About Whole Child International Volunteering

Whole Child International has a partial volunteer staff in its Los Angeles office, and we are just beginning to develop our program of volunteering for those outside Los Angeles.

If you live in Los Angeles, please send us an email. In the Los Angeles office we do everything from program support, to long-term planning and partnership building, to accounting, to donor relations, to public information and fundraising.

If you live outside the Los Angeles area, it will be helpful to brainstorm ways in which you think you might be able to help. For instance, if you are willing to help spread the word or help raise funds in your own community, we would love to talk about ways to do that. Please keep in mind that our chief U.S. priority is building the resources to support the work we do in the field.

Also, if you have professional skills to give, such as legal, accounting, marketing, medical, or fundraising experience, there may be ways we can work together regardless of your location.

All prospective volunteers should know that we do not create situations in which volunteers might interact with children. Whole Child's primary focus is very specific: we work to create an environment in orphanages where children can develop meaningful relationships with their caregivers. As we know from numerous scientific studies, young children need to learn how to build relationships over the long term, creating the capacity to rely upon and trust the adults who provide them with care. This specific ability can make all the difference in their lives. Therefore, we do not have programs that insert additional, short-term relationships into the lives of these children.

Application Process

For further information, please email [email protected].