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 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 […]
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 […]
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 four girls and boys who reached their first, second, and third birthdays in good health and on target to reach all their development milestones in August, 2020. […]
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 […]
Women’s Cooperatives are often integral to the economic and social development of communities worldwide. Beyond providing income for members, they supply greatly needed socialization and training. Well-established co-ops can be transformational for the women who participate, and are the inspiration for the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Women’s Co-op in the Ukwega Ward in Tanzania. Under […]
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 […]
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 […]
Through its Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Program, Global Volunteers works towards the eradication of hunger in Tanzania. Food security is a multi-faceted issue that must be addressed on multiple levels in order to combat hunger. In Tanzania, several projects aim to increase the level of food security of RCP families. One of those is providing […]
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 […]