Off-Campus Resources

There are many volunteer service opportunities available or that can be created in our local and extended communities. Please also review Considering an International Service Opportunity and Funding Resources for International Service.

Short-Term Volunteer Opportunities
These organizations have some type of Stanford connection (for example, started by a Stanford student or alum). 

• FORGE is a US-based nonprofit organization that works with displaced communities in Africa. Since its founding in 2003, FORGE has implemented over 60 community development projects that have served more than 70,000 refugees in four refugee camps in Zambia & Botswana.
• Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD) offers various international opportunities for students and professionals from around the world.
• Learning Enterprises sends volunteers to villages in Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Mexico, Mauritius and China to teach English for the summer. Volunteers live with host families and conduct free English language classes for children in rural communities.
• SEALNet brings service to Southeast Asia and promotes the spirit of service leadership in the region.
• Students for International Change (SIC) offers structured service-learning opportunities to American and Tanzanian students. These programs focus both on utilizing volunteer talents and energies in the fight against HIV, and on developing students as future leaders in international development.
• Unite for Sight works with partner eye clinics in developing countries to provide eye care and eye health education programs
• Volunteers in Asia (VIA) is dedicated to increasing understanding between the United States and Asia through public service and programs promoting cross-cultural education. VIA is an independent and entrepreneurial nonprofit organization founded at Stanford University in 1963.

More International Opportunity Resources                                       

Utilize the following sites to explore individual and group volunteer opportunities throughout the world:

• Universal Giving
• Go Overseas
• Volunteer International
• Omprakash
• Idealist
• Volunteer Abroad
• Transitions Abroad
• VolunTourism
• AbroadReviews.com
• Abroad View

International Workcamps
Workcamps bring together volunteers from around the world to work on various projects at sites throughout the world and provide an organized service activity at very little cost to the participating volunteers.

• Volunteers For Peace
• Cadip - Volunteering Worldwide
• Quaker Information Center

The Haas Center for Public Service provides information and resources regarding NGOs and other organizations that may have service opportunities. These organizations are not affiliated with or controlled by Stanford University or the Haas Center for Public Service. Information or references to unaffiliated organizations are provided as a courtesy to students. Such references are not intended to, nor do they constitute, an endorsement of the referenced organizations by Stanford University or the Haas Center for Public Service. Students are solely responsible for evaluating the suitability of the organization for the proposed project and for evaluating the safety of the environment in which the student will be traveling and/or working and for taking appropriate precautions.

For more information, please contact Jon McConnell.