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Working/Studying/Volunteering Abroad Programs & Directories

AFS Intercultural Programs: Provides intercultural opportunities to help people create a more just and peaceful world.

Amigos de la Americas: Builds partnerships to strengthen multicultural understanding in the Americas.

Arava Institute for Environmental Studies: Working towards peace and sustainability through academic programs, research, and public involvement.

Archaeological Institute of America: Over 250 listings for archaeological projects around the world.

ArtCorps: Pairs volunteer artists for 9-12 months with Central American organizations to communicate their messages through art.

Association for International Practical Training: Provides exchange experiences that enhance cultural awareness.

AustraLearn: Provides college/university students with study abroad opportunities in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

BUNAC: Offers work and travel programs to Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Britain and South Africa.

Castle Rock Institute: Combines coursework in religion, philosophy, literature and art with backpacking, climbing, biking, and paddling.

Center for Cultural Interchange: Organizes cultural exchange programs in over twenty countries around the world.

Coral Cay Conservation: Trains international volunteers to gather, interpret and monitor coral reefs and tropical forests.

Council on International Education Exchange: Programs for students and educators to study and teach abroad.

Cross-Cultural Solutions: Operates volunteer programs around the world in partnership with sustainable community initiatives.

Developing World Connections: Offering people meaningful volunteer opportunities in the developing world.

don Quijote: A listing of in-country Spanish courses.

Earthwatch Institute: Engages people in scientific field research and education.

Education First: "Learn it by living it" by experiencing the world's very best historic, cultural, and natural sights.

Ethical Traveler: A grass-roots alliance uniting adventurers, tourists, travel agencies, and outfitters.

Foundation for Sustainable Development: Gain sustainable development experience with one of their partner organizations abroad.

Global Citizens Network: Sends short-term teams of volunteers to immerse themselves in communities in other cultures.

Global Eco-Spiritual Tours: A unique travel adventure combining eco-tourism and spiritual awareness in the heart of the Himalayan Mountains.

Global Student Experience: Offers summer, quarter, semester, and year-long study abroad programs in Europe.

Global Youth Connect: Promoting and protecting human rights, and educating the next generation to work for peaceful change.

Globe Aware: Offers short-term (one week) adventures in service focus on cultural-awareness and sustainability.

GoAbroad.com: A directory with over 25,000 opportunities abroad updated daily.

Greenforce: Works along side the local people to develop a long term sustainable action plan.

Hyperstudy: A study abroad program search containing hundreds of universities and institutes.

Iko Poran Association: Promoting intercultural exchanges and strengthening a constant number of non profit organizations in Brazil.

Institute for International Cooperation and Development: Development and community work with projects in Africa, Central America and Brazil.

Institute of Tropical Ecology and Conservation: Offers field courses at the Bocas del Toro Biological Station during the summer and winter.

Institute of International Education, The: Find the perfect study abroad program to meet your educational goals.

InterExchange: Promoting cultural awareness through a wide range of work & travel programs around the world.

International Ecotourism Society, The: Promotes travel to areas that conserve the environment and improve the well-being of local people.

International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership, The: Integrates academic studies, volunteer service, and cultural immersion.

International Student Volunteers, Inc: Offers hands-on conservation or community development work and adventure travel programs.

International Volunteer Programs Association: A resource for finding overseas educational opportunities, both curricular and co-curricular.

InternationalStudent.Com: An online portal for those who are looking to further their education overseas.

Minnesota Studies in International Development: An academic study abroad program with emphasis on grassroots internships.

National Outdoor Leadership School: Offers courses 10 days to full semesters in the world's most spectacular wilderness areas.

Operation Crossroads Africa: Designed to promote understanding of Africa and Africans in the Diaspora.

Peace Corps: Volunteers help countless individuals who want to build a better life for themselves, their children, and their communities.

Peterson's: Packed with more than 1,900 study abroad programs to suit every interest.

Projects Abroad: Placements across five continents in teaching, care, conservation, medical, journalism and work experience projects.

ProWorld: Offers 2-26 week internship, volunteer, and study abroad programs in Latin America.

Rainforest Adventure Center Expeditions: Mission is to provide an experience that provides education through adventure in Costa Rica.

Right To Play: Sport and play programs to improve health, build life skills, and foster peace for children affected by war, poverty, disease.

School for Field Studies, The: An academic institution that provides environmental education and conducts research through field-based programs.

School in Canada.com: Provides international students with information on studying in Canada.

Sierra Institute: They take college out of the classroom and put it in the wilderness or directly in the midst of foreign cultures.

Spain Exchange: A directory of universities, Spanish language programs, secondary schools, and other related information.

StudyAbroad.com: Conduct an extensive search for internship abroad or volunteer abroad opportunities.

SU Abroad: Browse our extensive courses and programs of study that allow you to combine liberal arts and professional degree courses.

Tahoe-Baikal Institute: Connecting passionate people with formative, place-based watershed education in freshwater ecosystems.

Tembeza Kenya: Arranges unique travel experiences in Kenya.

Travel & Teach: We find you a job teaching in Korea that suits you and pays you what you deserve.

U-M International Center: Provides information about options for studying, working, or traveling abroad to students.

United Planet: Volunteers in over 150 countries devoted to unite the world in a community beyond borders.

Volunteer Adventures: Creates and promotes volunteer opportunities that improve the lives of others and the environment in which we live.

Volunteer Bolivia: Offers a unique combination of Spanish language immersion, volunteer work and homestays in Latin America.

Volunteer Nepal National Group: Provides volunteer service opportunities throughout Nepal.

Volunteers For Peace: Provides projects where people work together to overcome the need, violence and environmental decay facing our planet.

World Teach: Become a volunteer teacher, and witness firsthand the challenges and rewards of education in a developing country.

WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms): Dedicated to helping those who would like to volunteer on organic farms.

YFU Community College Outbound Program: Academic exchange programs focused on agriculture, energy, Danish & European culture & politics for two weeks-one semester in Denmark.

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