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Action d'Urgence Internationale 10 Rue Felix-Aiem 75018 Paris France
Tel: 142 64 7588
Runs training courses for people interested in helping rescue operations in times of natural disasters. Branches in France, UK, Morocco, India, Dominican Republic and Guadeloupe.
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Action Health International Voluntary Health Association The Gate House 25 Gwydir St Cambridge CB1 2LG UK
Tel: 01223 460853 www.skillshare.org
Charitable organisation which places qualified medics, nurses and physiotherapists with at least two years experience in voluntary health programmes in developing countries.
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British Executive Service Overseas 164 Vauxhall Bridge Road London SW1V 2RB UK
Tel: 020 7630 0644 www.beso.org
Consider retired applicants with lots of experience to advise projects overseas using technical and managerial skills. Short-term placements on an expenses-only basis.
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British Trust for Conservation Volunteers 36 St Mary Street Oxford OX10 OEU UK
Tel: 01491 839766 www.btcv.org.uk
Practical conservation work and training courses for all age groups throughout England, Wales, Northern Ireland and overseas (overseas placements must be over 18). Also leadership courses
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Catholic Institute for International Relations Unit 3 Canonbury Yard 190a New North Road London N1 7BJ UK
Tel: 020 7354 0883 www.ciir.org
Recruits skilled, qualified people for minimum of two years work overseas.
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Christian Outreach 1 New Street Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV31 1HP UK
Tel: 01926 315301 www.cord-uk.co.uk
Welcomes well-qualified applicants for one year minimum for overseas placements. Must have Christian commitment.
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Christian Vocations St James House Trinity Road Dudley W Mids DY1 1JB
Tel: 01384 233511 www. christianvocations.org
Short- and long-term voluntary opportunities for work overseas ranging from missionary work to engineering and farming.
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Community Service Volunteers 237 Pentonville Road London N1 9NJ UK
Tel: 020 7278 6601 www.csv.org.uk
Provides volunteering opportunities for people aged 16-35, helping people in need for period of 4-12 months, in the UK. Volunteers work with people with physical disabilities and learning difficulties.
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Concordia (Youth Service Volunteers) Heversham House 20-22 Boundary Road Hove Sussex BN3 4ET UK
Tel: 01273 422293
International voluntary work camps, should be over 17. Accommodation provided but not expenses.
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Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland Inter Church House 35-41 Lower Marsh London SE1 7RL UK
Tel: 020 7620 4444 www.ctbi.org.uk
Part of international interdominational youth service of the Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe. Groups of young people carry out four-week projects.
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Earthwatch 57 Woodstock Road Oxford OX2 6HJ UK www.earthwatch.org
Tel: 01865 318 831
Fax: 01865 311 383
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East European Partnership (EEP) Carlton House 27a Carlton Drive London SW15 2BS, UK
Tel: 020 8780 2841
Part of VSO. English teachers needed in East European countries. Special education teachers and others required for Albania.
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Ecovolunteer websitewww.ecovolunteer.org
Health Unlimited Prince Consort House 27-29 Albert Embankment London SE1 7TS UK
Tel: 020 7582 5999 www. healthunlimited.org
Recruits medically qualified volunteers for one year or more to work on projects worldwide.
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International Cooperation For Development (ICD) Unit 3, Canonbury Yard 190a New North Road London N1 7BJ UK
Tel: 020 7354 0883
Qualified, experienced argriculturalists, technical and health people for two years in Nicaragua, Peru, Honduras, Ecuador, El salvador, Dominican Rep, Yemen, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
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International Health Exchange 810 Dryden Street London WC2E 9NA UK
Tel: 020 7836 5833
Provides details of job vacancies and training for health workers in developing countries.
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Involvement Volunteers PO Box 218 Port Melbourne Victoria 3207 Australia
Opportunities for voluntary conservation projects.
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Kibbutz Representatives 1a Accommodation Road London NW11 8ED, UK
Tel: 020 8458 9235
Working Holidays on Kibbutz in Israel. Must be 18-32 years. Applicants pay air fare and insurance. Free board and small allowance.
