The United Nations offers various career opportunities for people with international development backgrounds. But so do nonprofits supporting the global organization.
Take, for instance, the United Nations Foundation, World for World Organization and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.
Philanthropist and businessman Ted Turner created the United Nations Foundation in 1998. A champion of U.N. causes and activities, UNF provides fiscal services for U.N. programs and agencies. Its initiatives include Nothing but Nets, a program to prevent childhood malaria by distributing bed nets in Africa, and the Better World Campaign, which works to build a stronger relationship between the U.S. and the United Nations.