Volunteer Americas

Argentina

Our partner in Argentina is .

• International volunteering: Subir al Sur organizes Workcamps, Mid and Long term volunteering opportunities and Intercultural meetings in Argentina, in association with our local partners, and sends Argentine volunteers to the rest of the world through our International partners: YAP, the Alliance and CCIVS.
• National and regional volunteering (Argentina and Mercosur): Subir al Sur promotes the participation of Argentine young people (especially those with fewer opportunities) as well as young people from neighbouring countries during our workcamps, and organizes volunteer projects to promote regional integration with solidarity and respect.

Canada

 is our partner in Canada. 

Chantiers Jeunesse is a non-profit and non-governmental organization aiming to the development of active and involved young citizen, to support local development and to support the development of the entire potential of the persons. We offer learning and training opportunities in collaboration with partners from here and abroad, based on solidarity and respect of differences.

Costa Rica

is a non profit, non governmental organization, which promotes and facilitates International Volunteer and Cultural Exchange Programs with young people from all around the world, guiding them in their collaboration in social and environmental projects, offering new perspectives and opening them a window to the world. By these means, we want to contribute to solidarity and friendship between the peoples of this planet that grows smaller every day, to sustainable human development, and to the personal growth of our participants as global citizens; independent, multilingual, with intercultural competence, and open-minded.

We are active affiliate of the International Cultural Youth Exchange (ICYE) Federation, with its main offices in Berlin, Germany and representation in the five continents through its Member Organizations and Committees. ICYE is recognized by the United Nations as “International Messenger of Peace” and forms part of the Co-Coordinating Committee for International Volunteer Services (CCIVS), associated to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Haiti, Jamaica, United States of America

Xchange Scotland's partner in USA is .

VFP is a Vermont non-profit corporation with tax exempt status (501 (c) (3), as determinated by the IRS. We are located in Burlington, Vermont which is the largest city with a population of 40,000. VFP is an Executive Committee member of the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) at UNESCO and works in cooperation with Service Civil International (SCI), and the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organizations. The history of International Voluntary Service dates back more than 85 years. Our office staff, Board, Advisory Board and thousands of volunteers in the field help to facilitate these projects. Within the CCIVS network, over 100,000 volunteers are exchanged annually. VFP was founded in 1982 and since then has exchanged over 28,000 volunteers.

Mexico

Xchange Scotland has 2 partners in Mexico - VIMEX and Vive Mexico.

is a Mexican organization founded on December 4th, 1985. However it began to work in 1982. We have 28 years of experience.

is a non profit-making, non-governmental organization that has been organizing International Voluntary Service Projects since the year 1996.

Peru

is a young organization that develops international voluntary service projects in the city of Ayacucho, Peru, since 3 years ago.

We work mainly with orphan childrens and we have organized more than 40 international projects where more than 250 international volunteers from over 35 countries had participated with around 50 local volunteers.