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We envision a world in which volunteer service by people of all nations is a common strategy in meeting pressing challenges in education, health, the environment, agriculture, and more. We seek to foster a culture of international service and innovation and a heightened sense of compassion across borders that will bring Americans and volunteers of different countries, cultures, races, ethnicities and religious beliefs together in common purposes. We want to encourage more individuals and organizations to cooperate in order to increase prosperity, strengthen economies, implement more informed foreign policies in all nations, and lay a foundation on which governments and civil society can build a more peaceful, healthy and secure world. Continue reading Our Vision >>

ServiceWorld has grown out of the Initiative on International Volunteering and Service at the Brookings Institution, and its companion Building Bridges Coalition. That coalition includes numerous non-government organizations (NGOs), colleges and universities, and multinational corporations together numbering more than 300 and still growing. Continue reading Our Plan >>