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Alternatives to the Peace Corps : a guide to global volunteer opportunities / edited by Paul Backhurst.
Penn Museum Library HN49.V64 A47 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Voluntarism--Directories.
- Voluntarism.
- Community development--Directories.
- Community development.
- Genre:
- Directories.
- Physical Description:
- x, 144 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- Eleventh edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, Calif. : Food First Books, 2005.
- Summary:
- Want to work on a volunteer project that really matters but don't know where to start looking? Alternatives to the Peace Corps is the original resource for finding community-based, grassroots volunteer work-the kind of work that changes the world, one person at a time. Thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated in this new edition, Alternatives to the Peace Corps has: listings for over 100 carefully selected national and international organizations, tips on researching and evaluating organizations, advice on budgeting and fund-raising, an extensive resource section full of books, websites, and organizations for further reading and research.
- ...and much more. Whether you want to volunteer at home or abroad, and whether you can spend two years or two weeks, Alternatives to the Peace Corps will help you find a volunteer experience to match your highest ideals.
- Contents:
- Part I Alternatives to the Peace Corps
- 1 Moving Beyond the Peace Corps 3
- Volunteering for the Peace Corps 8
- United States Agency for International Development 11
- VISTA and AmeriCorps 12
- Nongovernmental Organizations 13
- 2 Assessing Your Needs and Narrowing Your Search 16
- What Sorts of Projects Are Available? 16
- What Are Your Motivations? 21
- Evaluating an Organization 23
- Fund-raising 24
- Bringing the Lessons to Life 28
- Part II Organizations and Resources
- 4 International Voluntary Service Organizations 35
- 5 US Voluntary Service Organizations 87
- 6 Alternative Travel and Study Overseas 99
- Other Organizations 121
- Guides to International Voluntary Service 129
- Guides to US Voluntary Service 129
- Publications on Travel and Tourism 130
- Resources for Finding Jobs in Development 131
- About Food First 147.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0935028994
- 9780935028997
- OCLC:
- 62469490
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