People volunteering overseas for these charities can apply to keep their student loans interest-free. Different organisations have approval from different dates.
If you're a charity, find out how to get approved. If you're a volunteer, find out if you can apply.
Getting interest-free student loans for your overseas volunteers
Working for a charity overseas when you have a student loan
A-Z list of approved organisations
ADC Incorporated – 1 September 2014
Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) – 1 April 2006
Amnesty International – 1 April 2006
ANCOP Foundation International Inc – 1 April 2006
Anglican Social Services (Hutt Valley) Trust Board – 1 April 2006
Aotearoa Development Cooperative – 1 September 2014 — 17 January 2016
Asian Outreach Trust – 14 May 2016
Australian Volunteers International – 1 April 2009
Aziza's Place – 1 April 2012
Bright Hope International Trust – 1 April 2007
Cambodia Trust (Aotearoa - New Zealand) – 1 April 2006
Caritas Internationalis – 1 April 2006
CBM International – 1 April 2006
ChildFund International – 1 April 2006
Christian World Service (CWS) – 1 April 2006
Congregation of Christian Brothers East Africa District – 10 May 2017
CORSO Incorporated – 1 April 2006
Destiny Rescue International – 1 June 2018
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres – 1 April 2006
ECPAT International – 1 April 2006
Empower Missions Trust Incorporated – 1 September 2012 — 5 September 2022
Engineers Without Borders New Zealand Incorporated – 1 April 2012
First Steps Himalaya – 14 May 2016
Flame Cambodia – 23 November 2016
GC3 – 12 June 2018
Habitat for Humanity International – 1 April 2006
Hare Krishna Food for Life Trust – 1 April 2008
Hebron Missions Centre Charitable Trust – 14 May 2016
Hibiscus Coast East Timor Appeal Trust (HETA Trust) – 1 April 2006
IHC New Zealand Incorporated – 1 April 2006
IN Network – 1 April 2006
International Care Ministries Limited – 1 April 2012
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies – 1 April 2006
International Justice Mission – 1 September 2015
International Save the Children Alliance – 1 April 2006
Interserve (NZ) – 1 April 2007
Kailakuri Health Care Project – New Zealand Link – 1 September 2014
Lattitude Global Volunteering Limited – 1 September 2015
Livelihood International Foundation Trust – 1 April 2006 — 6 December 2015
Mahitahi Catholic Overseas Volunteer Trust – 1 April 2006
Marist Mission Ranong – 1 April 2012
Mercy Ships New Zealand – 1 September 2015
Mission Aviation Fellowship of New Zealand Inc – 1 April 2007
Mobility Equipment for the Needs of Disabled Trust (MEND) – 1 April 2006
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of New Zealand – 1 April 2007
NET Ministries (National Evangelization Teams) – 1 April 2007
New Zealand Church Missionary Society Trust Board – 1 April 2012
New Zealand Family Planning Association Incorporated – 1 April 2006
New Zealand Vietnam Health Trust – 1 April 2006
OMF New Zealand (Overseas Missionary Fellowship) – 1 April 2007
Oxfam International – 1 April 2006
Partners Relief and Development NZ – 1 April 2010
Pax Christi International – 1 April 2006
Pioneers – 1 April 2009
Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand – 1 April 2009
RedR International – 1 April 2006
Restless Development – 1 April 2009
Richmond Fellowship International (RFI) – 1 April 2006
Rotary International – 1 April 2006
Servants to Asia's Urban Poor Incorporated – 1 April 2012
SIM New Zealand – 1 April 2008
Soroptimist International – 1 April 2006
SurfAid International – 1 April 2006
Tandem Ministries – 1 April 2008
TEAR Fund – 1 April 2006
Te Ora Hou Aotearoa Incorporated – 1 April 2006
Te Tuao Tawahi: Volunteer Service Abroad Incorporated – 1 April 2006
The African Lion and Environmental Research Trust – 9 December 2016
The Cambodia Trust – 1 April 2006
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Trust Board – 1 April 2008
The Foundation for Peace Studies Aotearoa/New Zealand Incorporated (The Peace Foundation) – 1 April 2006
The Fred Hollows Foundation – 1 April 2006
The Leprosy Mission International (TLM) – 1 April 2006
The New Zealand Baptist Missionary Society – 1 September 2014
The Salvation Army International – 1 April 2006
The UMMA Trust – 1 April 2006
The Volunteer Ophthalmic Services Overseas Trust (VOSO) – 1 April 2006
Trade Aid NZ Inc – 1 April 2006
Troppodoc Charitable Trust – 1 September 2012
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) – 1 April 2006
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) – 1 April 2006
Vietnam Cambodia and Laos Support Network (VICALSN) – 1 April 2006
Vipassana Foundation Charitable Trust – 16 November 2016
Vision Pacific Charitable Trust – 1 April 2006
WEC International – 1 April 2012
WorldTeach – 3 March 2017
World Vision International – 1 April 2006
World Young Women's Christian Association (World YWCA) – 1 April 2006
WWF – 1 April 2006
Wycliffe Bible Translators New Zealand – 1 September 2015