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Daniel Salazar

About Daniel Salazar

Daniel Salazar has lived most of his life in Peru, but also spent significant time in the US. He earned his BA in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from The King’s College in New York City and his Master's in Human Development from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. His favorite topics are Development and Economics. Before joining Global Volunteers, Daniel worked as an intern at the US House of Representatives in DC and teaching Logic and Philosophy at a college in Peru.

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Development Impact, Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Quality Seeds are Planted in Tanzania to Improve Families’ Nutrition

Hunger and malnutrition is prevalent in developing communities, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Governments, corporations and NGOs have worked to provide highly productive seeds, practical soil science, cost-effective and environmentally friendly fertilizers, natural pest controls, etc. for smallholder and subsistence farmers – those who farm on extremely small plots and often have limited education. Global Volunteers’ […]

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January 22, 2021 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Development Impact

Mercy Corps and the Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, the United Nations developed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a “shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future” to be achieve by 2030. The SDGs were preceded by the eight Millennium Development Goals, which directed the world’s governments and development institutions toward equality in […]

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January 18, 2021 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Development Impact Tanzania

Harvesting Rainwater in Tanzania

According to the World Health Organization, most of us, about 57 percent of the world’s population, simply turn a tap to get clean running water in our homes. It’s a convenience we repeatedly take for granted. But hundreds of millions of others don’t have access to running water.  They walk great distances to fetch water […]

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January 8, 2021 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Development Impact Ecuador, Peru

School Environments Improve With the Service and Resources of Volunteers

According to UNESCO, half of Latin American fifteen-year-olds can’t achieve minimum reading proficiency. That is, they’re able to read, but fail to understand what they read. This is one of many sad outcomes of inadequate infrastructure, lack of school supplies, untrained teachers, unsanitary facilities among other deficiencies in school environments in struggling communities. We asked […]

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January 6, 2021 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
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Youth and Adults Learn English Language Skills from Generous Volunteers

It’s easy to underestimate the importance of English to the 95 percent of the world population who aren’t native speakers. But the volunteers who teach English to children and young adults in classrooms, small groups and language camps directly experience the difference in the lives of those seeking avenues for a better life. Read on […]

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December 29, 2020 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Culture and Traditions Worldwide, Global Volunteers Peru

Children With So Little Share Lots of Love With a Weary World

In the midst of all the challenges of 2020 and a seemingly never-ending pandemic, our community partner in Peru, Sagrada Familia children’s home, sends a Christmas video message to all Global Volunteers alumni and supporters. by Peru Country Manager Daniel Salazar Full of hope and meaning, this message lifts me up and remind us all […]

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December 21, 2020 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Global Volunteers’ Clinic Stabilizes Family Health in Tanzania

Global Volunteers promotes the well-being of children around the world in many different ways so they can realize their full potential. In this second post in a series, health care staff describes the important place of the Ipalamwa General Clinic (IGC) to stabilize family health in Tanzania, and the need for advanced medical services to […]

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December 14, 2020 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Conversational English Greece, Poland

Teaching Conversational English for Education, Employment and Unity

Although English is considered “the world’s universal language,” less than five percent of the global population are native English speakers. What role does English have in the lives of the 95 percent? In this first post in a series, Global Volunteers’ international Country Managers explain the importance of teaching conversational English, in two divergent parts […]

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December 8, 2020 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Development Impact, Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Improved Cooking Stoves are Constructed in RCP Villages

Cooking in most of the developing world is a tedious, complicated, and hazardous task. Why? The method used, open fire, is inherently dangerous and unhealthy. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) says cooking over an open fire causes more deaths than tuberculosis and malaria. But clean, safe cooking technology is available, and Global Volunteers […]

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November 27, 2020 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Impact Stories Ecuador, Peru, Tanzania

Children are Fed with Volunteer Assistance in Grateful Communities

Ending hunger is one of the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).  Global Volunteers offers four essential services in partner communities in Ecuador, Peru, and Tanzania, toward reaching this SDG. Read on to learn how short-term volunteers help support child nutrition so youth can reach their full potential. Adequate child nutrition ensures healthier bodies and […]

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November 24, 2020 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
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