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 […]
In 2015, the United Nations adopted 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 (MDGs), which directed the world’s governments and development institutions toward equality […]
In 2015, the United Nations adopted 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 (MDGs), which directed the world’s governments and development institutions toward equality […]
From the De La Salle Blackfeet School in Browning, Montana on the Blackfeet Reservation, our community partner Brother Dale Mooney sends Christmas greetings, with a reference to the comfort we seek in times of trouble. In a community suffering so many losses in 2020, he offers a “song to sing in our hearts.” In these […]
Global Volunteers launched its first online “store” of donation options in time for holiday giving – and beyond. Donors select gifts in honor of loved ones, who receive a greeting card describing the purpose of the donation in their name. Every purchase of needed supplies and services greatly improves the lives of children and their […]
Among all Global Volunteers’ partner communities, struggle is a common thread. Our inspired and resourceful partners rise to leadership positions with their vision of opportunities that may not be obvious or seemingly attainable to others. In this second interview with Global Volunteers’ partner and consultant in Kathmandu, Nepal, Buddhi Man Shrestha describes how overcoming hardship […]