Volunteering overseas after graduation?

Question

Once I graduate college, I'd like to spend somewhere from 6 months to a year volunteering in a 3rd world country. Anyone know of any charitable organizations?

Answer 1

Here is a web site that can help you learn more about the skills and experience desired by long-term placement organizations such as PeaceCorps, VSO, UNV, etc, or organizations that don't charge volunteers but require volunteers to be highly-skilled, and how you can start to gain such experience wherever you are now. This page also links to these long-term volunteer placement agencies:

http://www.coyotecommunications.com/volu...

There is a listing of the more-than-30 member organizations of the International Volunteers Program Association (IVPA) that is a good place to find reputable volunteer-for-a-fee programs -- programs where you don't need to have much experience in order to participate, and the placements are just for a few weeks or months -- but you have to pay all of your expenses:

http://www.volunteerinternational.org/