Armenian Volunteer Corps - Come Move Mountains.

Welcome!

The Armenian Volunteer Corps is Armenia's premier volunteer placement organization, helping volunteers from around the world, 21 years of age and older, to find fulfilling service opportunities for terms of one month up to one year, in Yerevan and throughout Armenia.

AVC volunteers serve year-round in non-profit organizations, schools and universities, and businesses in such sectors as architecture, education, PR and marketing, tourism, healthcare, agriculture, the environment, engineering, community development, or a variety of other internship possibilities.

Whether looking for a professional, career-oriented placement, or perhaps something less formal, AVC offers flexibility and options.

AVC’s motto – come move mountains – is achieved each day by the extraordinary efforts of our dedicated volunteers. Join us!

NEW: AVC Professional Corps

AVC’s Professional Corps invites professionals 32 years of age and older, with at least five years’ experience in their field of expertise, to volunteer in Armenia. Learn more >>

Come. Move Mountains.

Featured Placement

The Nor Luyce Mentoring Center for Youth, a Gyumri-based organization, seeks short term volunteers to support the organization's activities aimed at providing orphan children with mentoring relationships with professional adults -- helping to improve academic achievement, problem-solving ability, setting and aspiring to reach short and long term goals, preparing for college and a career, and improving self esteem.

Learn about AVC's volunteer opportunities!

Volunteers in Action

Dawn Huckelbridge (USA)

For mid-career professional Dawn Huckelbridge from Ohio, the opportunity to travel abroad and volunteer was a personal interest for quite some time. The opportunity to travel to Armenia, and back to her ancestor’s roots, gave the experience an personal meaning for her as well.

AVC matched Dawn’s background in Communication, Political Science and Gender and Social Policy with the Women’s Resource Center and the International Center for Human Development. Her volunteering experience placed her in two organizations that were closely aligned with her interests in gender and international development.

Volunteers Spring into Community Service

May 17, 2011 AVC Volunteers Spring into Community ServiceServing Armenia through Volunteerism Yerevan, Armenia—Armenian Volunteer Corps (AVC) volunteers have turned spring into a season full of community service, complementing the service they already bring as part of volunteering in Armenia. Early this spring, AVC volunteers helped paint a classroom and hallways at the middle school in Nor Kyugh, a village just outside of Yerevan where students from the SOS-Children's village attend school. Volunteers and students from the school also helped clean the school grounds. This community service project helped beautify the areas where the children spend their time, both indoors and outdoors and provided an opportunity for volunteers to give back and learn about the SOS-Children’s Village and their involvement in the community.