Current News, Field Reports and Volunteer Voices

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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…

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Welcoming the November 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 November 2021. Their moms…

Partners' Stories Greece

Seven-Year “Dream” Comes True in Crete’s House of Angels for Children

Since 2014, Global Volunteers has worked alongside the Union of Women Associations of Heraklion (UWAH) to improve the lives of vulnerable women and children in Crete. Our partnership has mobilized volunteers to help Association members learn…

International community development

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

International Community Development Profile: Teulina Wihale 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…

Volunteer Voices Tanzania

“My Thanksgiving Wish: Go, See, Serve,” says Grateful Global Volunteer

Our Thanksgiving gift to you: First-time Global Volunteer Courtney Curran wrote she couldn't let the holiday season pass without acknowledging the transformative power of our Tanzania Service Program experience in her life in July, 2021. She…

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in November 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 41 girls and boys who reached their first, second, third,…

News and Updates Texas

New Texas Partnership Begins With Previous Service Program History

From 1994 through 2000, Global Volunteers worked in partnership with Proyecto Azteca, a non-profit self-help home construction company in the US-Texas border town of San Juan. After federal and state funding declined and undercut the organization's…