Current News, Field Reports and Volunteer Voices

Several times each week, we post stories about work we do in our host communities – through the voices of our partners, volunteers, and those we serve. Subscribe using the form below to receive updates in your inbox when they’re published. If you’re looking for deeper insight into service in a specific country, on a particular type of project, how you can share your unique skills or volunteering as a family or a group, you can find a wealth of information here. Use the categories next to the posts here or on any page (below right column) to explore more stories that suit your interests.

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Conversational English, Development Impact Greece

Greece Summer School Program Lauded by Grateful Grandmother

In 2005, Global Volunteers launched the popular English summer school at the invitation of the Mayor's Office of Malevizi, Crete. Its purpose? To help improve students' conversational English skills and build up their confidence in using English…

Free Time Options Italy

Three Reasons to Volunteer in Sicily

It's understandable that many individuals choose to return to volunteer in Italy two, three, four, sometimes five times. This service program offers the opportunity to teach conversational English to engaged middle school and high…

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Welcoming the December 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 four babies born in December 2021 -- including…

News and Updates

Don’t Miss Global Volunteers News and Updates!

As we resume our programs around the world, we want to ensure that you receive all current information and news. If you haven't received our monthly newsletters and updates, please take a moment to confirm your email on our master list. You…

Sunday in Italy: Dinner, Wine, and Family

News and Updates Italy

Inaugural Sicily Program Called “Magical, Meaningful, and Memorable”

Global Volunteers' pandemic-delayed Sicily program successfully launched more than a year late with with two teams in November 2021. Team Leader Phyllis Thompson said the long-awaited immersion into daily life through service, conversation,…

Service-Learning

Best Student Service-Learning Volunteer Abroad Projects with Global Volunteers

Have you felt the world is waiting for you to explore? Personal experience gives you a depth of knowledge that isn't accessible other ways. What's more, Global Volunteers offers the "added value" of travel with meaning. Imagine spending a week…

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

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

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…

Students at Tenia's school, Crete Greece.

Family Volunteering Greece

Family’s Bucket-List Trip Led Them Cretan Classrooms

Septuagenarians Bob and Judy Nix have always had a passion for making a difference, especially in the lives of children. Volunteer travel had always been on their bucket list, so when Bob's sister Linda Murphy asked them to join her on a service…

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in December 2021!

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 47 girls and boys who reached their first, second, third,…

Reaching Children's Potential, Staff Worldwide Tanzania

Tanzania Country Director Nayman Chavalla Leads RCP Expansion Effort in Tanzania

Nayman Chavalla joined the Global Volunteers Reaching Children’s Potential staff in 2020 as Tanzania Country Director. Having served as General Secretary to the Bishop of the Iringa Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania,…

Volunteer Voices Poland

Retiree Undaunted to Serve Amidst Pandemic

Minnesotan Penny Louise Flavin said that when she discovered Global Volunteers in 2019, she was looking for a way to volunteer, give back, and learn about other cultures after retiring from her career. That year, Penny Louise served in Peru…

simply Greek- culture and Traditions in Greece

Cultures and Traditions Greece

Simply Greek – Cultures and Traditions of Civilization’s Birthplace

When you think of Greece, what comes to mind? The rise of democracy? The Olympic Games, ancient history and philosophy, Minotaurs and mythology? Perhaps you think of magnificent temples, the clear waters of the Aegean Sea, sandy beaches, mountain…