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Action Canada Fellowship Program
Deadline: Typically January, annually.
Requirements: Unspecified
Details:
- Fellows undertake this 10-month program in conjunction with their work, graduate studies or other projects.
- The program revolves around five intensive, five-to-eight-day working conferences in locations such as Haida Gwaii, Vancouver, Kugluktuk, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Quebec City, Nain and Charlottetown. Fellows meet with senior leaders from all sectors, including government, industry, the media and NGOs.
- Throughout the year Fellows also work in teams on public policy projects related to an annual theme that focuses on issues such as northern development, education systems, or economic policy.
- In 2017-18, Action Canada is partnering with the Public Policy Forum to present Your Energy Future, a national policy engagement and leadership development initiative focused on Canada’s energy policy. For several months, participants will travel to different parts of Canada and learn about the diversity of Canada’s energy sector and the implications of the global transition towards clean energy sources.
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https://actioncanada.ca/fellowship/
Aga Khan Foundation Canada
Deadline: Ongoing
Requirements:
- Commitment to at least three shifts a month whether in tours, events, or program support. ·
- A responsibility to be on time (30 minutes before and after the shift) to disseminate new information and provide debrief. ·
- Being patient, polite, hospitable and courteous at all times.
Details:
- Committed to breaking the cycle of poverty, AKFC is an international development organization and registered Canadian charity, which takes a holistic approach to development challenges, tackling poverty on multiple fronts, in 15 countries in Africa and Asia.
- The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat Visitor Program addresses the interest from the public in the architecture and activities of the Delegation, as well as supporting the mandate of the building as a space of openness, transparency, and accessibility. The main responsibility for this position is to facilitate guided tours of the Delegation and/or Global Centre for Pluralism. In addition to the weekly visitor program, Public Affairs Volunteers will also act as support for programs and special events held at the Delegation. The hours will vary (depending on the event) with daytime, evening and weekend shifts (minimum of 10 hours per month). Training will be provided by AKFC and the Global Centre for Pluralism.
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https://www.akfc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Joint_PublicAffairsVolunteerApplicationForm.pdf
AIESEC
Deadline: Differ depending on specific programs
Requirements: Differ depending on specific programs
Details:
- AIESEC is the world’s largest youth-led network creating positive impact through personal development and shared global experiences.
- Global Volunteer is a program that enables youth to develop themselves through practical volunteer experiences in cross-cultural environments tackling projects that directly contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. The duration and location for each project may differ depending on project requirement. Interested applicants should apply to at least 10 projects to have the best chance at finding the right opportunity. Successful applicants must pay $520 Program Fee and will receive support from local AIESEC manager who will be there throughout the journey.
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Amnesty International
Deadline: Ongoing
Requirements: Unspecified
Details:
- Amnesty International is an authoritative voice on human rights. Our mission is to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated.
- There are various types of volunteer opportunities available.
- Fieldworkers are trained Amnesty volunteers who work across Canada to promote human rights activism at the grassroots level. Fieldworkers help and support individuals and Amnesty groups to carry out their human rights work.
- Youth Organizers help organize and facilitate youth and student group activities and campaign opportunities, act as a liaison between youth and student groups, community groups, staff and other volunteer leader. They also get to work with some fantastic activists and learn some great new skills while doing so.
- Local Organizers’ main responsibility is to reach out to others and encourage them to engage in human rights activism through Amnesty International. This includes looking for opportunities to showcase Amnesty International in various community settings and following up with individuals who have contacted them or an Amnesty office expressing an interest in getting involved.
- The National Office in Ottawa has a large office volunteer program. There are also limited opportunities to volunteer at our offices in Toronto, Halifax and Vancouver. To contact an office near you, click here.
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Ashoka
Deadline: Differ depending on positions
Requirements: Differ depending on positions
Details:
- Ashoka has pioneered the fields of social entrepreneurship and made great strides in committing the world to framework change since its founding in 1980. It emphasizes empathy, teamwork, new leadership, and changemaking and help people to understand and adapt to a world of accelerating change where everyone is called on to be a leader.
