Current News, Field Reports and Volunteer Voices

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Volunteer Voices Vietnam

Longtime Global Volunteer Recalls Vietnamese Welcome

Sidelined from travel by the 2020-21 pandemic Global Volunteers Alumnus Don Marshall of Sebastopol, CA, isn't slowing down now that travel has resumed. As he considers his next adventure in service, he recently reminisced about about his rewarding…

Volunteer Voices Montana

Road Trip Leads her to Service with the Blackfeet

One a Peace Corps devotee in youth, retiree Chriss Hayden sought a meaningful way to volunteer outside her community. She chose service on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana to immerse herself in a culture and make a difference. Chriss prepared…

International community development

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

International Community Development Profile: Olesta Chuma 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…

Development Impact Tanzania

Celebrate 2021 Global Handwashing Day With Us!

October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of hand washing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. This week,…

News and Updates

Make Sure You Never Miss An Email From Global Volunteers. Here’s How.

Because email services have taken very strong measures to fight spam, some emails from Global Volunteers might be mistakenly routed to your spam filter, or otherwise sent to subordinate folders (such as “promotions” or “other” in Gmail…

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Welcoming the September 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 September 2021. Their moms…

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

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

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…

Why I Give: Putting Service at the Center of My Life

A decade ago, California marketing manager Erin Woody was building her career and working excessive hours each week. She loved her job, but was missing a central element of her life: Community service. Determining that "weekend volunteering"…

View of Heraklion, Greece

Development Impact Greece

Students’ Futures Lie at the Center of Global Volunteers’ Greece Service Program

Few countries in the world can compete with the beauty, history, and cuisine of Greece. Yet, despite its endowments, Greece has been one of the European countries that have struggled the most in recent years. Global Volunteers Greece Country…

Development Impact

Global Volunteers Named Finalist for 2021 .ORG Impact Awards

The 3rd annual .ORG Impact Awards (OIAs) named Global Volunteers as a finalist and "remarkable mission-driven organization" for building better communities in Tanzania. All awards, including .ORG of the Year, are hosted by the Public Interest…

International community development

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

International Community Development Profile: Husia Kisese 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…

Development Impact

Waging Peace in a Time of COVID – 2021

It seems unimaginable that today we observe another UN International Day of Peace during the global pandemic. Yet, we know peace has taken on enhanced meaning as we confront the realities of those who have had little peace amidst the destruction…