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HOW MY SERVICE IN TANZANIA FORMED MY IDENTITY

In collaboration with the Hairston Foundation, we conducted a Facebook Live interview with Sophia Hairston who joined Global Volunteers' Reaching Children Potential Program in Tanzania. In this interview, Sophia emphasizes the importance of…
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Building Student Capacity in Peru

Unlike in many Western nations, the most pressing issues students in Peru confront are not which career to pursue or lack of motivation. Rather, as in many struggling communities worldwide, a deficient basic education and lack of financial…
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Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in August 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 40 girls and boys who reached their first, second, third,…
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Children’s Community in Peru Looks Beyond The Pandemic

At the height of the first wave of the pandemic, Peru had the highest mortality rate in the world, almost doubling the second place, and tripling the mortality rate of the U.S. The World Bank reports the strict and prolonged quarantine enforced…
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International Community Development Profile: Paskalina Niima 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…
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Alumnus Describes Poland Daily Volunteering Schedule as a “Rewarding and Enriching Experience”

Five-time Poland Volunteer Ken Higgins says working with the students at summer camps in Siedlce, Poland “has been one of the most rewarding and enriching" experiences of his life. Read on for his description of a typical day’s volunteering…
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Reaching Children’s Potential In Tanzania: Welcoming New Moms to the Program in July

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…
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Program Impact is Clear to Returning Tanzania Volunteer

After over a year of not having on-the-ground support from volunteers, the RCP staff and families in the Ukwega Ward in Tanzania enthusiastically welcomed the first team of volunteers back to the community. Among the team members was Leslie…
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Welcoming the July 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 six babies born in July 2021. Their moms joined…
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Building Local Capacity in Peru

Global Volunteers’ goal is to support and fortify community leaders’ vision for self-sufficiency – ultimately to enable children and families to reach their full potential. An essential step towards this vision is building local capacity.…
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Celebrate 30 Years of Volunteer Service in Poland With Us

One of Global Volunteers’ oldest and most delightful service programs takes place in Siedlce, eastern Poland. Volunteers have been serving in Siedlce teaching conversational English since 1990. The large number of returning volunteers and…
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International Community Development Profile: Fanista Mgata 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…
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