- Ashoka is working toward an Everyone a Changemaker world where anyone can access their power to contribute to the good of all by helping propel creative solutions to the world’s most difficult challenges. As an Ashoka volunteer, you can tap into your own changemaking power by using your unique talents and skills to help scale the impact of Ashoka Fellows, global staff, and others within the Ashoka network around the world.
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Canada World Youth
Deadline: Ongoing
Requirements:
- Students or recent graduates with background in social science, international development, business, communications or related field.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including strong writing and oral skills and a collaborative team approach.
- Experience working with youth is strongly preferred.
- Cross-cultural experience is preferred.
- Experience with training or facilitation is an asset.
- In an age of 20-27.
- Fluent in English or French or Spanish (Basic).
Details:
- Youth Leadership Teams (YLTs) are groups of 2-5 Canadian Volunteers that will work together to strengthen and energize the 18 EQWIP HUBs in Bolivia, Peru, Ghana, Senegal, Tanzania or Indonesia (one team per HUB). YLTs will work closely with local youth at the HUB to help enhance their connections and entry-points to the project and articulate youth experiences, with the ultimate goal of making HUBs lively, energized, knowledge-driven and youth-friendly spaces.
- The duration is 3-6 months with a modest monthly allowance to help cover daily costs of living.
- Key responsibilities include conducting research on youth experiences and perspectives through surveys, focus groups and interviews; transforming youth feedback into information that can be used by the project to improve the youth experience; developing and implementing knowledge sharing activities to share youth experiences articulated in the research with local stakeholders, project staff, youth, volunteers and other HUBs; based on the engagement and perspectives gathered from HUB youth developing and implementing a plan to offer creative after-hours activities and events that complement their training experience; improving HUB spaces to raise the profile of the HUB and the project and attract youth participants with using an evidence-based approach relating to country-context and youth feedback.
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CANADEM International Experience
Deadline: Differ depending on specific programs
Requirements: Differ depending on specific programs
Details:
- CANADEM is an international not-for-profit NGO dedicated to advancing international peace and security through the rostering, rapid mobilization, and mission management of experts committed to International Service with the UN, other IGOs, NGOs, and governments.
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Canadian Crossroads International
Deadline: Differ depending on specific programs
Requirements: Differ depending on specific programs
Details:
- Crossroads International is an international development organization that is reducing poverty and increasing women’s rights around the world. Working with local partners in 28 projects, in eight countries and supported by hundreds of volunteers each year, Crossroads leverages expertise and resources, North and South, required to help people overcome poverty and assert their human rights.
- Volunteer positions include overseas volunteering and volunteering in Canada. Crossroads International volunteers play a critical role in ensuring the success of our partnership projects for promoting the rights of women and eradicating poverty. Our placements are designed to meet the stated needs of partner organizations overseas and build on one another to support the development of vulnerable communities over the long-term. The duration is between 4-12 months.
- Volunteering in Canada with community organizations throughout the country also gives volunteers a chance to learn new skills, meet new friends and continue to work for social change.
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Canadian International Council (CIC)
Deadline: Unspecified
Requirements: Unspecified
Details:
- MOSAIC is a registered charity delivering services and engaging in community building and advocacy to facilitate meaningful participation of immigrants and refugees in Greater Vancouver.
- Volunteers assist with language instruction, tutor seniors learning computer skills, and help special events and fundraisers to run smoothly. Some support staff with administrative tasks. Others offer one-on-one employment mentoring or community hosting.
- There are Social Mentor options and Career Mentor options available for volunteering. Volunteering for at least six months in any given role is preferred.
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Canadian Red Cross
Deadline: Differ depending on specific jobs
Requirements: Differ depending on specific jobs
Details:
- Volunteers are provided with training to help them build skills and maximize the learning potential in their roles.
- Possible volunteering jobs include grant writer, technician, team lead, program administration, deliver assistant, client services, with different working locations across Canada.
