What’s more fun than BABIES? In this series, we focus on the newest members of the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program in Tanzania — newborns. In this post, we welcome four babies born in December 2021 — including twins! Their moms joined the program to provide them a healthy start at life, and the […]
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Global Volunteers’ pandemic-delayed Sicily program successfully launched more than a year late with with two teams in November 2021. Team Leader Phyllis Thompson said the long-awaited immersion into daily life through service, conversation, and cultural activities in Castelvetrano was her “dream come true,” and all the team hoped for and more. Phyllis, who first served […]
Have you felt the world is waiting for you to explore? Personal experience gives you a depth of knowledge that isn’t accessible in other ways. What’s more, Global Volunteers offers the “added value” of travel with meaning. Imagine spending a week during your spring break, J-term, or summer vacation as an international volunteer – experiencing […]
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, Mkalanga, Lulindi, Ukwega, and Makungu. Specifically, families obtain the nutrition, health care, knowledge, technology, […]
Septuagenarians Bob and Judy Nix have always had a passion for making a difference, especially in the lives of children. Volunteer travel had always been on their bucket list, so when Bob’s sister Linda Murphy asked them to join her on a service program in Greece with Global Volunteers, they were ready to go. In […]
The Reaching Children’s Potential Program (RCP) of the Ukwega Ward in central Tanzania measures its success by the growth and development of the children in the program. Read about 47 girls and boys who reached their first, second, third, and fourth birthdays in good health and on target to reach all their development milestones in […]
Nayman Chavalla joined the Global Volunteers Reaching Children’s Potential staff in 2020 as Tanzania Country Director. Having served as General Secretary to the Bishop of the Iringa Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, Global Volunteer’ host partner, from 2006 to 2020, Nayman was well-acquainted with Global Volunteers and CEO and Co-founder Bud Philbrook. […]
Minnesotan Penny Louise Flavin said that when she discovered Global Volunteers in 2019, she was looking for a way to volunteer, give back, and learn about other cultures after retiring from her career. That year, Penny Louise served in Peru and immediately planned another service program in 2020. Although the pandemic delayed her return to […]
What’s more fun than BABIES? In this series, we focus on the newest members of the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program in Tanzania — newborns. In this post, we welcome four babies born in November 2021. Their moms joined the program to provide them a healthy start at life, and the nutrition and care […]