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Tanzania Village Parents’ Club Teaches Love, Health and Leadership

A powerful initiative of the Reaching Children’s Potential Program (RCP) in Tanzania is the village Parents’ Club for both mothers and fathers in the program. Born of their desire to meet and learn from each other, the parents work hand-in-hand…
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An Interview With Winnie Mshindo about Volunteering in Tanzania

Winfrida "Winnie" Mshindo joined the Global Volunteers staff in 2017 and became Tanzania Team Leader in 2018. In the years she served on staff, she contributed significantly to the development of the RCP Program – supporting new RCP families,…
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International Community Development Profile: Fausta Mgoba 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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Reaching Children’s Potential in Tanzania: Welcome to Rehema Chahe

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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Regis University Students Cite Service as a Channel to Long-Term Development

Working alongside caregivers in the Ukwega Ward, Tanzania provides health care professionals and students alike opportunities to enhance the care, health and nutrition of mothers and children in the Reaching Children’s Potential Program.…
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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 four babies born in September 2020. Their moms…
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September Harvest in Sicily Brings a Labor of Love

On the beautiful island of Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean sea, tourism starts winding down during the month of September. But there's no rest for our Sicilian friends; in fact, it's one of the year's busiest times for local…
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Meals Served at Primary Schools in Tanzania Increase Attendance

Global Volunteers partners with Rise Against Hunger to provide fortified meals to preschool and primary school students, mothers and their babies, and pregnant women in the Reaching Children's Potential program. Now that the meals are offered…
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Two Sisters Reflect on Growing Up in Ipalamwa

Sharifa and Zajaneth Kavindi are sisters who grew up and married in Ipalamwa, Tanzania. Both are enrolled in the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program, and are grateful to be able to provide a more secure future for their…
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Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in September, 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. Meet ten girls and boys who reached their first, second, and third birthdays…
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Young Voices from Peru: Rosita

This fourth story in a series about recent high school graduates from our partner community, the Sagrada Familia children's home in Peru, is about Rosita Betel Durán. Just like many others in Peru, Rosita's education has been delayed due to…
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Global Volunteers and Rise Against Hunger Partnership Improves Nutrition for Mothers and Babies

Global Volunteers' multi-faceted partnership with Rise Against Hunger is a model for international cooperation to multiply NGO impact. Through Journey to Serve, Rise Against Hunger encourages like-minded people associated with their multiple…
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