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Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects (CADIP) (Short Term Volunteering)
Deadline: Differ depending on specific jobs
Requirements: Differ depending on specific jobs
Details:
- Participating in an international short term volunteer project ( sometimes called Workcamp ) requires one to work and live together with other volunteers from around the world for three weeks. The work activities' duration is up to 6 hours a day, five days a week.
- There's no prerequisite of special skills or previous experience. The activities are respective of the participants' physical abilities. Technical leaders lead the working process and monitor the safety of volunteers. The team work is foreseen as a way for getting better understanding, building friendship and also as a good example of awareness of the problems.
- Volunteers organize their travel individually and cover the travel costs to the project place. The volunteers are provided with detailed travel instructions on how to reach the project place. The participation fee for a short-term project is $440 CAD (about $350 US).
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Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects (CADIP) (Long-Term Volunteering)
Deadline: Differ depending on specific jobs
Requirements: Differ depending on specific jobs
Details:
- An international long term project usually lasts from 1 to 12 months, rarely longer. It’s a non-formal international learning experience developing volunteer’s sensitivity towards social and cultural differences, self-confidence and problem solving ability.
- Long-term volunteering is individual rather than in groups. Often there are 2 or 3 volunteers working on a certain project.
- Participants make their own arrangements for the travel to the project and cover the transportation by themselves. They are provided with information about the local means of transport, location and directions to the projects site, meeting point, etc. Food and accommodation are provided for the whole duration of the project and the volunteer has no expenses related to this.
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Canadian Humanitarian
Deadline: Ongoing
Requirements: Unspecified
Details:
- Canadian Humanitarian aims at breaking the cycle of poverty by fulfilling basic needs for children in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda.
- Volunteering as a human ambassador, you work together with other ambassadors to spread the human movement to the world, in whatever capacity you can. Ambassadors are involved in planning, promoting, and volunteering for human experiences; anything from sending an email, to posting selfies, to travelling across the world. You will be given the right tools, a dedicated marketing specialist, and a generous social network of experienced ambassadors to empower you.
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Canadian Feed the Children
Deadline: Ongoing
Requirements: Unspecified
Details:
- Canadian Feed the Children has a mission to unlock children’s potential through community-led action in Canada and around the world by working with local partners to build capacity in communities so that they can achieve their own long-term sustainable change.
- Canadian Feed the Children has the occasional need for volunteers to serve as clerical and administrative support in its Toronto office.
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CARE
Deadline: Ongoing
Requirements: Must be a female
Details:
- CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty and achieve social justice. We put women and girls in the centre because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities.
- Councils for CARE Canada are diverse groups of passionate women who come together to raise awareness and support for CARE projects, while learning about the cause and sharing a sense of solidarity with the women and communities they are helping. By joining the council, you will have the opportunity to join, learn from, and work with like-minded women with diverse backgrounds who believe that supporting and empowering women in developing countries matters.
- Councils hold at least two meetings a year and you are encouraged to attend these as this is where the group will discuss objectives, pick a project to support, celebrate successes, and plan the activities the Council will undertake over the coming year.
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C.A.R.E SOCIETY - SFU
Deadline: Ongoing
Requirements:
- All registered SFU students are eligible.
- Project commitments must be a minimum of 1 month in length, but longer project commitments are preferred.
- Project commitments should involve direct, hands-on community engagement.
- Applicants must be flexible on departure dates and be prepared that their flights are unlikely to be direct and only to the closest airport served by Asia Miles worldwide partner airlines.
- Students will be responsible for any travel from that airport to their destination.
Details:
- C.A.R.E. Society distributes and donates Asia Miles points to make air travel possible for civic engagement; international service learning; and humanitarian work in developing countries and disaster areas including health rehabilitation, development and reconstruction projects in areas served by Asia Miles worldwide partner airlines. In a partnership with the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University, we enable students to participate in global humanitarian projects which promote love and peace among races.
- To be eligible, students must be volunteering for a not-for-profit organization and completing some form of humanitarian aid.
