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
Oxfam America	Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. Together with individuals and local groups in more than 100 countries, Oxfam saves lives, helps people overcome poverty, and fights for social justice. We are an affiliate of Oxfam International.	view
Oxfam America	Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. Together with individuals and local groups in more than 90 countries, Oxfam saves lives, helps people overcome poverty, and fights for social justice. We are one of the 17 affiliates in the international confederation Oxfam.	view
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)	The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public health agency with more than 100 years of experience in working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas. It serves as the specialized organization for health of the Inter-American System. It also serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization and enjoys international recognition as part of the United Nations system.	view
Partners in Health	Partners in Health is based around the belief that health is a fundamental right, not a privilege. They partner with poor communities to combat disease and poverty through a comprehensive and community-based approach to tackle the complicated issues surrounding infections diseases. The fundamental principles of PIH are: access to primary health care, free health care and education for the poor, community partnerships, addressing basic social and economic needs, and serving the poor through the public sector.	view
Partners in Health	PIH uses all of the means at our disposal to make them well—from pressuring drug manufacturers, to lobbying policy makers, to providing medical care and social services.	view
Partners of the Americas	To work together as citizen volunteers from Latin America, volunteer from the Caribbean and the United States strive to improve the lives of people across the hemisphere. Partners of the Americas not only dream of a better world, they roll up our sleeves and make a difference.	view
Peace Brigades International	PBI practices an effective approach to human rights protection known as protective accompaniment. PBI fields teams of international volunteers trained in nonviolence to accompany individuals and organizations facing death threats as a result of their work on behalf of human rights and social justice. PBI works based on principles of nonviolence, nonpartisanship and noninterference in the affairs of the groups they accompany. This experience also includes intensive networking with local, national, and international offices.	view
Peace Corps	The Peace Corps stared in 1960 through initiative of Senator John F. Kennedy. The purpose is for people to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries. The Peace Corps works in emerging and essential areas such as information technology and business development. Three objectives are: helping the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women, helping to promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served, and helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.	view
Peacework	Peacework's purpose is to help alleviate conditions of poverty and promote peace and prosperity through economic development partnerships and service around the world. Each project is organized on a case-by-case basis with community leaders according to locally determined development needs and objectives.	view
Physicians for Social Responsibility	Guided by the values and expertise of medicine and public health, PSR seeks to protect human life worldwide from the impact of social injustice and structural violence.	view
Pittsburgh AIDS Center for Treatment (PACT)	Pittsburgh AIDS Center for Treatment is a clinical research center within the University of Pittsburgh focusing on new HIV treatment strategies. They provide comprehensive care to HIV-infected men and women. Today over 1000 patients receive their care at the University of Pittsburgh, and almost 200 patients are currently enrolled in studies sponsored by the NIH and industry.	view
Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force (PATF)	Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force strives to be the leader in providing innovative support services that improve the health and quality of life for all individuals living with HIV/AIDS and to be relentless in preventing the spread of the virus. They are dedicated to supporting and empowering all individuals living with HIV/AIDS.	view
Pittsburgh Human Rights Network	Pittsburgh area network that is working to promote international human rights. The network was developed by Global Solutions Pittsburgh in May of 2009 and is designed to enable individuals, university student groups, professional organizations, faith based groups and community focused groups in the Pittsburgh area to easily communicate and coordinate with one another, so as to more effectively promote international human rights.	view
Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce	The Mission of the PMAHCC is to provide regional business opportunities which allow economic growth, while simultaneously advocating, promoting, and facilitating the success of Hispanic businesses.	view
Pittsburgh Refugee Center (PRC)	PRC empowers refugees to become self-sufficient and integrated into their new communities. The work of PRC is grounded in a service philosophy that encourages and ultimately empowers refugees to take control of their lives by becoming active participants in planning and managing their own development.	view
Pittsburgh Regional Internship Center	The Regional Internship Center of southwestern PA (RIC) strives to increase the number of organizations in southwestern Pennsylvania offering internships by actively working with employers to develop programs and connect them with potential interns. The RIC has proven to be an incredible resource to both students and employers.	view
Pittsburgh United	Pittsburgh UNITED develops and supports campaigns that address social inequality at its root causes.	view
PLAN International	Plan is one of the oldest and largest children's development organizations in the world. We work in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty.	view
Plenty International	Plenty promotes the cooperative exchange of appropriate village-scale technologies, skills and resources between people worldwide. Special focus is on projects to assist indigenous peoples. Volunteer placements are limited to and based primarily in Belize. Plenty runs both a long term and summer program.	view
Population and Community Development Association	The Population and Development international (PDI) is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization that works with local institutions in Southeast Asia to reduce poverty and facilitate health and socio-economic development. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service recognizes PDI as a charitable organization with 501(c)(3) status.	view
Population Institute	The Population Institute (PI) is an international non-profit organization that seeks to promote universal access to family planning information, education, and services. Through voluntary family planning, they strive to achieve a world population in balance with a healthy global environment and resource base.	view
Poverty Action Lab	The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a network of 53 affiliated professors around the world who are united by their use of Randomized Evaluations (REs) to answer questions critical to poverty alleviation. J-PAL's mission is to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is based on scientific evidence. J-PAL works to achieve this by:Conducting Rigorous Impact Evaluations- J-PAL researchers conduct randomized evaluations to test and improve the effectiveness of programs and policies aimed at reducing poverty.	view
Prevention Point Pittsburgh	Prevention Point Pittsburgh (PPP), a non-profit organization, that aims to promote and advocate for the reduction of harm associated with injection drug use and reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, and other blood borne infections. Prevention Point Pittsburgh is dedicated to providing health empowerment services to injection drug users. They consider needle exchange as a foundation for addressing a broader set of injection drug users’ needs, particularly needs that are met poorly or not at all through existing services.	view
PreventionWeb-International Disaster Management	Very useful portal of portals for people interested in international disaster management endeavors with a distinctly international outlook and many professional resources.	view
Project Concern International	Project Concern is an International health organization that saves the lives of children by preventing disease and providing access to clean water and safe food. Project Concern serves twelve countries on five continents reaching over three million people annually. Interns will support PCI’s Gender Equity Commission in carrying out the gender and diversity initiative, research and draft documents, research and compile information on best practices and resources and help develop a test gender audit program for use in one or two field programs.	view