Have you ever wondered what it’s like to volunteer on an Indian Reservation? A young team member reflects on service-learning as a volunteer on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana. Highlights from the team journal: What we saw: A girl riding a horse bareback Glorious Glacier Park Lots of completed puzzles at Eagle Shield Housing An oddly few number of […]
There’s a first for everything! Could volunteering in the Caribbean with Global Volunteers be one of yours? Learn from Rechelle and her teenage daughter Kayla (pictured above) about experiences you can expect volunteering in Anse la Raye – on the island of St. Lucia. My service program with Global Volunteers will live me forever! Although I’ve […]
Learn about our partnership with Sagrada Familia and your opportunity to help children in Peru here. Global Volunteers’ service-learning programs offers an incredible volunteer experience for students. Peru Country Manager Daniel Salazar reports on the service of a recent group of student volunteers from St. John Fisher College. It was a wonderful life experience for […]
Chenin Ryan is a candidate for the Physiology and Biophysics Master’s program at Georgetown University. She plans to go to medical school after she graduates and dedicate her career to serving Native American communities. But before doing so, she wanted to get to know their people and struggles better. So she served with Global Volunteers at the […]
Maria Maki, 20-time Global Volunteer and Country Manager, shares her thoughts and experiences about the importance to build bridges between countries: We sometimes forget what we have to learn from others just outside our own borders – as well as half-way around the world. What you find is more often than not what you expected […]
Global Volunteers salutes Bill Spencer, who has served on 16 Global Volunteers service programs – starting with Turkey in 2000. Since then, Bill has gone on to serve as a Global Volunteer in Greece, the Cook Islands, Brazil, St. Lucia and Mexico. Thus far, his favorite Global Volunteers service program has been in Querétaro, Mexico, […]
Here’s one couple’s story of how they fell in love on one of their service vacations with Global Volunteers – and not fell in love with each other, but instead with three little Peruvian sisters. Told by Jim, two-time Global Volunteer. Let me be honest. When my wife Connie and I decided to visit Peru, […]
Working and retired teachers tell us frequently how much they enjoy engaging students and teachers in new cultures and schools on a service program abroad. As an educator, you can leverage the skills you’ve honed over decades to benefit children who might have been exposed to only one style of instruction. To see eyes light […]
Our volunteers are some of the most generous, compassionate and open-minded people in the world. For National Volunteer Week 2017 (April 23 – April 29), we want to express our appreciation for your time and service – as Global Volunteers. Since 1984, more than 33,000 of you have served around the world. Thank you for your effort in working […]
International volunteer work is rewarding, and can be especially so in retirement. While giving back and helping others, you make new friends, learn about a different culture and get out of your “comfort zone.” Mature adults who volunteer report higher levels of well-being. Some studies indicate those that volunteer live longer than those who lead more […]