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Centre for International Studies and Cooperation
Deadline: Differ depending on specific jobs
Requirements:
- Differ depending on specific jobs
- For those who apply for Students Without Borders® (SWB) internship, you must
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Be a current student or recent graduate of a Canadian university, college or cegep
- Hold Canadian citizenship or Permanent Residency in Canada.
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- The mission of CECI is to combat poverty and exclusion. To this end, CECI builds the development capacities of disadvantaged communities. We support gender equality, violence reduction, food security, resilience and adaptation to climate change. We mobilize resources and promote knowledge sharing.
- There are positions for both international volunteering and fundraiser volunteering in Canada.
- Students interested in international volunteering can participate in Students Without Borders® (SWB), the student volunteering stream of the Uniterra program. Students and recent graduates are recruited to work with a local partner organization for 3 to 12 months.
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Charity Village
Deadline: Differ depending on specific positions
Requirements: Differ depending on specific positions
Details:
- This website has a database about volunteering opportunities for nonprofit organizations in Canada.
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CUSO International
Deadline: Differ depending on specific positions
Requirements: Differ depending on specific positions
Details:
- Cuso International works to reduce poverty by creating sustainable livelihoods; eliminate disadvantage by improving access to education and healthcare; and combat inequality by empowering people and communities. We help the world’s most vulnerable people, including women and children living in extreme poverty, individuals facing discrimination due to gender or class, and entire communities whose livelihoods have been impacted by climate change.
- There are international volunteering, diaspora volunteering, and online volunteering, and volunteering in Canada options available.
- International volunteer travel to Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Caribbean to share your unique skills. Work side-by-side with international colleagues on community, health and livelihood projects that will transform lives. International placements range from six months to 24 months.
- Diaspora volunteers share their skills to help people and organizations in the country or region of their heritage.
- Online volunteers exchange ideas and work collaboratively with international colleagues over email, provide technical assistance or complete a specific project in support of an international partner, and become an online mentor and share experiences using Skype.
- Volunteers in Canada put their knowledge and passion for international development to work in their own community.
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Defence for Children International
Deadline: Ongoing
Requirements: Unspecified
Details:
- Defence for Children International (DCI) is an independent non-governmental organization that promotes and protects the rights of children. DCI's International Secretariat in Geneva represents the movement at the international level and develops programs and projects that promote child rights. Those who are interested in volunteering opportunities should contact them directly.
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Equitas-International Centre for Human Rights Education
Deadline: Ongoing
Requirements: Unspecified
Details:
- Equitas is Canada’s most recognized and active human rights education organization. We work for the advancement of equality, social justice and respect for human dignity through transformative education programs. We empower people to challenge inequality and discrimination and take action to make their communities safer and better places to be.
- Volunteers are welcome and can contribute by assist with setting up and putting on our award-winning programs, particularly the annual International Human Rights Training Program in Montreal; producing research ideas and information for developing our events; contributing to our fundraising efforts; getting creative and helping us illustrate our impact through photography, video or graphic design; perform data-entry, translation and help with other vital administrative work; welcoming human rights defenders from around the world to your home for a unique and memorable experience during the International Human Rights Training Program in Montréal.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Deadline: Unspecified
Requirements:
- Must be nationals of FAO Member Nations.
- Must have completed secondary school education.
- Must have working knowledge of at least one FAO official language (English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese or Russian).
- Must be aged 18 or older.
- Should be able to adapt to an international multicultural environment, have good communication skills and be knowledgeable in the use of basic computer programmes.
- Should have appropriate residence or immigration status in the country of assignment.
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- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Our goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.
- The Programme proactively and strategically mobilizes broad-based volunteer services of citizens of FAO Member Nations, especially from the Global South, to contribute to end hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity.
Link:
www.fao.org/employment/collaborate-with-us/volunteer-programme/en/
HOPE International Development Agency
Deadline: Differ depending on specific positions
Requirements: Unspecified
Details:
- HOPE International Development Agency exists to improve the supply of basic human necessities for the neediest of the developing world through self-help activities, and to challenge, educate, and involve North Americans regarding development issues.
