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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.


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.


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.


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


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


Earthwatch
57 Woodstock Road
Oxford OX2 6HJ
UK
www.earthwatch.org
Tel: 01865 318 831
Fax: 01865 311 383


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.


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.


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.


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.


Involvement Volunteers
PO Box 218
Port Melbourne
Victoria 3207
Australia
Opportunities for voluntary conservation projects.


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.


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.


People and Planet
51 Union Street
Oxford OX4 15P, UK
Tel: 01865 245678
Organises student groups in the UK.


Project 67
10 Hatton Garden
London EC1N 8AH, UK
Tel: 020 7831 7626
Kibbutz and moshav voluntary work in Israel.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


Volunteers for Peace
43 Tiffany Road, Belmont
Vermont 05730, USA
Tel: 802 259 2759
Publishes an International Work Camp Directory.


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.


VSO Canada
35 Centennial Boulevard
Ottaw
Ontario KIY 2H8
Canada
Recruits experienced, qualified volunteers.


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.




Further reading

International Directory of Voluntary Work
Vacation Work
9 Park End Street
Oxford OX1 1HJ, UK

Directory of Work and Study in Developing Countries
Vacation Work
9 Park End Street
Oxford OX1 1HJ, UK

Work Your Way Around the World
Vacation Work
9 Park End Street
Oxford OX1 1HJ, UK

Volunteer Work
Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchange
10 Spring Gdns
London, SW1A 2BN, UK
020 7389 4004

 
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