Where Students can Intern Locally:

A Partial List of International Organizations Located in the State of Rhode Island and Nearby MA/CT

Created by:

Crystal Dussault, M.A.

June 2010

With support from URI’s College of Continuing Education

Khadarlis for Sierra Leone

Non-profit Organization

99 Academy Avenue

Providence, RI 02908

Organization phone number: (401) 454-6916

Executive Director cell phone number: (401) 481-6529

Description: This organization works to provide villages in Sierra Leone (located in West Africa) with clean water supply systems, solar electricity, health education, and housing. In addition, this organization works to create programs that will assist villages with farming so they may become self reliant.

Internship: Students are welcome to contact the Khadarlis for Sierra Leone when seeking volunteer opportunities for class credit. Opportunities available to students will be based on the organization’s current needs. Examples of some activities student volunteers may be able to assist with include: fundraising, communications, and marketing.

Longitude

Non-profit Organization

21 Crescent Street

Providence, RI

Executive Director: Shawn Rubin

Executive Director’s phone number: (401) 688-4787

Executive Director’s E-mail:

Description: The organization provides resources and support to educational and human rights initiatives in underdeveloped countries. For instance, this organization is currently aiding in the development of a community school in Ghana and aiding in the development of a human rights organization in India.

Internships:Students are welcome to contact Longitude when seeking volunteer opportunities for class credit. Opportunities available to students will be based on the organization’s current needs. Examples of some activities student volunteers may be able to assist with include: fundraising, grant-writing, and local presentations.

Adopt-A-Doctor

Non-profit Organization

101 Dyer Street

Providence, RI 02903

Organization phone number: (401) 421-0606

Organization E-mail:

Description: This organization works to increase the salaries and resources provided to medical doctors working in underdeveloped countries so they may be able to stay for a longer period of time and continue working where they are needed.

Internship: Students are welcome to contact Adopt-A-Doctor when seeking volunteer opportunities for class credit. Opportunities available to students will be based on the organization’s current needs. Examples of some activities student volunteers may be able to assist with include: event planning, media communications, and research.

The Haitian Project, Inc.

Non-profit Organization

P.O. Box 6891

Providence, RI 02940

Organization phone number: (401) 351-3624

Description: This organization is run by a Catholic Mission. The Haitian Project supports and operates a boarding school for disadvantaged children in Haiti. The Haitian Project provides children with free education in a safe environment in hopes of inspiring learning and leadership.

Internship:Students are welcome to contact the Haitian Project when seeking volunteer opportunities for class credit. Opportunities available to students will be based on the organization’s current needs. Examples of some activities student volunteers may be able to assist with include: fundraising and administrative duties.

Plan U.S.A.

Non-profit Organization

155 Plan Way

Warwick, RI 02886

Organization phone number: 1-800-556-7918

Internship Coordinator: Samuel Koroma

Internship Coordinator cell phone number: (401) 738-5600

Description: This organization works to improve the lives of children and adults living in underdeveloped countries by providing education, protection, water sanitation, income-generation and cross-cultural communication.

Internships:Students are welcome to contact Plan USA when seeking volunteer opportunities for class credit. Opportunities available to students will be based on the organization’s current needs. Examples of some activities student volunteers may be able to assist with include: fundraising, grant-writing, and marketing.

Aids Relief International

Non-profit Organization

P.O Box 2346

Providence, RI 02906

Organization’s E-mail:

Contact person: Lauren Krumeich

Contact person’s E-mail:

Contact person’s cell phone number: (914) 715-8198

Description: This organization works to support children and adults around the world who are living with HIV and AIDS. In addition, Aids Relief International works to provide patients with medication and treatment. Aids Relief International also works to incorporate nutritional counseling in order to teach patients how to maintain a healthy diet.

Internships: Students are welcome to contact AIDS Relief International when seeking volunteer opportunities for class credit. Opportunities available to students will be based on the organization’s current needs. Examples of some activities student volunteers may be able to assist with include: grant-writing, fundraising, publicity, marketing, website development, and data analysis. AIDS Relief International is particularly interested in student volunteers who speak Spanish and who have knowledge in the areas of biology/website development.

Edesia Global Nutrition Solutions

Non-profit Organization

88 Royal Little Drive

Providence, RI 02904

Contact person: Maria Kasparian, Project Manager

Contact phone number: (401) 272-4319

Contact E-mail:

Description: Edesia produces ready-to-use foods to treat children from underdeveloped countries who are undernourished or suffering from malnutrition. In addition, this organization participates in current nutrition research studies in order to develop new products and better distribution. Edesia also supports local companies within underdeveloped nations that also produce ready-to-use foods.

Internships: Students are welcome to contact Edesia when seeking volunteer opportunities for class credit. Opportunities available to students will be based on the organization’s current needs and assessed through an interview process. Examples of some activities student volunteers may assist with include: research projects focusing on nutrition, marketing via social networking sites such as Facebook /Twitter, giving tours of the facility to visitors, organizing events/information tables on campus, and fundraising. Edesia is particularly interested in student volunteers who speak Spanish and who have knowledge in the areas of nutrition/public health.

The Jewish Federation of Rhode Island

Non-profit Organization

130 Sessions Street

Providence, RI 02906

Organization phone number: (401) 421-4111

Description: This organization supports and raises funds for Jewish communities located in Rhode Island and throughout the world. In addition, this organization works to strengthen Jewish communities by reducing poverty and hunger and assisting Jewish immigrants in re-settling.

Internships: Students are welcome to contact the Jewish Federation of RI when seeking volunteer opportunities for class credit. Opportunities available to students will be based on the organization’s current needs. Examples of some activities student volunteers may be able to assist with include: fundraising, advocacy for new immigrants, and communications.

International Institute of Rhode Island

Non-profit Organization

645 Elmwood Avenue

Providence, RI 02907

Organization phone number: (401) 461- 5940

Organization E-mail:

Description: This organization works to provide educational, legal and social services to immigrants and refugees in Rhode Island. The goal of the International Institute is to assist all immigrants and refugees in becoming self-reliant while still respecting and understanding cultural differences.

Internships:Students are welcome to contact the International Institute when seeking volunteer opportunities for class credit. Opportunities available to students will be based on the organization’s current needs. Examples of some activities student volunteers may be able to assist with include: citizenship/immigration and refugee resettlement. The International Institute is particularly interested in student volunteers who are bi-lingual.

1000 Jobs Haiti

Non-profit Organization

316 West Main Road

Little Compton, RI 02837

Organization’s E-mail:

Founder: Leroy Close

Founder’s E-mail:

Description: This organization works to create job opportunities that provide fair wages in Haiti. 1000 Jobs Haiti also provides business assistance to Haitian entrepreneurs in order to promote self-reliance.

Internships:Students are welcome to contact 1000 Jobs Haiti when seeking volunteer opportunities for class credit. Opportunities available to students will be based on the organization’s current needs. Examples of some activities student volunteers may be able to assist with include: fundraising, grant writing, and website maintenance.

The Foundation for West Africa

Non-profit Organization

27 Walnut Street

Barrington, RI 02806

President: Christopher Hamblett

President phone number:(401) 578-0269

President E-mail:

Description: This organization works primarily in Sierra Leone and Liberia to develop programs that assist with accountable governance, human rights, literacy, health care and economic development. Currently, The Foundation for West Africa is assisting with the development of independent community radio stations.

Internships: Students are welcome to contact the Foundation for West Africa when seeking volunteer opportunities for class credit. Opportunities available to students will be based on the organization’s current needs. Examples of some activities student volunteers may be able to assist with include: marketing, fundraising, and grant writing.

Kenya AIDS Intervention/Prevention Project Group (KAIPPG)

Non-profit Organization

6 Echo Drive

Barrington, RI 02806

Founder: Janet Feldman

Founder’s E-mail:

Founder’s phone number: (401) 245-5520

Description: This organization works towards preventing the transmission of HIV/AIDS, poverty, and malnutrition in Mumias, Kenya. In addition, KAIPPG works to reduce stigma associated with HIV/AIDS through education. KAIPPG also works to provide training, support and counseling to individuals in Kenya in order to promote self-reliance.

Internships: Students are welcome to contact KAIPPG when seeking volunteer opportunities for class credit. Opportunities available to students will be based on the organization’s current needs. Examples of some activities student volunteers may be able to assist with include: web-site development, fundraising, grant writing, and marketing.

Higher Ground International

Non-profit Organization

1228 Westminster Street

Providence, RI

Contact person: Henrietta White-Holder

Contact person’s cell phone number: (401) 339-2948

Contact person’s E-mail:

Organization phone number: (401) 724-1503

Description: This organization works to support and provide opportunities to teenagers and young adults who are former child combatants in the region of West Africa. Higher Ground International also works to support females, orphans and disabled individuals. In addition, Higher Ground International works to provide skills training, education and employment opportunities to individuals in West Africa.

Internships: Students are welcome to contact Higher Ground International when seeking volunteer opportunities for class credit. Opportunities available to students will be based on the organization’s current needs. Examples of some activities student volunteers may be able to assist with include: web-site support, fundraising, grant writing, and marketing.

Friends of Shelter Associates

Non-profit Organization

Barrington, RI

Founder: Sunil Bhatia

Founder’s E-mail:

Founder’s Phone number: (401) 289-0253

Description: This organization works to raise awareness surrounding the issue of global poverty. In addition, FSA works to construct sanitation systems in underdeveloped nations to support safe and private toileting and to prevent the spread of disease.

Internships: Students are welcome to contact FSA when seeking volunteer opportunities for class credit. Opportunities available to students will be based on the organization’s current needs. Examples of some activities student volunteers may be able to assist with include: website maintenance, fundraising, administrative duties, grant writing, and marketing.

The Right to Learn

Non-profit Organization

P.O. Box 165

Block Island, RI 02807

Executive Director: Alex Fuller-Young

Executive Director E-mail:

Executive Director Phone number: (610) 933-7024

Description: This organization works to provide children in Nagarote and Nicaragua with high quality education. In addition, this organization works to provide children with transportation to and from school, school supplies, uniforms, shoes, breakfast and lunch. The Right to Learn also works to train teachers and provide necessary compensation.

Internships: Students are welcome to contact The Right to Learn when seeking volunteer opportunities for class credit. Opportunities available to students will be based on the organization’s current needs. Examples of some activities student volunteers may be able to assist with include: website maintenance, fundraising, administrative duties, grant writing, and marketing.

Haiti Charity Hope Foundation

Non-profit Organization

P.O Box 40

Central Falls, RI 02863

President: Jack Hurley

President E-mail:

President phone number: (401) 231-3238

Founder: Marie Gabriel

Founder’s phone number: (401) 663-3376

Description: This organization works to collect and transport food, medical supplies and other resources to individuals living in Haiti. In addition, the Haiti Charity Hope Foundation works to build and support schools and orphanages in Haiti. The Haiti Charity Hope Foundation anticipates a project in the near-future in which wells will be created to provide a village in Haiti with clean water.

Internships: Students are welcome to contact The Haiti Charity Hope Foundation when seeking volunteer opportunities for class credit. Opportunities available to students will be based on the organization’s current needs. Examples of some activities student volunteers may be able to assist with include: fundraising, presentation preparation, grant writing, publicity, and newsletter updates.

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Partners with Haiti

Non-profit Organization

25 Old County Road

Barrington, RI 02806

Organization’s phone number: (843) 757-7940

Description: This organization works to build and develop churches in Haiti. In addition, Partners with Haiti works to raise funds in order to provide continued support for ministries and churches in Haiti.

Possible Internship:

The MWEA Fund

Non-profit Organization

P.O. Box 478

Charlestown, RI

02813

Organization’s E-mail:

Description: This organization works to build and establish schools in order to provide better educational opportunities for children living in the village of MWEA (located in East Africa).

Possible Internship:

Flying Kites Global

Non-profit Organization

604 Thames Street

Newport, RI 02840

Organization’s phone number: (401) 619-5919

Organization’s E-mail address:

Description: This organization works to improve the conditions of care and education provided to children living in orphanages in Kenya and other countries.

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Rainwater for Humanity

Non-profit Organization

Providence, RI 02912

Organization’s E-mail:

Description: This organization is led by Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design students. Rainwater for Humanity works to provide affordable rainwater harvesting tanks to the people of Kuttanad, India so they may have clean water for drinking and cooking purposes.

Possible Internship:

Namaste International Healthcare Foundation

Non-profit Organization

186 Park Avenue

Woonsocket, RI 02895

Organization’s phone number: (508) 536-7186

Organization’s E-mail:

Description: This organization works to provide medical assistance to third world countries. In addition, Namaste International Healthcare Foundation raises money to provide critically ill children with quality medical attention.

Possible Internship:

Primate Conservation Inc.

Non-profit Organization

1411 Shannock Road

Charlestown, RI 02813

Organization’s E-mail:

Description: This organization works to preserve and maintain the natural habitats of endangered primates throughout the world.

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Global Health through Education, Training and Service

Non-profit Organization

8 North Main Street

Suite 404

Attleboro, MA 02703

Description: This organization works to improve the health of individuals living in under-developed countries by providing service and education. In addition, GHETS works to financially support healthcare workers in poor communities throughout the world.