004 for its work in promoting innovative approaches to globalising volunteering.

VSO's approa [...]

A leading Canadian international development agency, World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a network of individuals and post-secondary institutions. Their mission is to foster human development and global understanding through education and training.

Their [...]