GSC Resources

GSC Resource Library

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Country

Type	Title
Organizations	Cultural Survival	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.
Organizations	Development Group for Alternative Policies / Development Gap	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.
Organizations	Foreign Policy Association	The Foreign Policy Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring the American public to learn more about the world. Founded in 1918, the Foreign Policy Association serves as a catalyst for developing awareness, understanding of, and providing informed opinions on global issues. Through its balanced, nonpartisan programs and publications, the FPA encourages citizens to participate in the foreign policy process.
Organizations	Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children	The mission of the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children is to provide access to medical care for the millions of underprivileged and medically underserved children around the world.
Organizations	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.
Organizations	Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research	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.
Organizations	CORE Group	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
Organizations	Guatemala Human Rights Commission / USA	Founded in 1982, the Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA (GHRC) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, humanitarian organization that monitors, documents, and reports on the human rights situation in Guatemala, advocates for survivors of human rights abuses in Guatemala, and works toward positive, systemic change.
Organizations	Honors College, University of Pittsburgh	For students at the University of Pittsburgh seeking to continue their studies after completing their undergraduate degree, the UHC Scholarship Department provides guidance, support, and advice throughout the application process.
Organizations	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.
Organizations	Hospital Albert Schwitzer	Established in 1956 by Dr. Larimer and Mrs. Gwen Mellon, Hospital Albert Schweitzer serves a rural population of approximately 285,000 in Haiti’s central Artibonite Valley. It is an integrated health service, incorporating a 200 bed hospital, a network of health centers and dispensaries, as well as community-based services in health promotion, disease prevention and economic development.
Organizations	Human Rights Watch	Graduate internships are primarily administrative and clerical in nature, but other projects can be assigned as they arise and match the student's interests and abilities, including research, drafting documents, translating, and helping researchers prepare for missions. Internships are generally unpaid, although work-study funds are available. Students are often able to arrange academic credit, as HRW internships often offer direct exposure to the workings of an international human rights organization, close supervision by the HRW staff, interaction with other U.S.
Organizations	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.
Organizations	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.
Organizations	Groundwater and Environmental Services, Inc.	The organization offers many opportunities, typically in the areas of geology, engineering, and environmental science. Paid internships are offered at several of our offices. They specifically look for students at the junior level or above who are enrolled in a college program relevant to the position.