Welcome to the Wishlist, Development Solutions Organization (DSO)'s main product. As of February 2009, twenty part-time employees work to keep these offerings updated.
What is Wishlist?
The Wishlist is a gathering of opportunities to work or volunteer in the international development realm. We:
- Provide a platform organizations can use to publish and manage opportunities and volunteer applications. We use our event series and conferences to bring opportunities online for wide dissemination.
- Aggregate, organize, and tag opportunities already posted elsewhere. In this aspect, we are a constantly updated repository of links and reference information.
Testimonials
"I am thrilled with my experience posting to the DSO Wishlist. Through this service, I was able to secure two amazing summer interns that helped me to propel my start-up organization forward - and it's not likely I would have been able to connect with such a talented diverse pool as easily as I did. Thank you, DSO for helping to connect smart, dynamic young people with experiences that make a difference."
—Samantha Bushman (President & CEO, TALK: The New Sex Ed)
"I am really glad I made a profile on wishlist last semester. Through this service offered by DSO, I came across an interesting research opportunity which I otherwise would not have discovered. During the summer, I worked with an HCI professor named Professor Matthew Kam on developing mobile games in J2ME which encourage e-learning (MILEE). These games were then deployed in certain schools in Karnataka. I highly recommend that everyone creates a profile on Wishlist as there are a lot of amazing unique job opportunities on this website."
—Rohith Salim (Electrical & Computer Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction C/O 2011)
Our Promise
Each of the opportunities on the Wishlist gets personal attention from DSO volunteers who work hard to make sure you have high-quality and relevant information. We promise to:
- Provide information that will create better matches between volunteers and NGOs/faculty.
- Bring more students' attention to the wide array of possibilities in the global development realm; to get more students working in interesting and fulfilling volunteer positions.
- Constantly give you the highest quality customer service. If you have a suggestion, question, or grievance, email us and we'll get back to you within 24 hours.