Quicklinks
Gap Year: Links & Book List
Books and directories worth exploring:
- Alternatives to the Peace Corps by Jennifer Willsea
- The Back Door Guide to Short Term Job Adventures by Michael Landes
- International Directory of Voluntary Work by Louise Whetter & Victoria Pybus
- The Peace Corps and More by Susan Griffith
- How to Live Your Dream of Volunteering Overseas by Joseph Collins
Web Resources for Finding Opportunities:
- AEON Corporation - http://www.aeonet.com
- Africa and Asia Venture - www.aventure.co.uk
- African Conservation Experience - www.ConservationAfrica.net
- Agora – http://iagora.com
- AgriVenture - http://www.agriventure.com
- Alliance Abroad – http://www.allianceabroad.com
- Americorps - http://www.americorps.org/
- AmeriCorps (Corporation for National Service) http://www.americorps.gov/
- American Field Service - http://www.afs.org/afs_or/home
- Amigos de Las Americas - http://www.amigoslink.org/
- Amity Institute - http://www.amity.org
- Appalachians Abroad: Teach in China - http://www.marshall.edu/gochina
- Art History Abroad - www.arthistoryabroad.com
- Association of Voluntary Service Organizations – www.avso.org
- Au Sable Institute for Environnemental Studies - http://ausable.org/
- Audubon Expedition Institute - http://www.lesley.edu/gsass/audubon/
- AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps - http://www.avodah.net/
- Brethren Volunteer Service – www.brethren.org/genbd/bvs
- Bridges: Study Abroad - http://www.bridgesstudyabroad.com/
- British American Education Foundation - http://www.baef.org/
- Broad Reach - http://www.gobroadreach.com/
- BUNAC - http://www.bunac.org
- Camp Adventure Youth Services - http://www.uni.edu/campadv/index.html
- Camp America - www.campamerica.co.uk
- Camp Counselors USA, Outbound Program - http://www.ccusa.com
- Careers Without Borders - http://www.careerswithoutborders.com
- Casa De Espanol Xelaju - http://www.casaxelaju.com
- Catholic Network of Volunteer Service – https://www.catholicvolunteernetwork.org/volunteers/index.php
- CDS International - http://www.cdsintl.org
- Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) - http://www.christianity.com/cap
- City Year - http://www.cityyear.org/
- Corporation for National and Community Service – www.cns.gov
- European Volunteer Centre (CEV) – www.cev.be/volunteeropportunities_en.htm#aimsobjectives
- Green Corps - http://www.greencorps.org
- Green Force - www.greenforce.org
- Habitat for Humanity - http://www.habitat.org
- Hess Educational Organization - http://www.hess.com.tw/en
- High Mountain Institute - http://www.hminet.org/
- i to i - www.i-to-i.com
- IAESTE - http://www.iaeste.org
- InterAction – www.interaction.org
- International Volunteer Programs Association - www.volunteerinternational.org
- Jesuit Volunteer Corps – www.jesuitvolunteers.org
- Jewish Coalition for Service – www.ajws.org
- Jewish Organizing Initiative - http://www.jdc.org/how_volunteer.html
- Luther Volunteer Corps - www.lutheranvolunteercorps.org
- MATCH Corps - http://www.matchschool.org/matchcorps/howitworks.htm
- Mercy Volunteer Corps - www.mercyvolunteers.org
- National Association of Service and Conservation Corps - www.nascc.org
- Northwest Youth Corps - www.nwyouthcorps.org
- Peace Corps - http://www.peacecorps.gov/volunteer
- Points of Light Foundation – www.pointsoflight.org
- Public Allies - www.publicallies.org
- Quaker Information Center – www.quakerinfo.org/service/othersites.html
- Rocky Mountain Youth Corps - www.youthcorps.org
- San Francisco Conservation Corps - www.sfcc.org
- Student Conservation Association - www.thesca.org
- United Nations Volunteer Program – www.unv.org
- Teach for America – www.teachforamerica.org
- Transitions Abroad – www.transitionsabroad.com
- United Planet - www.unitedplanet.org
- Vincentian Service Corps - www.vscorps.org
- Volunteer Abroad – www.volunteerabroad.com
For a detailed description of some of these programs, visit http://www.idealist.org/info/Careers
Note: Many of the above resources were adapted from an article written by Jon McConnell, Student Development Programs Director, Haas Center for Public Service, Stanford University and Alice Bergman, Former Director, Reed College Career Center.