- There are opportunities for both volunteering overseas and volunteering at home.
- Overseas volunteers will spend three to four weeks with their team in a rural community in countries like Cambodia and the Dominican Republic. Volunteers are often involved with hands-on activities like clean water projects, school construction, and agriculture, working side-by-side with people making their way out of poverty.
- Volunteers in Canada help HOPE International Development Agency to raise funds for our projects and programs overseas.
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International Bureau for Children's Rights
Deadline: Unspecified
Requirements: Unspecified
Details:
- The International Bureau for Children's Rights (IBCR) is an international non-governmental organization. IBCR's mission is to contribute to the protection and promotion of children's rights worldwide.
- The volunteer programme aims to improve the protection of the rights of children, women and poverty-stricken or marginalised people, while strengthening democracy and improving access to justice in different countries. IBCR volunteers work directly with local organisations in nine countries throughout the Americas and Africa. The duration is from one week to several months.
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Oxfam Canada
Deadline: Ongoing
Requirements: Unspecified
Details:
- Oxfam Canada’s mission is to build lasting solutions to poverty and injustice with a focus on improving the lives and promoting the rights of women and girls.
- Volunteering with Oxfam means you get the tools, resources and support you need to become an advocate for women and men fighting to end poverty in their communities and around the world.
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Right to Play
Deadline: Ongoing
Requirements: Unspecified
Details:
- Right To Play is a global organization that uses the transformative power of play to educate and empower children facing adversity. Through sports and games, we help children build essential life skills and better futures, while driving social change in their communities with lasting impact.
- Right To Play is built on a foundation of dedicated volunteers worldwide who give time and energy to our cause. Volunteer opportunities will be informed to people in volunteer database when available.
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Student Work Abroad Program (S.W.A.P.) - India Volunteer and Travel
Deadline: Ongoing (apply a minimum 4 weeks prior to your preferred start date)
Requirements: Canadians ages 18+ with a clean criminal background check
Details:
- SWAP is a program of the Canadian Federation of Students, a not-for-profit organization that devotes their time and energy to student issues and concerns. SWAP provides a wide range of programs, for young Canadians who want our traditional working holiday programs, but also teach abroad positions, volunteer abroad adventures, and hard-to-acquire work in the US visas.
- SWAP's India Volunteer and Travel program is a 2-week program which includes both a volunteer placement in Jaipur as well as 2 weekend excursions; a trip to one of the seven wonders of the world, the Taj Mahal, and an overnight camel safari in Pushkar.
- Volunteers will be participating in a community outreach program that helps the needs of women and children. Volunteering will take about 5 hours per day, with plenty of downtime and opportunities to do cultural workshops, like henna classes, yoga sessions, Bollywood dancing, and Indian cooking classes.
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Student Work Abroad Program (S.W.A.P.) - South Africa (Soweto Orphanage Project)
Deadline: Ongoing (minimum 8 weeks prior to your preferred start date)
Requirements: Canadians ages 18+
Details:
- SWAP is a program of the Canadian Federation of Students, a not-for-profit organization that devotes their time and energy to student issues and concerns. SWAP provides a wide range of programs, for young Canadians who want our traditional working holiday programs, but also teach abroad positions, volunteer abroad adventures, and hard-to-acquire work in the US visas.
- Reports have suggested that almost half a million Soweto children are living under the poverty line and there is an urgent need of social service support. For the SWAP South Africa Soweto Children's Orphanage Project, we are looking for caring, hardworking team players who are tolerant and open to different cultures and traditions. Volunteers should be flexible and open to assisting with the projects' needs.
- The program length is three weeks plus a 3-day orientation (and a 4-day Kruger National Park safari tour).
