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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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Young Voices from Peru: Yorki

This third story in a series about recent high school graduates from our partner community, the Sagrada Familia children’s home in Peru, features Yorki Paisij Ollarce. Yorki talks to Peru Community Manager Daniel Salazar about his childhood as part of this large community, and his hopes for a career. Yorki, what was your journey to […]

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September 15, 2020 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Global Volunteers, Impact Stories Peru

Young Voices from Peru: “Manzana”

This second story in a series about recent high school graduates from our partner community, the Sagrada Familia children’s home in Peru, is about Vilma. Today, she’s studying interior design in Lima, but before being taken in by Global Volunteers’ community partner, Miguel Rodríguez, she lived with few educational opportunities. Read on to learn about […]

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September 7, 2020 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Global Volunteers West Virginia

Resilient West Virginians Press On Through COVID-19 Challenges

Tucked away in the hollers of Fayette County, West Virginia, Global Volunteers’ self-reliant partner communities know how to survive adversity. While hardship and loss are consistent companions to those who live here, COVID-19 arrived as an especially threatening adversary. Similar rural regions in the U.S. have experienced the number of cases seen in Fayette County. […]

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September 2, 2020 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Development Impact, Global Volunteers Peru

Young Voices from Peru: “La China”

For this first post in a series, Peru Country Manager Daniel Salazar talks to a recent high school graduate, Mirtha Irene Escalante Cenepa, known as La china. Join Daniel to learn about her life before moving to the Community, and her hopes and dreams for a creative career ahead. What caused you to move to […]

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August 31, 2020 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Development Impact, Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Breastfeeding Workshop a Tenet of RCP Mothers Education

Decades of evidence indicates that there is nothing better for a mother and her baby’s well-being than exclusive breastfeeding. But for several reasons, many parents make other choices, especially in struggling communities around the world. Global Volunteers promotes breastfeeding through the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Program in the Ukwega Ward of Tanzania as a way […]

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August 7, 2020 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Global Volunteers China, Cuba, Ecuador, Greece, Nepal, New Mexico, Peru, Poland, St Lucia, Tanzania

Partners Report School Opening Plans in a Post-COVID-19 World

Few global events ever impact every country simultaneously as COVID-19 has. Besides its devastating consequences for the health and finances of millions of people around the world, the pandemic also disrupted their education. How have schools in our partner communities been affected? How have they’ve been able to cope with the challenges, and what does […]

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July 13, 2020 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Global Volunteers Vietnam

Personal and Economic Sacrifices Spare Vietnam From World’s Death Rate

While the global media focused on COVID-19 cases worldwide, Vietnam quietly proceeded with their containment campaign and now is cautiously restoring daily life. Despite its dense population and proximity to China, Vietnam has held onto one of the world’s lowest infection rates. How have they succeeded where the richest countries with the best health care […]

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June 29, 2020 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Development Impact Cook Islands

Cook Islanders Cautiously Adjust to a “Tourist-less” Economy

The Cook Islands are known for their awe-inspiring natural beauty, exciting land and sea attractions and warm Polynesian culture. But how does the tourism-reliant country cope without tourists? And what has suddenly reduced the country’s foreign aid? Families straddling the poverty line now are re-imagining a post-COVID economy on the remote archipelago. Read on for […]

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June 27, 2020 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Development Impact, Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Reaching Children’s Potential In Tanzania: Welcome to Sophia Lukonde

Every month, Global Volunteers’ caregivers in the Ukwega Ward of Tanzania meet with families who wish to participate in the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program. The goal of RCP is to eliminate childhood stunting in all five of the villages served: Ipalamwa, Makalanga, Lulindi, Ukwega, and Makungu. Specifically, families obtain the nutrition, health care, knowledge, technology, […]

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June 25, 2020 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
Global Volunteers South Dakota

The Rosebud Reservation’s Fight Against COVID-19

As it is with American Indian tribes throughout the nation, the Lakota people on the Rosebud Reservation of South Dakota are fighting to prevent a COVID-19 health crisis. While they employed highway checkpoints for a short time to control outside traffic into their communities, they now rely on tribal members’ cooperation with standard prevention practices […]

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June 21, 2020 /0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
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