Current News, Field Reports and Volunteer Voices

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How to Volunteer Abroad as a Couple

Family Volunteering

Couples Volunteering Abroad Gain New, Mutual Insights

Young couples, mature couples, newlyweds, 50+ anniversary couples. Global Volunteers offers an adventure in service together. When you consider how to volunteer abroad on your first...or tenth service program, consider how serving as a…

Mental Health Projects, Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Community Mental Health Education Advances in Global Volunteers’ Partner Communities

Worldwide, mental illness touches the lives of nearly everyone - often through family members, friends, neighbors, co-workers or community institutions. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 13 percent of the world’s population…

News and Updates Texas

Global Volunteers’ Pioneering Team Cultivates Friendship and Respect along U.S. Border

Ten volunteers launched into action the fourth week of 2022 in south Texas to rejuvenate and expand Global Volunteer's development partnership in the Rio Grande Valley. Eager to demonstrate genuine compassion and acceptance through their service…

Development Impact Cuba

Update from Cuba: “We’re Waiting for You”

Cuba Program Host Pastor Eduardo González is eager to welcome many new and returning Global Volunteers to Ciego de Ávila, our original partner community in Cuba. "Your fingerprints have marked our hearts and communities, and we welcome you…

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Welcoming the January RCP Newborns in Tanzania

What’s more fun than BABIES? In this series, we focus on the newest members of the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program in Tanzania -- newborns. In this post, we welcome three babies born in January 2022! Their moms…

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

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

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…

News and Updates Vietnam

Global Volunteers CEO Recommends Vietnam Service Program for All

Global Volunteers CEO and Co-founder Bud Philbrook claims that in all his travels across the world, Vietnam remains one of his favorite places to volunteer. Why? Read on for Bud's eight reasons to volunteer in Hanoi! 1. Americans are welcomed…

Volunteer Voices Montana

Montana Volunteer Describes a Week of Discovery Working with the Blackfeet

In this moving story of her experience in service with the Blackfeet in Montana, Jessica Kohn of Philadelphia describes a "life-changing experience" learning about the talents and roles of the Blackfeet people and the welfare of their community. by…

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in January 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 53 girls and boys who reached their first, second, third,…

International community development

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

International Community Development Profile: Estida Mlengela 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…

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

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

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…

Family Volunteering

Best Family Volunteer Vacations for Summer 2022

Unplug from smartphones and video games and engage the world as a family. Many volunteering families tell us that spending a week or two helping others in a new community is a welcome change in routine from two years of limited mobility…