Volunteer Organizations

MEPI is a partner in Volunteers for Prosperity, created by President George W. Bush by Executive order on September 25, 2003. Volunteers for Prosperity is a volunteer-based initiative of the USA Freedom Corps, designed to support major U.S. development initiatives overseas using the talents of highly skilled Americans who will work with U.S. organizations helping to promote health and generate prosperity in countries around the world. Volunteers for Prosperity provides opportunities for highly skilled American professionals in a variety of fields to volunteer for a flexible term in developing countries and emerging economies overseas.

President Bush launched the Volunteers for Prosperity initiative to help those individuals with skills in such areas as health care, information technology, financial services, trade and investment, education, and agricultural development, to answer the call to service and help meet global needs.

The Executive order for the Volunteers for Prosperity initiative directs appropriate Federal agencies and departments, including the Department of State and MEPI, to look for ways to expand, promote, and enhance volunteer service opportunities overseas for American professionals. The Executive order also directs appropriate agencies to evaluate prospective grantees in part according to their ability and plans to use highly trained volunteers in carrying out assistance activities to be implemented abroad.

MEPI encourages applications from organizations using highly skilled U.S. volunteers. An application that makes use of volunteers in support of one of the MEPI pillars will be given a preference, all other factors being equal.

MEPI is currently working with the following organizations:

Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance

Citizens Development Corps (CDC)
International Executive Service Corps
Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC)