Service / Volunteering
We want to enable Peace Corps Volunteers and others to utilize their experiences and continue serving others.
Our member groups plan local activities and encourage their members to get involved.
Here are alternative activities for longer term service.
At home
Tostan is a RPCV-founded organization that works in several countries in West and East Africa to assist in community-led development focusing on education and economic empowerment. Volunteer opportunities are available in the Washington, D.C. office as well as in Africa.
Abroad
Encore Service Corps International
Former PCVs, PC staff, and others with similar overseas experience match their professional skills with one to twelve-month capacity building assignments around the world. Examples include organizational development, HIV/AIDS education, and Communications. Airfare, Emergency Medical Evacuation Insurance, Room/Board and Local transportation provided. Volunteers cover the cost of their passport, visa and vaccinations, and provide their own health insurance.
Friends of Nepal Initiative to Help Bhutanese Refugees Arriving in the US
Friends of Nepal is recruiting RPCVs from all countries of service to act as mentors to Bhutanese refugees arriving in the US and to raise funds to help them resettle. Bhutanese refugees who had been living in UN Refugee camps in Nepal for the past 15 years began arriving in the US in April 2008. Over 6,500 refugees have arrived in the US already and 13,000-15,000 more are expected in 2009. RPCV offers of friendship are especially crucial now as refugees look for work in a difficult US economy. FoN seeks to connect RPCVs to the refugee resettlement agencies at work in their communities. A matching grant program is also available.
Habitat for Humanity International
The International Volunteer Program matches specialized skills with administrative and capacity-building projects on the ground in a variety of different countries. While serving 6-12 months, volunteers cover all costs abroad. Alternately, the Global Village Program, which requires no previous experience, consists of 1-3 week international construction stints, primarily in Africa and Asia.
The John Ogonowski Farmer-to-Farmer Program
Funded by USAID but administered through partner organizations, this program provides technical assistance to farmers and agribusinesses around the world. Volunteers, who usually spend 20-30 days overseas, typically have domestic farming experience. Partners include ACDI/VOCA, CNFA, Land O’Lakes, OIC International, Partners of the Americas, Winrock International and two land-grant universities. Benefits vary.
Peace Corps Response
Skilled RPCVs return abroad for short, high-impact assignments lasting 3-6 months. Volunteers work fairly independently in health, disaster relief, emergency preparedness, humanitarian assistance and other urgent efforts. Benefits: similar to PCV benefits; include airfare, medical care and living allowances.
Ready, Willing…Enable!
Organizes volunteers to educate persons with disabilities–along with their families, friends and communities–about the disability and the valuable skills and talents that persons with disabilities have. The organization was founded by two former Peace Corps volunteers who served in the Commonwealth of Dominica to assist persons with disabilities and to match Americans with rewarding, short-term volunteer assignments abroad. Current opportunities take place in Mexico and Dominica.
To list your service opportunity here, please contact us.