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Student Work Abroad Program (S.W.A.P.) - South Africa (Wildlife Conservation Project)
Deadline: Ongoing (minimum 8 weeks prior to your preferred start date)
Requirements: Canadians ages 18+
Details:
- SWAP is a program of the Canadian Federation of Students, a not-for-profit organization that devotes their time and energy to student issues and concerns. SWAP provides a wide range of programs, for young Canadians who want our traditional working holiday programs, but also teach abroad positions, volunteer abroad adventures, and hard-to-acquire work in the US visas.
- Protecting wildlife is a necessary means in South Africa, where many reserves and protected plains have been opened. Volunteers are needed to make sure these reserves are kept up and running at full capacity.
- The program length is two weeks plus a 3-day orientation. Longer volunteering is also possible.
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The Humanity Exchange
Deadline: Unspecified
Requirements: Differ depending on the placement
Details:
- In partnership with local communities, The Humanity Exchange fosters leadership in international development through volunteer, internship, and language learning programs.
- We carefully cultivate partnerships in war-affected communities, who are underserved in comparison to their neighbours which have a thriving tourism industry. Volunteers worldwide have the unique opportunity to learn firsthand about peacebuilding.
- We place talented and motivated volunteers and interns in communities in need. Participants have the option to learn French (in Africa) or Spanish (in Latin America) during placement. Exchange Manager in-country supports participants 24/7. Participants stay with a host family or in a guesthouse. Lodging, language lessons, airport pick-up/drop-off included.
- Countries targeted by our programming include Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cameroon, Kenya.
- The duration of programs can be 2 weeks - 1 month, 1-3 months, or 3-6 months.
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https://www.changemakers.com/socialbusiness/entries/humanity-exchange
The Justice Education Society International
Deadline: Ongoing
Requirements: Should have a background in criminal justice, international development and project management.
Details:
- The Justice Education Society International is a Canada-based organization that creates programs with Canadian and International Expertise together with local partners in the countries in which we work.
- Justice Education Society International has opportunities for volunteers with a background in criminal justice, international development and project management. Spanish speaking individuals can contribute right away. To apply, send a letter of interest and your resume to international@JusticeEducation.ca.
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Under the Reading Tree
Deadline: Ongoing
Requirements: Unspecified
Details:
- Under the Reading Tree currently supports five community libraries in Uganda. Each of these projects was initiated by a local individual or group who saw the need for a library to support children and adults in their community. Each library is managed locally, UTRT assists by contributing librarian salaries and annual book grants.
- There are volunteer programs both in Uganda and in Canada. Volunteers in Uganda will be matched with an appropriate library, based on their interest and our partner’s needs. Volunteers will receive airport pickup and room and board at their host site for $300.00 a month. Volunteers will pay their airfare and any additional expenses associated with in-country travel.
- Volunteers in Canada can get involved by sharing our blog with their fabulous literacy-conscious friends and family, joining our Ottawa Fundraising Committee and help us write grants and organize exciting events, inviting a board member to book club meeting in Vancouver, Ottawa or the Ottawa Valley to have a conversation about libraries and literacy in Uganda, and hosting their own fundraiser.
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https://utrtuganda.wordpress.com/get-involved/volunteer-in-uganda/
https://utrtuganda.wordpress.com/get-involved/volunteer-from-home/
United Nations Volunteers
Deadline: Differ depending on specific positions
Requirements:
- To apply for a volunteer abroad, you must:
- Be 25 years old and older
- Have university degree or higher technical diploma
- At least two years of relevant work experience in a professional background
- Have good working knowledge of English, Spanish or French.
- To apply for a volunteer abroad, you must:
- Be 22 years old and older
- Have a higher technical diploma, university or Master’s degree.
- A minimum of two years of relevant work experience.
- Other requirements are specific for the program one applies for.
Details:
- UNV works under a dual mandate – to mobilize volunteers for the United Nations System and to advocate for the importance of volunteerism in development worldwide.
- There are three volunteer options available: volunteering abroad, volunteering in your own country, and online volunteering.
- International UN Volunteers promote peace and development in communities around the globe, while upholding the ideals and aspirations of the United Nations. International UN Volunteer assignments generally run for six to 12 months, with the possibility of extending for one to two years. Short-term assignments are also requested by our partners from time to time.
