Encore Service Corps International (Encore) is a non-profit volunteer service organization linking organizations seeking capacity-building expertise with skilled professionals. Encore Volunteers are former Peace Corps Volunteers, Peace Corps staff, and others with similar overseas development experience. With its partners, Encore designs organizational capacity building projects to meet mutually agreed upon, measurable goals, and recruits Encore Volunteers with the appropriate skills, experience and training to achieve them. Encore Volunteers may be deployed individually for 1-12 months, or in teams, and in stages, for the life of the project.

 

The typical Encore Volunteer:

• Has at least 10 years of experience in the requested area of expertise and a bachelor's or master's degree
• Is committed to service and considers their volunteer assignment a full-time job
• Has extensive cross-cultural experience
• Works well independently, or as a team member
• Can be on assignment in as little as 6-8 weeks

 

Sample Projects

• Training programs for teachers or health care personnel
• Business development programs for indigenous entrepreneurs
• AIDS/HIV education programs
• Affordable housing construction projects
• Organizational development programs for non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
• Computer training courses for previously unskilled workers
• Agricultural demonstration projects
• Legal aid services for refugees

 

Primary Partners

• Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with programs in developing nations
• Foundations with an international focus
• Corporations with a presence in developing countries
• International multi-lateral organizations
• Public sector organizations throughout the developing world