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VSO delivers development impact [clarification needed] through a blended volunteer model consisting of international, national, and community volunteers working together to develop the systems and conditions for positive social change. [2] In 2022–23, VSO worked in 35 countries in Africa and Asia. [3]
The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development assistance. It was established in March 1961 by an executive order (10924) of President John F. Kennedy and authorized by Congress the following September by the Peace Corps Act.
International volunteering is when volunteers contribute their time to work for organisations or causes outside their home countries. International volunteering has a long association with international development or environment, with the aim of bringing benefits to host communities. [ 1 ]
Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa (VPWA) is a non-profit non-governmental organization based in Ghana. History. Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa was ...
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is a United Nations organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide.. Volunteerism is a powerful means of engaging people in tackling development challenges, and it can transform the pace and nature of development.
The Global Volunteer Network (GVN) is a Charitable Trust based in Wellington, New Zealand and offers volunteer opportunities in community projects throughout the world. [1] GVN's vision is to support the work of local community organizations in developing countries through the placement of international volunteers.
Ten volunteers went abroad in 1960 and by 1969, 257 volunteers had taken part in overseas activities. [4] In 1969, Canadian Crossroads International was granted a charter as a charitable organization, separate from Operation Crossroads Africa, and for the first time began working in countries outside the African continent. That same year, a ...
This category collects international organizations that coordinate volunteers to do work, e.g., the Peace Corps. It is distinguished from organizations that are run by volunteers, so-called "voluntary organizations".