Global Guide

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.

City of Asylum /Pittsburgh provides temporary sanctuary to creative writers under immediate threat of extreme persecution or death in their home countries. The hosted writer receives a residence and a living stipend for up to two years, so that the he or she can continue to write during a period of transition.

The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)* is a global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems in the developing world and expanding access to care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. CHAI’s solution-oriented approach focuses on improving market dynamics for medicines and diagnostics; lowering prices for treatment; accelerating access to life-saving technologies; and helping governments build the capacity required for high-quality care and treatment programs.

The Coalition of Women for Peace is a feminist organization against the occupation of Palestine and for a just peace. Founded in November 2000, after the outbreak of the Second Intifada, CWP today is a leading voice in the Israeli peace movement, bringing together women from a wide variety of identities and groups. CWP is committed to ending the occupation and creating a more just society, while enhancing women’s inclusion and participation in the public discourse.

CAN researchers immerse themselves in the regions where they work and study the agroecology of the local communities. They learn how the farming and social systems work on site. Through collaborative relationships, farmer groups engage in the development of the research questions. This way the findings become directly useful to community members. Our field-study opportunities, farmer-to-farmer exchanges, research, internships, and an annual shortcourseinspire action for social and environmental justice.

CGIAR works to achieve sustainable food security and reduce poverty in developing countries through scientific research and research-related activities in the fields of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, policy, and environment.

CORE Group works to fulfill that vision by working with its 50+ member organizations and network of partners to generate collaborative action and learning to improve and expand community-focused public health practices for underserved populations around the world. We give particular emphasis to women of reproductive age and children under 5 because they are the most vulnerable to death and illness from poverty and disease

The Council for the National Interest is a 501 (c) 4 non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization advocating a new direction for U.S. Middle East policy. The Council for the National Interest is partnered with its sister organization the Council for the National Interest Foundation in order for the organizations to do a broad range of work in educating Americans about Middle East Foreign Policy and lobbying to promote even handed policies.

(CAIR) offers internship opportunities to to empower young Americans with the skills they need to make a difference. CAIR interns work with some of America's political and intellectual leaders on groundbreaking projects which will lay the foundation for a fairer and more inclusive America.

Founded in 1975, the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA), a nonprofit, independent research and information organization, was established to promote the common interests of the hemisphere, raise the visibility of regional affairs and increase the importance of the inter-American relationship, as well as encourage the formulation of rational and constructive U.S. policies towards Latin America.

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.