Current News, Field Reports and Volunteer Voices

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serving others Blackfeet Reservation

Volunteer Voices Montana

July 10th- “You want how many flowers made?”

Morning Message by Robin: “The days pass by slowly, but the years pass by fast.” The hours of a day may pass by slowly, always wishing to be somewhere else, worry about what still remains to be done. Suddenly, one morning you…

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Volunteer Voices Poland

First Day of Camp

Thought for the day: Be faithful in small things, because it is in THEM that your strength lies. -Attributed to Mother Teresa and offered by Beverly A crowing rooster woke us up at dawn today. He heralded a beautiful morning. Hopefully…

Blackfeet reservation volunteers learn about plants

Cultures and Traditions Montana

Blackfeet Reservation Volunteer Learns about Natural Remedies in Time for Healing

by Blackfeet Reservation Volunteer Kelsey It so happened that the morning I wake up with a sore throat and stuffy nose is the same day we go visit the Blackfeet “medicine woman” in Browning. But more about that later. I slowly…

serving others Blackfeet Reservation

Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Montana

Father and Daughter Serve Others on the Blackfeet Reservation

Global Volunteer and father, Mark, describes serving others on the Blackfeet Reservation with his daughter. This morning when the daily volunteer projects were assigned, we got the word that our help was needed in the town of Babb. Tai…

serving others Blackfeet Reservation

Volunteer Voices Montana

June 4th, 2012 Browning, Montana, The Blackfeet Reservation

by Miriam After breakfast and a group meeting, we headed over to Blackfeet Community College (BCC) to meet with members of the community who wanted to request our assistance. These people included Smokey Henrickson (the buildings manager),…

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Volunteer Voices

Bingo!

Yesterday I left many sets of the flash cards at the school. Today I was very pleased to see the English teacher already going through them to determine what she might use in her class. Each class today was Bingo time. We played Bingo last…

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Volunteer Voices

Flash Card Lessons

Wednesday morning at 7:30 found all the Ohio people in the lobby with their luggage, off to catch the 8:04 AM train to Bucharest. Their final destination will be Seattle on Thursday that will go on forever! Meanwhile Lori was back…

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Volunteer Voices

Laughter

Today was our second day at the hospital. It was wonderful to arrive in the morning and already see looks of happy familiarity on the children's faces. We got right to work, taking children outside, for walks down the hall, or for…

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Volunteer Voices Tanzania

We are Family

While we were in Iringa, we ate breakfast and then walked to the Headquarters of the Global Volunteers Organization to meet with the General Secretary Nayman Chavalla. He made me feel more secure as he told us that we were in safe hands. I…

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Volunteer Voices Tanzania

Dar Es Salaam and Beyond

On our first full day in Dar Es Salaam we woke up to the gorgeous view of the bay right outside our windows. We ate a quick but filling breakfast and headed out to explore the city. The previous night we were able to see some of Dar Es Salaam,…

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Volunteer Voices Portugal

Don’t be sad it’s over, be happy it happened.

Finally, the long awaited rains have come, Portugal is grateful for them! As Kei puts it, “Gold from the sky!” Bobbie, Diane and Paul met for their last classes today. As expected, leaving was not easy. They are very fortunate…

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Volunteer Voices Portugal

a little wiser, a little more humble

Thursday dawned blue and bright with the promise of another memorable day in Beja. The countdown has begun to the end of our journey, and the realization that we will be arriving back home a little wiser, a little more humble and a lot…