Global Guide

Welcome to the Global Guide, a site to begin the search for scholarships for research and study abroad, volunteer and internship opportunities, and employment in Pittsburgh, the U.S. or abroad. You can also find reference material on global topics at many of the sites listed. We’ve noted where Global Studies Alumni are working and our office will provide alumni contact information when requested. Let us know if you were successful in your search by sending an email to global@pitt.edu, alumni, please provide feedback by completing alumni update. Please note the Global Studies office cannot attest to the quality of any of the following links, nor do we endorse the mission of all organizations listed.

The Offices of Student Employment and Placement Assistance has provided us with a presentation on internationally focused job searching which can be accessed here.

The Global Studies office has a copy of: Careers in International Affairs, 8th Edition (2008), Georgetown University Press, Washington DC Alternatives to the Peace Corps: A Guide to Global Volunteering, 12th Edition, (2008), Institute for Food and Development Policy, Food First Books, Oakland CA The books can be loaned out for 3 hours at a time. Students will have to leave their student ID as a deposit.

Organization	Description	Full Entry
Catholic Relief Services	Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. Motivated by the Gospel of Jesus Christ to cherish, preserve and uphold the sacredness and dignity of all human life, foster charity and justice, and embody Catholic social and moral teaching	view
CDS International	The Internship Program in Argentina provides an excellent opportunity for American and Canadian students and young professionals to gain international work experience abroad, improve their Spanish language skills, and experience Argentinean culture firsthand. Participants on this program complete unpaid internships in companies or organizations in Buenos Aires or Cordoba.	view
CDS International	The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals is a full-year work-study scholarship program with a strong focus on cultural exchange. CBYX annually provides 75 young Americans with an understanding of everyday life, education, and professional training in Germany. The program begins in July and includes two months of intensive German language training in Germany (no prior German language knowledge required), four months of classroom instruction at a German university or college of applied sciences, and a five-month internship in a participant’s career field.	view
CENIT (Center for the Working Girl)	CENIT, El Centro de la Niña Trabajadora, or the Center for the Working Girl as it is known in English, is a non-governmental, non-profit organization devoted to helping working children (especially working girls) and their families overcome grinding poverty and improve their quality of lives through education and job training, nutrition programs, health and social services, psychological help and recreation.	view
Center for Defense Information	The Center for Defense Information (CDI) provides expert analysis on various components of U.S. national security, international security and defense policy. CDI promotes wide-ranging discussion and debate on security issues such as nuclear weapons, space security, missile defense, small arms and military transformation.	view
Center for Democratic Participation and Development (CENZONTLE)	CENZONTLE is a rural development program in Nicaragua that helps agricultural cooperatives survive the dire economic crisis, which Nicaragua is currently experiencing. Its longer-term objective is capacity building and empowerment of cooperative members in order to achieve sustained economic growth and to build enduring local democratic structures. It has an integrated approach to development encompassing five major areas of work: credit, feasibility studies, legal aid, marketing, and training/adult education.	view
Center for Envirionmental Education and Ecological Actino (CEDUAM)	CEDUAM (Environmental Education and Ecological Action Center) is a non-profit, environmental organization located in northern Tlaxcala state, in the heart of México. Much of CEDUAM's work takes place in the municipal area of Tlaxco, which has among the most deficient and depleted natural resources in the country. For more than ten years, CEDUAM has been working towards the sustainable development of rural Tlaxcala in order to promote social justice and an equitable harmony with nature.	view
Center for Global Health, University of Pittsburgh	The Center for Global Health provides a unifying framework for global health research and scholarship at the University of Pittsburgh. They effectively address health issues that affect populations around the globe.	view
Center for Human Rights Legal Action	CALDH is a Washington DC based organization that promotes human rights in Guatemala. In conjunction with other human rights organization ins Guatemala and the U.S., CALDH files petitions on behalf of victims before the OAS’s Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The Guatemala office focuses on interviewing victims family members, preparing affidavits, reviewing court records, conducting investigations of court procedures and writing reports.	view
Center for International Legal Education, University of Pittsburgh	The Center for International Legal Education offers an excellent selection of opportunities for JD students to learn about and practice using foreign, comparative, and international law. The world of law is increasingly globalized; every area of law practice applies foreign and international legal resources.	view
