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More than 150 high school students — just like you — have joined CARE Corps Teens in the fight against global poverty. And that number is growing each year.

Established in 1985, the Center for Cultural Interchange (CCI) is a non-profit international education exchange organization dedicated to the promotion of academic development, cultural understanding, environmental consciousness, and world peace.

Central American Service Expeditions (CASE) arose from the need for quality international service and inter-cultural experiences for young people. As economic production and consumption become more global, it is critical that all of us learn more about the world in which we live and on which we all depend. This process is best begun at an early age when young people are just starting to take an interest in the world around them.

As an international volunteer with Cross-Cultural Solutions, you're making a meaningful contribution, working side-by-side with local people and sharing in the goals of a community that warmly welcomes you. You're experiencing another culture like never before and really getting to know its people.

CCS offers international volunteer programs in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Morocco, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Thailand.

You've seen the news and maybe studied it in class: the planet's in trouble. Entire species and ecosystems could vanish forever if people of all ages don't take action now.

Earthwatch knows that teens like you will be leaders of change. We want to put you in the field where you can make a difference - for the health of the planet, and for yourself.

Earthwatch's scientists and local partners need you with them in the field to figure out the best ways to protect endangered natural and cultural resources.

Free The Children is the world's largest network of children helping children through education, with more than one million youth involved in our innovative education and development programs in 45 countries. Founded in 1995 by international child rights activist Craig Kielburger, Free The Children has a proven track record of success.

Global Citizens Network recognizes the interdependence of people around the world, and that social and economic injustice, racial and ethnic inequality, and ecological loss affect all people. But through cooperative effort, individuals of all cultures can experience and enhance their ability to make a difference in their community and their world. To foster that cooperation,

At Global Leadership Adventures, we believe that leaders are made and not born, and that leadership is a critical life skill that can be developed. Everyone can be a leader who rallies others around a vision or a goal.

We also think that individuals develop the foundation of their value-systems and their penchant for leadership during their formative adolescent years. This is why we founded an organization to nurture and develop young people. The GLA Experience will prepare participants for a lifetime of principled, ethical leadership.

As peoples of the world become increasingly interdependent we must all recognize that we live in a global community. The future of this community depends upon our self-knowledge as well as upon mutual understanding and respect among diverse cultures. Global Routes deepens these roots of our shared community as we foster personal and international development. Undertaking voluntary work overseas allows North American youth the opportunity to push past stereotypes and misconceptions to build strong relationships and self-understanding, as well as buildings.

There are now a large number of volunteer travel organizations that offer a variety of options for volunteer travel, so it is worth doing your research to ensure you go on a volunteer vacation with a volunteer organization that provides the best for their volunteers and the host countries in which they operate. Being one of the first volunteer travel organizations, GVI is proud of what we have achieved and how we do it, so have a look below to find out more about us.

American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is an international development organization motivated by Judaism's imperative to pursue justice

Our Institution is based on providing the best Spanish Language and Service Learning experiences in Costa Rica. We are convinced that anyone who chooses to Study Spanish Abroad or Volunteer Abroad through our programs will encounter a once in a lifetime opportunity. It is certain that the best way to acquire a stronger understanding is through the process of full language and cultural immersion.

Dr Peter Slowe, Founder of Projects Abroad

In the early 1990s, some students wanted a break from study - a "gap year," although the term wasn't yet in common use. They approached their geography professor about traveling and working in Eastern Europe. The professor, Dr. Peter Slowe, had difficulty finding any opportunities for this kind of travel combined with work experience, so he set about arranging for his students to go and teach English in Romania where he knew some fellow academics. This was how Projects Abroad began in 1992.
Projects Abroad today

SPW is the global leader in engaging and supporting young people to address the urgent health, education, and environmental issues in their lives. SPW’s youth-led programmes reach more than 400,000 young people every week and are cited as an example of best practice by UNICEF, UNAIDS, and the World Bank for their unique methodology.

As an international non-profit organization, United Planet (UP) strives to create a world in which all people understand, respect, and support one another. United Planet's global network of leaders and volunteers fosters cross-cultural understanding and addresses shared challenges to unite the world in a community beyond borders.

Our projects provide intercultural education through community service. We offer placement in over 3000 IVS projects in more than 100 countries each year, including over 40 in the USA. At each project, volunteers from diverse backgrounds, typically from four or more countries, work and live together like a family. The sharing of everyday life, both with the local community and among the international volunteers, is an integral part of the learning and serving experience.