Global Volunteers’ goal is to support and fortify community leaders’ vision for self-sufficiency – ultimately to enable children and families to reach their full potential. An essential step towards this vision is building local capacity. In this interview as the fourth post in the series, Peru Country Manager Daniel Salazar shares how Peruvians are building […]
One of Global Volunteers’ oldest and most delightful service program takes place in Siedlce, eastern Poland. Volunteers have been serving in Siedlce teaching conversational English since 1990. The large number of returning volunteers and Polish students who have advanced their English skills speaks to the success of this partnership between the local Polish government and […]
In every case, volunteers are catalysts for lasting change on genuine development projects. Because our inspired community partners have the vision and local support to direct volunteer projects, individuals, families, and groups are the “helping hands” for long-term success – whether teaching English, planting container gardens, providing health care, teaching in the classroom, painting a […]
Global Volunteers’ goal is to support and fortify community leaders’ vision for self-sufficiency – ultimately to enable children and families to reach their full potential. An essential step towards this vision is building local capacity. In this second post in a series, St. Lucia Country Manager Chemida Popo – Cox describes our role in helping […]
A measure of success for Global Volunteers is supporting local efforts so much that volunteers either are no longer needed, or are assigned to ever-expanding community projects. By avoiding creating dependency, we work so that our partners are self-sufficient and local projects are sustainable. An essential step towards achieving this goal is building local capacity. […]
What is the ultimate purpose of volunteering abroad with Global Volunteers? Besides the benefits to the volunteers themselves, the goal is to improve the lives of the local people in the communities where we work. This begs the question: how does the work volunteers do improve the lives of the local people? On this post […]
The first teams of Global Volunteers back to Tanzania are engaged in a formative, newly funded effort to expand crucial technologies throughout the villages. With the aid of short-term volunteers, a grant from the Allen Foundation will make it possible for100 families to obtain safe stoves, chicken coops and household gardens. The Reaching Children’s Potential […]
Why is it that so many young people around the world want to learn English? It’s not only because of the beauty of the language, but also the economy, or rather the business world. English is the language of global business, and youth around the world understand that to be able to participate and benefit […]
Global Volunteers promotes the well-being of children around the world in many different ways so they can realize their full potential. This fourth post in a series describes how the Reaching Children’s Potential Program (RCP) provides rural Tanzanian parents and their children needed dental information and care to improve their health. The RCP Program in […]
This sixth story in a series about recent high school graduates from our partner community, the Sagrada Familia children’s home in Peru, is about Estefany Arias Ramírez. As a day student at the campus school, she witnessed first-hand the difference between her home environment and the supportive environment in the community. Six years ago, she […]