Careers in Service

One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something.
— Henry David Thoreau

Some web resources, for your reference:

• Peace Corps - The Peace Corps traces its roots and mission to 1960, when then-Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries. From that inspiration grew an agency of the federal government devoted to world peace and friendship.Since that time, more than 178,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have been invited by 138 host countries to work on issues ranging from AIDS education, information technology, and environmental preservation.

• AmeriCorps - AmeriCorps is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, an independent federal agency created to connect Americans of all ages and backgrounds with opportunities to give back to their communities and their nation.

  The Corporation also oversees Senior Corps and Learn and Serve America.

  Together these programs engage more than 1.5 million Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service each year.

• Habitat for Humanity - Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, nondenominational Christian housing organization. We welcome all people to join us as we build simple, decent, affordable houses in partnership with those who lack adequate shelter.

• Witness for Peace - Witness for Peace is a politically independent, grassroots organization. We are people committed to nonviolence and led by faith and conscience. Our mission is to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas by changing US policies and corporate practices which contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean. We stand with people who seek justice.

• Idealist and Action Without Borders - Action Without Borders connects people, organizations and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives. Idealist.org is a portal for everyone interested in nonprofit organizations and issues, nonprofit careers, and volunteering. Idealist provides numerous services to the global community in an effort to connect people, resources and nonprofits around the world.

• Global Volunteers - International Volunteer Service - Work Abroad, Teach Abroad Worldwide. Our program excellence led the way for more than 90 host communities to obtain important development assistance. This means that thousands of lives in all corners of the world have been improved through the generous assistance of our volunteers. At the request of local leaders and indigenous host organizations, Global Volunteers mobilizes teams of volunteers to live and work with local people on human and economic development projects identified by the community as important to its long-term development.

• Teach For America - Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools, and become lifelong leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity. Our mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting some of our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort.