Corporate Volunteerism

As the leading provider of services for corporate volunteer programs, CDC Development Solutions works with our corporate partners to understand the multiple layers of goals they are seeking to achieve.   With two decades’ experience implementing programs that benefit the funder, the volunteer and the host organization and community, CDS is able to bring new perspectives to the design process, offering innovations that are attractive on the corporate side, and yet always focused on maximizing development impact.

On the implementation side, CDS works through our field offices and with partner NGOs on every continent to identify contributions that corporate volunteers can make in emerging markets.   We design targeted Scopes of Work together with the host organizations, and identify the appropriate corporate volunteer skill set. We provide the full range of support services from travel arrangements to housing to stipends to local transportation, and we are the intermediary between the corporate client and the host organization client.

Our corporate volunteer programs provide multiple layers of benefits: the volunteers often describe the experience as “life-changing” and report a variety of new skills and strengths; for the corporation, leadership development, emerging markets experience, and public relations top the list of advantages; for the client companies and agencies who host the corporate volunteers, our interventions enhance business performance, increase revenues, and create jobs.

Click here to read more about CDC Development Solutions and International Corporate Volunteerism. Click here to read CDS and IBM’s case study on Best Practices in ICV Programs.