Global Guide

Cloudforest Initiatives is a small group of people, with quite limited means, who are carrying out some ambitious dreams. It is a non-profit organization committed to assisting and supporting the efforts for peace, justice and integral development of the Maya communities of Chiapas. Travel seminars are organized for people who wish to learn more about the Mayan people and their culture. Programs include language study, housing with a Mexican family, and a chance to explore and reflect on the movement for democratic transformation and civil rights in southern Mexico.

CODEFF works for the preservation of plant and animal species that are at risk of disappearance. The organization helps to protect and defend unique ecosystems throughout the world. Internships require at least 3 months working in Chile with CODEFF and it is extremely important that the person be fluent in Spanish. Interns should also know how to develop an activity concerning the environmental field. All volunteers must be able to support themselves while in Chile and must join CODEFF as a member for one year at the cost of $50.

Concern America is a unique nonprofit, nonsectarian, nongovernmental development and refugee aid organization - unique in that its philosophy emphasizes the transference of skills and thus the creation of opportunity (seen as a more permanent solution), not just the placement of resources into impoverished regions.

CorCom, Inc.'s overarching objectives are to boost productivity, increase margins and ensure mission success by using research to solve your most complicated marketing, management and planning challenges.

The Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), the scholar division of the Institute of International Education (IIE), is well known for its expertise and extensive experience in conducting international exchange programs for scholars and university administrators. For the past sixty years, CIES (www.cies.org) has administered the Fulbright Scholar Program, the United States flagship academic exchange effort, on behalf of the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs  (ECA).

Council of the Americas (COA) is the premier international business organization whose members share a common commitment  to economic and social development, open markets, the rule of law, and democracy throughout the Western Hemisphere.

The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries.

Work overseas and teach English abroad in Chile, China, the Dominican Republic, South Korea, Spain, or Thailand with CIEE. Change the lives of you and your students. Connect with local communities in ways no traveler can. In countries all over the world live people with a great desire to learn the English language - and to absorb American culture. Be part of this essential historical and cultural exchange as you teach English to your students by sharing your culture: share stories about your family, your work, and your interests alongside vocabulary and verb conjugation.

Cross-Cultural Solutions is a non-profit organization placing people with volunteer programs throughout the world. CCS is committed to ensuring the safety, flexibility, professionalism, transparency, and excellence of their programs. They have a multitude of volunteer and internship placements available all year round.

For nearly 40 years Cultural Survival has partnered with Indigenous Peoples around the world to help them defend their lands, languages, and cultures. They publicize their issues through our award-winning publications, mounting letter-writing campaigns and other advocacy efforts to stop abuses of their rights, and we work on the ground in Indigenous communities, always at their invitation.

No refugee must be in want of help to find protection and durable solutions. And nobody who wishes to be integrated into Danish society must be in want of help to do so. We want to be the best problem-solver with regards to displacement and integration.

The Development Group for Alternative Policies was founded in 1976 to assist in the promotion of economic justice across the South, or Third World, by helping to maximize control by poor communities and sectors over their own development in the face of impositions from the North. It was established on the principle of the right to self-determination and on the belief that local knowledge is indispensable to the shaping of sound development policies, programs and projects relevant to local needs and conditions.