- National UN Volunteers receive a volunteer living allowance to sustain a basic, adequate and safe lifestyle. This allowance varies from one location to another depending on local living costs.
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United Nations Youth Volunteers
Deadline: Differ depending on specific positions
Requirements:
- Be at an age between 18 and 29.
- The educational background and experience required varies by assignment
Details:
- UN Youth Volunteers help the United Nations – one of the world’s most important intergovernmental organizations - to fulfill its mission. These young volunteers are assigned to host United Nations agencies to work on the frontlines of political, developmental and humanitarian field operations.
- As a UN Youth Volunteer, you will help advance peace and sustainable development either in your own country or in another country around the globe. You will help people to lead healthier and safer lives and communities to be able to better address present and future challenges.
- Most UN Youth Volunteer assignments are between six and 24 months. On occasion, national and international UN Youth Volunteer assignments are less than six months and then are referred to as ‘short-term’ assignments.
- UN Youth Volunteers receive a basic living allowance that allows the volunteer to live healthily and safely in the assigned area.
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Uniterra
Deadline: Differ depending on specific positions
Requirements:
- For long and short term volunteer applicants, you must:
- Be 18 to 70 years old.
- Hold Canadian citizen or Permanent Residency status.
- Hold the technical qualifications and skills to fulfill the objectives of the assignment.
- A satisfactory police check.
- A satisfactory medical clearance.
- Be willing to work for a modest living allowance.
- Commit to raising funds in support of the Uniterra program activities.
- For student volunteer applicants, you must:
- Be at least 18 years of age.
- Be a current student or recent graduate of a Canadian university, college or cegep
- Uniterra assignments require that you hold Canadian citizenship or Permanent Residency in Canada in order to apply. This will be indicated on the assignment description. However, WUSC and CECI do offer international internship opportunities to tho
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- The Uniterra program, carried out by WUSC and CECI since 2004, allows you to make a lasting commitment to increasing the economic power of women and youth around the world.
- There are two volunteer opportunities available: regular long and short term volunteer and student volunteer.
- Assignments for long and short term volunteers are from 2 weeks to 2 years and encompass a variety of disciplines.
- Students Without Borders® (SWB), the student volunteering stream of the Uniterra program, offers many exciting opportunities to contribute to global development efforts. Students and recent graduates are recruited to work with a local partner organization for 3 to 12 months.
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Deadline: Ongoing
Requirements: Unspecified
Details:
- The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) which uses existing international legal and political frameworks to achieve fundamental change in the way states conceptualise and address issues of gender, militarism, peace and security.
- All volunteer positions are unpaid, but the work of volunteers is extremely valued. Those who are interested in volunteering in a specific country can contact WILPF’s office in that country directly.
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World Neighbours Canada
Deadline: Ongoing
Requirements: Unspecified
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- World Neighbours Canada (WNC) work to lead people to be reliant on their own powers and resources. Its program areas currently include Nepal (Asia), Burkina Faso (Africa), and Honduras (Central America). It helps people in the program areas analyze and solve their own problems, and then encourages and trains leaders local to the project areas to carry out their own solutions (with our financial support).
- World Neighbours Canada relies on volunteers working in Canada for all of its activities, especially who can organize visits to schools and clubs when we have guests from overseas, help with fundraising events, such as fasts in secondary schools, or copy letters, stuff envelopes, put on stamps, etc.
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World University Service of Canada (WUSC)
Deadline: Differ depending on specific positions
Requirements: Differ depending on specific positions
Details:
- WUSC improves education, employment, and empowerment opportunities for youth. We work with a diverse network of students, volunteers, institutions, governments, and businesses. Together, we foster youth-centered solutions to overcome inequality and exclusion.
- These are short-, medium-, and long-term volunteer opportunities to contribute directly to WUSC's broader work in education, employment and empowerment around the world.
- The duration and location for volunteering differs depending on specific programs.
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