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Bethel’s Global Reach

Bethel’s Global Reach is a Christian nonprofit organization that provides medical, dental, and humanitarian aide to communities all over the world, with the help of a team of volunteers.

Rural Community Development Program

Rural Community Development Program is a non-profit, philanthropic organization which encourages international volunteers to contribute in sustainable community development that benefits the underprivileged and extremely poor.

Healthcare volunteering opportunities are available in Cambodia, India, Nepal, Thailand, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Argentina, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Peru.

Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children

The Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children, a non-profit organization incorporated in Washington, D.C. and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, provides access to medical care for millions of underprivileged and medically underserved children around the world.

Volunteers from all walks of life, from college students to medical professionals, are welcome.

Association of Baptists for World Evangelism

The Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, an independent mission agency based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has healthcare ministries throughout the world, which include full-service hospitals, mobile and itinerant medical clinics, crisis pregnancy centers, and community health evangelism teams.

Volunteer anesthesiologists, dentists, dental hygienists, hospital administrators, midwives, nurse practitioners, nurses, obstetricians and gynecologists, pediatricians, pharmacists, and physical therapists, physicians, physician assistants, and surgeons are needed.

Rustic Volunteers

Rustic Volunteers is a Texas-based nonprofit which helps to connect volunteers to desperately needed projects worldwide. Rustic Volunteers is committed to providing a safe, rewarding volunteer abroad experience for humanitarians worldwide.

Smiles International Foundation

Smiles International Foundation is an America charity which organizes and provides charitable surgical care for underprivileged children internationally and domestically.

Healthcare professionals may apply to volunteer in California, Africa, India, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Mexico, or Ukraine.

Christ For the City International

Christ For the City International is a nonprofit missions organization committed to the transformation of communities.

Medical and dental volunteers are needed for short or long-term mission trips.

Causes for Change International

Causes for Change International is a nonprofit organization that seeks to build strong communities in the Americas by providing the tools for self-sufficiency. Work is primarily in the areas of health, education, and economic independence.

Volunteers include doctors, dentists, teachers, therapists, nutritionists, bankers, medical staff, students and many others who educate these communities as a foundation for continual growth.

Iko Poran

Iko Poran is a non-profit organization that offers a wide range of meaningful, safe, and affordable volunteer projects in South and Central America, Africa, and Asia.

Florida Association for Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the Americas

Florida Association for Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the Americas (FAVACA) is a nonprofit organization that promotes economic and social development in the Caribbean and the Americas through volunteer service.

FAVACA provides short-term training and technical assistance in response to requests from its partners overseas. Expert volunteer consultants are recruited from around Florida to meet these needs.

Global Volunteer Network

Global Volunteer Network supports the work of local community organizations around the world through the placement of international volunteers. 

There are volunteering opportunities for medical professionals.

Health Volunteers Overseas

Health Volunteers Overseas is a nonprofit organization that sends qualified volunteers overseas to train local healthcare providers in anesthesia, dermatology, hand surgery, hematology, internal medicine, nursing education, oral health, orthopaedics, oncology, pediatrics, physical therapy, and wound care.

Vida Volunteer

Vida Volunteer is a nonprofit organization that has three core programs: medical, dental, and veterinary. Volunteers from around the world work alongside local healthcare professionals to give free medical, dental, and veterinary care to communities in need. Many of volunteers are pre-health professionals though advanced students and professionals are also welcome.

Experiential Learning International

Experiential Learning International is a small non-profit organization that sends interns and volunteer to 27 countries.

HOPE worldwide

HOPE worldwide is a non-profit, faith-based volunteer program focusing on leadership training and community service throughout the world. It brings people from all different backgrounds together to work across the globe serving the world’s poor.

Global Volunteers

Global Volunteers is a nonprofit organization that mobilizes teams of short-term volunteers on long-term programs to create, nurture, and sustain the wellbeing of the world’s children, so they can realize the full promise of their human potential.
 
You can indeed make a significant difference when you volunteer your skills in obstetrics, maternal care, breastfeeding, child psychology, early childhood intervention, nutrition, health and hygiene education, nursing, disease prevention, and drug intervention. Opportunities are available in Asia, Australia and Oceania, Central America and the Caribbean, Europe, South America, Africa, and Mexico and Montana in North America. 

International Service Learning

International Service Learning (ISL) is a non-governmental organization whose mission is to support cultural awareness, service-based learning, and sustainable development projects through experiential and responsible volunteer travel programs that inspire local and global service.

ISL has been providing sustainable medical service in developing countries for over 20 years. The medical programs offer incredible hands-on programatic learning for volunteers and vital life services for those in need. 

Hope Without Borders

Hope Without Borders is a nonprofit organization that is committed to bringing hope to communities in need by providing education, medical care, and clean water.

Every year Hope Without Borders organizes international volunteer trips. Teams are made up of university students, practitioners, and professionals.

Operation Blessing International

Operation Blessing International is a nonprofit humanitarian organization dedicated to demonstrating God’s love by alleviating human need and suffering in the United States and around the world. Strategic relief is provided in 39 countries on an ongoing basis through core programs such as disaster relief, medical aid, hunger relief, vulnerable children and orphan care, clean water, and community development.

Doctors, nurses, dentists, oral surgeons, dental hygienists, dental assistants, and other medical professionals volunteer on medical and dental teams that work to sustain patients who have suffered the devastation of disaster and are in need of medical and dental treatment. 

United Planet

United Planet is a nonprofit organization that offers international volunteering placements in nursing, general medicine, dental, physical therapy, speech therapy, psychiatry, dentistry, and more. 

Cross-Cultural Solutions

Cross-Cultural Solutions is a nonprofit organization working to address critical global issues by providing meaningful volunteer service to communities abroad and contributing responsibly to local economies.

A Broader View

A Broader View is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide developing countries around the world with significant volunteer programs that both aid the neediest communities and forge a lasting bond between those volunteering and those they have helped.