UP Team

Why UP?  Besides my family, of course, there is no greater joy than meeting the people of this world, experiencing their fascinating cultures, and working together beyond borders, to make a positive difference.  Motto:  To lead is to serve.

Working at UP is a chance to learn, grow and explore!

“The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit.” - Wade Davis

At UP, you spend your day working for the world -- not yourself. That's a good feeling!

“All things are possible until they are proved impossible -- and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.” - Pearl S. Buck

I believe deeply in the mission of United Planet and I'm proud to be part of this amazing organization. With people from all over the world coming together and working together, I know we can make a difference.

“Few will have the greatness to bend history; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation... It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is thus shaped.” - Robert F Kennedy

United Planet gives people a wonderful opportunity to learn about new cultures and expand their knowledge of the world that we live in. I love working here, every day I learn something new!

“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.” - Albert Pine

“To the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might be the world.” - Unknown

I joined the UP team because I believe that helping other people is the process of personal development.

“Believing is the most important in the reaching of your goals.” - unknown

UP provides me a great opportunity to see different cultures from different aspects. Not only to help me to learn work in American environment, but also to help me to achieve personal goals.

“Experience is never limited and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-bone particle in its issue.” - Henry James

I had a so good experience in Boston. I cannot fulfilled only one dream: going on a Quest program during my internship!

“Si l'on trouve du plaisir au bonheur d'autrui, c'est avant tout parce que l'autre est nécessaire à son propre bonheur.” - Jacques Attali

Come to have a wonderful experience. Join us!

“Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

With United Planet I will be able to gain a great work experience, to be always in touch with the international and to be a part of one organization that cares for the others.

“The man who has no imagination has no wings.” - Muhammad Ali

I am looking forward meeting a great group of people from around the world and working together to make such friendships possible everywhere.

“What is it, then, between us? What is the count of the scores or hundreds of years between us? Whatever it is, it avails not - distance avails not, and place avails not.” - Walt Whitman

Working for United Planet is a challenge because it is a dynamic organization with a beautiful mission: making a change in this world by fostering cross cultural understanding and friendship. There is a lot of work to do but together we can achieve a lot. The sky is the limit!

“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” - Albert Einstein

United Planet is a NGO that effectively conducts public diplomacy not in the interests of a particular state but for the whole international community. I feel really proud that I can contribute to creating the world without borders by working at UP!

“There is no time left for anything but to make peacework a dimension of our every walking activity.” - Elise Boulding

I believe that there are some things in the world that should be improved. I'm here because United planet helps to make that happen!!

UP is broadening people's horizons one individual at a time.

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” - Woodrow Wilson

I enjoy working at United Planet because of its culturally diverse staff and its important message: promoting cross-cultural awareness! I love learning about all the creative ways that UP has developed to foster cross-cultural awareness and understanding, and love being a part of such an innovative organization.

“A Senegalese poet said 'In the end we will conserve only what we love. We love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.' We must learn about other cultures in order to understand, in order to love, and in order to preserve our common world heritage.” - Yo Yo Ma, White House Conference on Culture and Diplomacy

It is wonderful to work every day with such a dedicated -- and international -- team of people who are committed to changing the world for the better.

“I do not want the peace that passeth understanding, I want the understanding that bringeth the peace.” - Helen Keller

With United Planet I look forward to doing something I enjoy while at the same time helping towards a admirable cause.

“First, one must last.” - Ernest Hemingway

UP is a great opportunity to learn about new cultures, also without traveling around the world. It also gives you the chance to share the experiences you got on your own journeys.

“Die beste Bildung findet ein gescheiter Mensch auf Reisen.” - Johann Wolfgang Goethe

I feel lucky to find UP, an organization truly dedicated to build bridges between different countries and cultures. I’m proud of being a part of the team.

“I inherited an important quality as a human being from my parents, which is, understanding each others beyond borders, beyond oceans and beyond races.” - Mariko Terasaki Miller

It is a wonderful feeling to help progress a cause you deeply believe in.

“All truths are easy to understand ance they are discovered, the point is to discover them.” - Galileo Galilei

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Working in a multicultural environment for a beautiful ideology, that’s United Planet.

“When there is a wish, there is a way.” -

Doing volunteer work for United Planet makes me feel a part of people who care to help others in need around the world regardless of their culture. We have it so well here in the US that sometimes we forget how awful some people live in other countries. Often times I find that most people I talk to would like to help the situation. The problem is they never get around to actually doing it because of their busy schedules. Like most people I also have a busy schedule, but I figured it would be time well spent, if I can give some of my precious time to an organization like United Planet.

“If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.” - Barack Obama

United Planet is a great place to work. It is a great place to start off to get experience and then go on.

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” - Michelangelo

Working at UP has allowed me to gain new perspectives on other cultures, and the world has become much more fascinating place.

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” - Confucius

United Planet gives us the chance of reaching out for those who are less luckier than us. It also acts a crucial role in bringing cultures together through fostering cross-cultural understanding. Here is our chance to unite our planet back. So, “Let's meet where the continents meet.”

“Mankind is a single body and each nation a part of that body. We must never say 'What does it matter to me if some part of the world is ailing?' If there is such an illness, we must concern ourselves with it as though we were having that illness.” - M.K. Atatürk