International Volunteer Organizations

Guide Note

Volunteering internationally can be a rewarding experience, not to mention a way to combine travel with giving back. Many international volunteer programs work to fight global problems such as hunger, poverty, disease, and the environment. See Mahalo's guide to How to Volunteer Abroad as an addendum to this list of resources.

Fast Facts:

1. United Nations Volunteers was created by the UN General Assembly in 1970 and has 7,000 volunteers¹
2. The Peace Corps originated from a suggestion by John F. Kennedy in 1960²
3. The Peach Corps has had nearly 200,000 volunteers²
4. Project Hope focuses on global healthcare issues
5. Oxfam fights poverty in over 100 countries through a network of 13 organizations³
6. Doctors Without Borders, also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres, received the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize