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International community development

Reaching Children’s Potential in Tanzania: Welcome to Pelagia Kindole

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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Why I Give: Responding to Families’ Needs Abroad

When Global Volunteers launched an online gift catalog last year, donors welcomed it as a complementary way to support the communities they've served. Read on for two couples' reflections on giving back while their own volunteer travel is…
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United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Medical Bridges and the Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, the United Nations developed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a "shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future" to be achieve by 2030. The SDGs were preceded by the eight Millennium…
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Rainwater Harvesting System Multiplies Family’s Options

Just after the first of the year, Getrude Elly Kikoti and her husband, Mwita Mtengela, learned they and their children, Meckson, Gideon, and Richard, would be the first in the Ukwega Ward of Tanzania to receive a household rainwater harvesting…
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Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in March 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 35 girls and boys who reached their first, second, third, and…
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The Challenge of Virtual Learning in Greece

In the year since Greece began its first (of many) national lockdowns due to the fast-spreading Covid- 19 virus, Greek students and teachers have struggled to sustain a reliable school routine. Celia Kopaka, one of our phenomenal community…
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International community development

International Community Development Profile: Aika Kiungo Family in Tanzania

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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Welcome to the RCP Family – Newborn Photo Gallery – 2020

In 2020, Global Volunteers welcomed 57 babies to the Reaching Children's Potential Program (RCP) family. The RCP Program is a child-focused, parent-driven, family-centered, and community-led comprehensive approach that begins with…
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International community development

Reaching Children’s Potential in Tanzania: Welcome to Lina Mhando

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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United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

International Confederation of Midwives and the Sustainable Development Goals

Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment is integral to each of the 17 SDGs. Only by ensuring the rights and health of women and girls across all the goals will the world achieve justice and inclusion, economies that work for all,…
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Peru Community Partner Vaults Hurdles to Build Life-Giving Plant

With characteristic single-minded determination, Global Volunteers' Country Host Partner Miguel Rodríguez led staff and supporters of Sagrada Familia on a campaign of mercy in Lima, Peru. In four months, they've overcome ingrained obstacles…
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International community development

International Community Development Profile: Tenida Duma Family in Tanzania

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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