My colleague Erin Barnhart needs to hear from you if your organization recruits/places/hosts volunteers from other countries. This research is NOT limited to organizations in any one country:

Does your organization partner with one or more host organizations to engage international volunteers? If so, I hope you will consider inviting them to participate in a survey I am conducting as part of my dissertation research at Portland State University. The purpose of this survey is to collect information that will help the field of international service garner a better understanding of how and why organizations host international volunteers. 

The survey is confidential, consists of 22 questions and should take about 15 minutes to complete. To learn more about the survey and to take it: http://volunteerstudy.questionpro.com

Please note that this study is of organizations that host international volunteers rather than volunteer-sending organizations; if your organization is involved in international service but does not physically host them, please consider forwarding the survey link to partner host organizations.

Also, this study is for nonprofit/nongovernmental organizations and government agencies that are not located in the USA; again, if your organization is in the USA and sends volunteers overseas, please forward the survey link to your partner host organizations.

To complete the survey, your organization should focus on, do work in, or seek to address one or more of the following cause, issue, or problem areas: Agriculture, Arts, Community Development, Disability Issues, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Family, Health and Medicine, Human Rights and Civil Liberties, International Cooperation, International Relations, Philanthropy, Poverty and Hunger, Rural Issues, Technology, Volunteering, Women, or Youth.

Forward this message to international service colleagues, fellow organizations, and networks!

When Erin has finished her research, she will share survey results online (of course I’ll be linking to that from this blog!).