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Type	Title
Organizations	AIESEC	The International Association of Students in Economics and Business Management (AIESEC) is one of the world's largest student organizations and its members strive to have apositive impact on society. Focuses on building personal network, runs more than 250 conferences, provides 4000 work abroad opportunities and offers 5000 leadership positions to its members per year. Two to eighteen month internship programs available in management, technical, education, and development.
Organizations	Carter Center	The Carter Center is a nonprofit NGO devoted to advancing peace and human rights worldwide. Founded by former president Jimmy Carter in 1982, the organization has implemented projects to advance peace and health in more than sixty five nations. Areas of specialty include human rights, conflict resolution, Latin American and Caribbean affairs, democratization and election monitoring, food production and disease prevention.
Organizations	Madre	MADRE is an international women’s human rights organization that works in partnership with community-based women's organizations worldwide to address issues of health and reproductive rights, economic development, education and other human rights. We provide resources and training to enable our sister organizations to meet these goals by addressing immediate needs in their communities and developing long-term solutions to the crises they face.
Organizations	National Organization for Women (NOW)	Since its founding in 1966, NOW's goal has been to take action to bring about equality for all women. NOW works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society.
Organizations	Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children	Through research and fact-finding field missions, we identify critical problems that affect displaced women, children and young people, including gaps in lifesaving reproductive health care, lack of dignified livelihoods for refugees and, in the U.S., the treatment of asylum-seekers. We document best practices and propose solutions, and develop innovative tools to improve the way humanitarian assistance is delivered in refugee settings.
Organizations	Heifer International	Heifer International's mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth.
Organizations	Handicap International	TAKING ACTION IN SITUATIONS OF POVERTY AND EXCLUSION, CONFLICT AND DISASTER.
Organizations	Transparency International	Fighting corruption in politics, government, business, and civil society.
Organizations	Save the Children International	Around the world, we: •provide lifesaving supplies and emotional support for children caught up in disasters like floods, famine and wars •campaign for long-term change to improve children’s lives •improve children’s access to the food and healthcare they need to thrive •secure a good quality education for the children who need it most •protect the world’s most vulnerable children, including those separated from their families because of war, natural disasters, extreme poverty and exploitation
Organizations	Aravind Eye Care System	Collaborating center for prevention of blindness
Organizations	Teach for America	Growing the movement of leaders who work to ensure that kids growing up in poverty get an excellent education
Organizations	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.
Organizations	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.
Organizations	Gaia Amazonas	The mission of Gaia Amazonas is to promote processes for autonomy and environmental governance, to guarantee the conservation of the northwest Amazon, from a cultural perspective and based on the indigenous vision of conservation.
Organizations	Omprakash Foundation	Are you interested in volunteering abroad for free? Then the Omprakash Foundation is for you! Omprakash is an organization that seeks to build partnerships with grassroots health, education, and environmental projects around the world, and connect them with volunteers, donors, and classrooms that can learn from and support their work.