Global Volunteers partners with Rise Against Hunger to provide fortified meals to preschool and primary school students, mothers and their babies, and pregnant women in the Reaching Children’s Potential program. Now that the meals are offered at the Ukwega and Makungu primary schools, teachers and staff report that students are much more active in classes. […]
Sharifa and Zajaneth Kavindi are sisters who grew up and married in Ipalamwa, Tanzania. Both are enrolled in the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program, and are grateful to be able to provide a more secure future for their children than what they experienced. They tell their story to Global Volunteers Team Leader Winnie Mshindo. […]
The Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) program of the Ukwega Ward in central Tanzania measures its success by the growth and development of the children in the program. Meet ten girls and boys who reached their first, second, and third birthdays in good health and on target to reach all their development milestones in September, 2020. […]
This fourth story in a series about recent high school graduates from our partner community, the Sagrada Familia children’s home in Peru, is about Rosita Betel Durán. Just like many others in Peru, Rosita’s education has been delayed due to the pandemic, but she still looks ahead with hope. Above: Rosita working in the kitchen […]
Global Volunteers’ ongoing support inspired community partner Sagrada Familia to tackle a critical issue in Peru currently: The lack of oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients. Using their talents, the resident children held an online fundraising event to help supply their neighbors oxygen, for free. Thanks to all the volunteers who supported this effort! Sagrada Familia […]
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, […]
Three-time volunteer Jim Gorski reveals why he says “yes” to opportunities during uncertain times – and why he anticipates that discipline will be most important post-COVID-19. By Jim Gorski, Global Volunteers Alumnus and Retired Board Member There will come a time when the pandemic recedes into the past and some form of normalcy will establish itself. […]
In this series, families in the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program in Tanzania explain how their participation improves their lives. Global Volunteers’ RCP Program engages short-term volunteers to help parents deliver essential services improving health, eradicating hunger, and enhancing cognition – with the goal of eliminating child stunting in the Ukwega Ward and throughout […]
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 […]
Four-time volunteer and Global Volunteers Board Member John Taylor remembers an impactful assignment from teacher Jeremia Silla in Ipalamwa, Tanzania. It wasn’t intended for his students, but rather, for the volunteer teacher himself. In revealing his pride in his school campus, and his devotion to his students, Teacher Jeremia leaves a lasting memory of commitment […]