Center for International Policy	Promoting a U.S. foreign policy based on international cooperation, demilitarization and respect for human rights	view
Center for Latin American Studies	The mission of CLAS is to expand and enrich academic resources relating to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) at the University of Pittsburgh. These resources provide the means for students to become experts about LAC and for faculty to pursue research, enhance their expertise, and disseminate new knowledge on the region. CLAS also shares its resources locally, nationally, and internationally with members of the academic community as well as with public and private sector organizations and the general public.	view
Center for Public Integrity	The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit organization dedicated to producing original, responsible investigative journalism on issues of public concern. The Center is non-partisan and non-advocacy. They are committed to transparent and comprehensive reporting both in the United States and around the world.	view
Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh	The Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pittsburgh (REES) is an interdisciplinary academic center focusing on central and eastern Europe and the successor states of the Soviet Union. REES is a Title VI National Resource Center funded by the U.S. Department of Education, and as such plays a vital role in fostering scholarship and teaching on this dynamic region.	view
Center for Strategic and International Studies	CSIS provides strategic insights and policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society.	view
Center of Concern	The Center of Concern is a faith-based organization working in collaboration with ecumenical and interfaith networks to bring a prophetic voice for social and economic justice to a global context. The Center is both a provider of information and analysis as well as a catalyst for launching projects to address issues or opportunities that advance an authentic human development agenda. Through analysis, education, advocacy and capacity building, the Center challenges structural injustice and promotes innovative economic alternatives.	view
Centers for Inter-American Studies, Internships in Ecuador	Through CEDEI's Internship Program, university students and professional adults have the opportunity to gain valuable language and work experience related to their field of study. Participants work as volunteers for community-based organizations in and around the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. Past internships have been arranged in a variety of fields	view
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)	CIA engages in research, development, and deployment of high-leverage technology for intelligence purposes. As a separate agency, CIA serves as an independent source of analysis on topics of concern and also works closely with the other organizations in the Intelligence Community.	view
Centro de la Nina Trabajadora	Founded in 1991 by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, CENIT uses educational and vocational programs to help working girls and their families overcome grinding poverty and improve the quality of their lives. The result is generations of working women with the education and skills to form healthy families that contribute to a more just and productive society.	view
Checchi and Company	Checchi and Company Consulting, Inc. provides technical assistance, training and management services to promote social and economic development to help better the lives of people in developing and transitional nations.	view
Child Family Health International	A nongovernmental organization placing health science students on global health education programs in ways that are socially responsible and financially just. The organization models the best global health education practices that demonstrate a priority commitment to community engagement and local integrity.	view
Children Affected by AIDS Foundation (CAAF)	CAAF is a national grantmaking foundation who awards funds to organizations that are serving families impacted by AIDS. Internships vary depending on the needs of the foundation and the talents of the intern.	view
Children's Creative Response to Conflict	The mission of Creative Response to Conflict, Inc. and Children's Creative Response to Conflict (CCRC) is to help educators, parents and those who work with young people learn creative skills of non-violent conflict resolution through cooperation, communication, affirmation, problem solving, mediation and bias awareness. The board and staff of CCRC work on modeling these approaches and will continue to adapt techniques to meet the challenges of an increasingly violent world by working locally and globally to achieve a non-violent and just world.	view
Christian Peacemaker Teams	CPT placeas teams of international volunteers in conflict settings as a violence reduction presence. CPT is cross denominational with strong roots grounded in the Quakers, Mennonites, and Church of the Brethren. Teams of four to twelve persons join the efforts of local peacemakers facing imminent violence. They accompany threatened individuals, report on human rights abuses, plan and execute nonviolent public responses to injustice, and train others in nonviolent direct action.	view
Christians for Peace in El Salvador (CRISPAZ)	CRISPAZ is a faith-based organization dedicated to building bridges of solidarity between the Church of the poor and marginalized communities in El Salvador and communities in the US and other countries through mutual accompaniment, striving together for peace, justice, sustainability, and human liberation.	view