Become a Mission Volunteer

Volunteers are placed around the world, promoting and encouraging education, community empowerment, leadership development and multicultural harmony.

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Notre Dame Mission Volunteers (NDMV) was founded in 1992 by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.

Join the Notre Dame Mission Volunteers

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Notre Dame Mission Volunteers can serve full-time or part-time for one year.

Benefits of being an NDMV volunteer include:
  • Leadership Development
  • Hands-on professional experience
  • Living Allowance
  • Segal Education Award
  • Health insurance coverage
  • Community-building through a national network of volunteers and 6,000 NDMV alumni

    *Benefits are subject to grant approval. Eligibility and amounts may vary by individual.

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Stories and News from NDMV

In this reflection “Finding Purpose in the Detour,” read about how one volunteer’s year of service at Sequoia High School in Redwood, California, helped her forge a new career path.

“To serve as a Notre Dame Mission Volunteer is the image of the person I would like to be: energized by my work, sure in my purpose, and spiritually fulfilled with the knowledge that I am making an impact on the lives of others.”

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