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Merlin (Medical Emergency Relief International) 5-13 Trinity St London SE1 1DB, UK
Tel: 020 7378 4888 www.merlin.org.uk
Charity placing suitably qualified medical and support staff in disaster zones worldwide.
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People and Planet 51 Union Street Oxford OX4 15P, UK
Tel: 01865 245678
Organises student groups in the UK.
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Project 67 10 Hatton Garden London EC1N 8AH, UK
Tel: 020 7831 7626
Kibbutz and moshav voluntary work in Israel.
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Project Trust The Hebridean Centre Bally Hough Isle of Coll Argyll PA78 6TE, UK
Tel: 01879 230444 www. projecttrust.org.uk
Opportunities for young people aged 17-19 to serve in developing countries on 12-month projects. Must be in full-time education at time of application. Volunteer must raise part of the costs.
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Raleigh International Raleigh House 27 Parsons Green Lane London SW6 4HZ, UK
Tel: 020 7371 8585 www.raleighinternational.org info@raleigh.org.uk
Organises challenging expeditions worldwide, based around community conservation, for young people aged 17-25, also skilled people over 25 years.
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Skillshare Africa 126 New Walk Leicester LE1 7JA, UK
Tel: 01162 541862 www.skillshare.org
Offers qualified and experienced people opportunities for working in southern Africa for a minimum of two years.
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Tear Fund Gap Programme 100 Church Road Teddington Middlesex TW11 8QE, UK
Tel: 020 8977 9144 tearfund.org enquiry@tearfund.dircon.co.uk
Christian organisation with strong development programmes, needing qualified volunteers prepared to serve 2-4 years.
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Unias 57 Goodramgate York YO1 7FX, UK
Tel: 01904 647799
Agricultural, health and engineering experts needed for 2 years in Brazil, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Mali, West Bank and Gaza.
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United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Palais des Nations 1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland
Tel: 22 798 5850
Qualified volunteers from all member nations of the UN, with relevant experience. Normally two years but shorter humanitarian relief work also. British Passport holders enquire through VSO London.
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Universities' Educational Fund for Palestinian Refugees (UNIPAL) Volunteer Programme Organiser 12 Helen Road Oxford OX2 0DE, UK
Voluntary English teachers for education and caring programme in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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University of California Research Expeditions Programme (UREP) University of California Berkeley CA 94270, USA
Tel: 415 642 6586
Will take inexperienced volunteers on UREP expeditions worldwide. Wide variety of areas and subjects.
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US Peace Corp Washington, DC 20526 USA
Tel: 202 606 3886
Places volunteers in 62 developing countries. Volunteers with all kinds of backgrounds are accepted.
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Vacation Work International 9 Park End Street Oxford OX1 1HJ, UK
Tel: 01865 241978 www. vacationwork.co.uk
Produces useful, regularly updated, publications on work, travel and study abroad.
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Volunteers for Peace 43 Tiffany Road, Belmont Vermont 05730, USA
Tel: 802 259 2759
Publishes an International Work Camp Directory.
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Voluntary Service Overseas 317 Putney Bridge Road London SW15 2PN, UK
Tel: 020 8780 2266 www.vso.org.uk
Volunteers for Third World development. Must have qualifications and useful experience.
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VSO Canada 35 Centennial Boulevard Ottaw Ontario KIY 2H8 Canada
Recruits experienced, qualified volunteers.
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World Council of Churches Ecumenical Youth Action 150 Route de Ferney PO Box 2100 1211 Geneva 2 Switzerland
Tel: 22 791 6111
Opportunities for young volunteers aged 18-30 to work in international work camps contributing to local and national development in developing countries.
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Further reading |
International Directory of Voluntary Work
Vacation Work 9 Park End Street Oxford OX1 1HJ, UK
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Directory of Work and Study in Developing Countries
Vacation Work 9 Park End Street Oxford OX1 1HJ, UK
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Work Your Way Around the World
Vacation Work 9 Park End Street Oxford OX1 1HJ, UK
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Volunteer Work
Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchange 10 Spring Gdns London, SW1A 2BN, UK 020 7389 4004 |