Human Rights Internship Opportunities in the St. Louis Area (PDF)
Children and Youth Services
These organizations focus on families and children, offering services like counseling
for children and parents, foster care placement and free health care.
Community
These organizations work with community members to provide community resources and
support services in a variety of areas, including education, housing and employment,
to help them overcome social and economic difficulties.
Disabled Persons
Some nonprofit organizations help persons with mental, developmental, intellectual
and physical disabilities. They offer life skills training, community living services,
recreational activities and more for handicapped children and adults.
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
These groups tend to provide emergency assistance to victims of domestic violence
and sexual assault. Typical services include 24-hour telephone help lines, walk-in
clinics and safe houses. Other groups advocate for the rights of victims of sexual
assault.
Education
Educational nonprofit groups often tutor children, teach adults to read and write
and teach English as a second language to immigrants.
Elder Care
Elder care volunteer opportunities include helping senior citizens perform everyday
tasks, like driving to the doctor or fixing dinner. Some nonprofits in this category
help take care of elderly people with long-term illnesses like Alzheimer's disease.
Environment
This category includes nonprofits focused on environmental issues and the outdoors.
Ex-Offender Re-entry
These nonprofit organizations help ex-felons transition from prison into society by
offering structured housing, skills training, employment assistance, and educational
opportunities.
Health
Health-based nonprofit organizations often provide medical care to those who cannot
otherwise afford it. Others help terminally ill patients and their families cope financially
and emotionally with their illnesses. Organizations that help individuals with drug
and alcohol addictions are also included in this list.
Homelessness
Most nonprofit organizations that combat homelessness operate shelters where people
sleep and eat. Sometimes, they also help the homeless find jobs and low-rent homes
and offer financial assistance.
Hunger
These organizations donate food to hungry individuals and families.
International
This category includes organizations with an international focus.
Legal Assistance
Legal advocacy nonprofits offer low-cost legal services to low-income residents. They
often represent individuals in child custody, divorce and domestic violence cases.
Some legal assistance groups specialize in helping children or the elderly.
Poverty
These organizations provide any number of services to the poor, including those relating
to health, education, housing and economic development, with the goal of creating
healthy lifestyles and prosperous environments.