Global Volunteers’ leadership has approved a “careful and conscientious” resumption of some service programs in countries that have resumed tourism, and where local pandemic precautions can optimize health and safety. After a very difficult year without volunteer assistance, our community partners are eager to welcome Global Volunteers teams. Register now to join our historic return […]
In 2015, the United Nations developed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a “shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future” to be achieve by 2030. The SDGs were preceded by the eight Millennium Development Goals, which directed the world’s governments and development institutions toward equality in […]
The Blackfeet Reservation Program in Montana was initiated in 1999 by Global Volunteers Co-Founder Michele Gran and Blackfeet elder Dorothy Still Smoking. 2021 marks the 22nd year of Global Volunteers’ partnership with the Blackfeet Nation. Because of the pandemic, we were unable to serve on the reservation during 2020. But now, our community partners on […]
It is said in Tanzania that “A mother is a great army.” We interpret that to refer to the strength and resolve needed to raise children in challenging circumstances – not unlike raising an army in any developing country. Our experience with pregnant women and mothers in the Ukwega Ward of Tanzania informs us of […]
Health is central to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Specifically, SDG 3 aims to “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages,” and is underpinned by 13 “targets” covering a wide spectrum of world health. Almost all of the other 16 goals are related to health or their achievement will […]
In 2013, Lulu Kigola was among the best performers of the National Form Two examinations in Tanzania. In primary and secondary school, she was consistently earning top grades. But as the firstborn of four daughters in a poor farming village, her prospects of higher education were distant at best. With the help of a generous […]
When Global Volunteers launched an online gift catalog last year, donors welcomed it as a complementary way to support the communities they’ve served. Read on for two couples’ reflections on giving back while their own volunteer travel is on hold. 11-time alumni volunteers Marcia and Greg Potvin say their years of service abroad has enlightened […]
Just after the first of the year, Getrude Elly Kikoti and her husband, Mwita Mtengela, learned they and their children, Meckson, Gideon, and Richard, would be the first in the Ukwega Ward of Tanzania to receive a household rainwater harvesting system. This opportunity was made possible by a benefactor more than 8,000 miles away from […]
Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment is integral to each of the 17 SDGs. Only by ensuring the rights and health of women and girls across all the goals will the world achieve justice and inclusion, economies that work for all, and a sustainable environment for future generations. The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) places […]