Message-ID: <3433b5b1.25917349@mail.zetnet.co.uk> Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 10:06:32 GMT From: Alan Howes <mailto:alan.howes@zetnet.co.uk> Subject: Re: Seeking advice To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
On Wed, 1 Oct 1997 11:36:36 -0400, Rodney Stubina mailto:<nomad@REVOLUTIONIST.COM> wrote:>It depends mainly on what country you are a citizen of. Canada, America,
>and England all have volunteer organizations that would be the best
^^^^^^^ Britain, please! Or at least UK. >starting point, (Peace Corps, Oxfam, Ceci, SIDA, etc). Within these
>organizations, you are exposed to the NGO's or multi laterals that require
>experience prior to a full time position.
Though it's not at all easy for (inexperienced) Brits to work overseas with Oxfam and the other big development charities - they tend to use local staff. Smaller charities, particularly those linked to churches, may be a better bet. But the "Catch 22" problem of no job without experience, no experience without a job, is not unique to development work.
BTW, you will see from my sig. that the burden of debt on 3rd world countries is a concern of mine. Is it an issue that anyone in N.Am has even heard of? (Apart from the IMF of course!) Jubilee 2000 is getting to be a big campaign over here.
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