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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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…

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in September 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 52 girls and boys who reached their first, second, third,…

Volunteer Voices Tanzania

Daughter Named for Mom’s Service Work In Tanzania

Global Volunteers Alumna Lilly Cook says her passion for teaching and serving others united in Tanzania in 2019 on a University of Northern Colorado student group. This year she and her husband, Collin, welcomed a baby girl into their family,…

Reaching Children's Potential, Why I Give Tanzania

Why I Give: “The Women’s Strength Inspires Me”

Board member and seven-time volunteer Pam Griffin looks to support Global Volunteers’ Reaching Children’s Potential Program (RCP) in any way she can. For the last few years, Pam has organized two Facebook fundraisers annually – one for…

Mental Health Projects, Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Integrating Physical and Mental Health in Tanzania Village Wellness Programs

On the first service program back to Tanzania following the pandemic lockdown, the Reaching Children's Potential Program (RCP) launched a mental wellness initiative aiming to extend care, education and support through workshops, home visits,…

Staff Worldwide

Meet Your Team Leader: Mindy Lull

Volunteer Team Leader Dr. Mindy Lull (top left above) participated in her first service program in 2014 and has served every summer since. She first traveled with a group of pharmacy students to the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana. She later…

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Welcoming the August 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 August 2021. Their moms joined…

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

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

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 Peru

Why I Give: The Children’s Trust in the Universe Inspired Me

Seven years ago Margaret “Maggi” Gallaher began volunteering with Global Volunteers, and has since served on five programs – in the Cook Islands, Romania, Montana, Peru, and West Virginia. As a pediatrician, Maggi is deeply dedicated…

Service-Learning Tanzania

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…

Sagrada Familia School Peru

Development Impact, Partners' Stories Peru

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…

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

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,…