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Maggie Bjorklund

About Maggie Bjorklund

Maggie manages our service program in Ecuador and produces online strategies to engage new volunteers. Maggie earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Global Studies and Spanish from the University of Minnesota, for which she studied development in Costa Rica and Ecuador. A native of Minnesota, Maggie has resided in Quito, Ecuador since her college years. Before joining the Global Volunteers staff in 2011, Maggie worked as an English teacher and translator in Ecuador.

Entries by Maggie Bjorklund

Free Time Options Ecuador

Ecuador: Four Worlds, One Country – Explore Them Through Videos

Covering just under 100,000 square miles, Ecuador is about the size of the state of Colorado. Yet, it is home to four major geographical regions: the Andes, the Amazon, the Pacific Coast, and the Galapágos Islands. That is pretty incredible if you think about it — four vastly different regions and ecosystems within such a […]

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May 28, 2022/by Maggie Bjorklund
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

International Community Development Profile: Robina Mbata Family

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 […]

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May 26, 2022/by Maggie Bjorklund
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Meet Your Team Leader: LaVerne Lewis

Volunteer Team Leader LaVerne Lewis first served with Global Volunteers in 2012 in Tanzania and then went on to serve in China and in Greece. She attended Team Leader Training in 2018 and then led her first team to Cuba in 2019. She attended Team Leader Training in April 2022 as well and is leading […]

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May 24, 2022/by Maggie Bjorklund
Volunteer Voices Poland

Music and Movement Teacher Fundraises to Support Ukrainian Mothers Through Service

Karen Hogan knows firsthand how important it is to have someone to take care of your child so that a grieving mother can work through a difficult situation. In Jackson, Wyoming, Karen teaches music, movement, and art, and knows the healing and joy that dance can bring to both children and their caretakers. She says […]

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May 20, 2022/by Maggie Bjorklund
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in May 2022!

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 50 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 […]

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May 17, 2022/by Maggie Bjorklund
Volunteer Voices Montana

Special Needs Teacher Describes Serving at Summer Camp for Blackfeet Children

Special education teacher Lynn O’Brien of Indiana volunteered on her first service program last summer on the Blackfeet reservation in Montana. Her mother had worked with indigenous populations in Montana as a young woman in the 1950s, and that drew curiosity in her. Here, she describes what her service projects were like and how she […]

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May 10, 2022/by Maggie Bjorklund
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Reaching Children’s Potential in Tanzania: Welcoming New Moms to the Program in April

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, […]

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May 3, 2022/by Maggie Bjorklund
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Meet Your Team Leader: Ginny Giffin

Volunteer Team Leader Virginia (Ginny) Giffin began volunteering with Global Volunteers in 2008 in Ecuador and then in Poland in 2009. She went through Team Leader Training with Global Volunteers in 2009 and has since led eight teams: one in Minnesota, two in West Virginia, four in Montana, and one in Cuba. Ginny was a […]

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April 30, 2022/by Maggie Bjorklund
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

International Community Development Profile: Faunista Mhadisa Family

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 […]

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April 26, 2022/by Maggie Bjorklund
Volunteer Voices Greece

Volunteer Friends Celebrate Their Long-Awaited Return to Service in Greece

A friendship that includes a shared dedication to service is one that is sure to last. Californians Linn Joanis and Melody Covay have volunteered on four service programs together since 2015, and they have no intention of stopping. They first served together in the Cook Islands, and then went on to serve in Greece in […]

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April 22, 2022/by Maggie Bjorklund
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