Current News, Field Reports and Volunteer Voices

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women's co-ops in Tanzania

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

New Tie-Dyed Products Expand Women’s Co-ops in Tanzania

The three women's co-ops in the Tanzania Reaching Children's Potential (RCP) Program have recently added tie-dyed products to their product portfolio. The members trained on the technique and in their first workshop, were very successful in…

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 seven babies born in November 2020. Their moms…

International community development

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

International Community Development Profile: Neema Kikoti 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…

News and Updates

Online Gift Catalog Extends Support to Those Who Need it Most

Global Volunteers launched its first online "store" of donation options in time for holiday giving - and beyond. Donors select gifts in honor of loved ones, who receive a greeting card describing the purpose of the donation in their name. Every…

a mother from Tanzania cooks on a fuel-efficient stove built by Global Volunteers.

Development Impact, Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Improved Cooking Stoves are Constructed in RCP Villages

Cooking in most of the developing world is a tedious, complicated, and hazardous task. Why? The method used, open fire, is inherently dangerous and unhealthy. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) says cooking over an open fire causes…

News and Updates

Saluting Global Volunteers With a Strong Passion For Service in FY2020

Congratulations and thank you to our fourth group of unique individuals who, during the last months of 2019 and January and February 2020, reached their “milestones in service.” We recognize Alumni Volunteers who completed…

Volunteers Hugh & Sandy Neville feed toddlers at the Day Care center in the Sagrada Familia children's home in Peru.

Development Impact Peru, Tanzania

Children are Fed with Volunteer Assistance in Grateful Communities

Ending hunger is one of the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Global Volunteers offers four essential services in partner communities in Ecuador, Peru, and Tanzania, toward reaching this SDG. Read on to learn how short-term…

International community development

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

International Community Development Profile: Simda Kikoti 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…

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in November 2020!

The Reaching Children's Potential (RCP) program of the Ukwega Ward in central Tanzania measures its success by the growth and development of the children in the program. Read about 33 girls and boys who reached their first, second, third, and…

News and Updates

Saluting Global Volunteers With a Strong Passion For Service in 2019 (Part 3)

Congratulations and thank you to our third group of unique individuals who, during fiscal year 2019, reached their “milestones in service." We recognize Alumni Volunteers who completed five, six, or seven service programs with…

International community development

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

International Community Development Profile: Adelina Kikula 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…

volunteers talk to girls in Peru

Development Impact Greece, Peru

Children are Mentored in Meaningful Service Projects

Mentoring children of all ages around the world is a meaningful assignment for volunteers from all backgrounds. Drawing on their own experiences and compassion, volunteers can make a significant difference in the lives of youth in as little…