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Celebrating International Youth Day During a Global Pandemic

With youth aged 24 years and under composing around 40% of the total global population, skills development for children worldwide is crucial. That's why Global Volunteers programs focus on helping children reach their full potential - from…
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EarthBox® Project Improves Food Security in Tanzania

Through its Reaching Children's Potential (RCP) Program, Global Volunteers works towards the eradication of hunger in Tanzania. Food security is a multi-faceted issue that must be addressed on multiple levels in order to combat hunger. In Tanzania,…
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International community development

International Community Development Profile: Tumpokee 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…
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Work With us to Help Achieve ZERO HUNGER in Tanzania

Global Volunteers is committed to helping achieve zero hunger, improved health, and enhanced cognition in the Ukewga Ward of Tanzania so village children can reach their full potential. In 2017, at the invitation of and in cooperation with…
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Reaching Children’s Potential In Tanzania: Welcome to Elestuta Mfikwa

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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Active Alumni Lean on Lessons from Communities Abroad

Tim Cunniff and Keith Kresge are Global Volunteers "veterans." Between them, they’ve served on 44 programs in 18 different countries - from Tanzania to the Cook Islands.  Despite the obvious contrasts between these societies, they say…
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International Community Development Profile: Sharon Kaywanga 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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Worldwide Efforts Toward Zero Hunger – An Overview

Imagine what your life would be like if you didn’t know when your next meal will be. And, this would happen every day - day after day and week after week. That's how one in nine of the people in the world live. And, it's the reality for…
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International Community Development Profile: Agness Tula 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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Partnership is Fundamental to Development, Says Tanzania Host Partner

In early 1986, Bishop Dr. Owdenberg Mdegella of ELCT invited Global Volunteers to bring volunteers to assist villagers in Pommern, Tanzania - the center of his Church's development efforts. Since his retirement, Bishop Emeritus Mdegella remains…
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“Our Culture is Our Strength,” says St. Lucia Community Partner

Global Volunteers co-founder Michele Gran talked with Global Volunteers’ Community Partner Camillus Laurencin along with Country Manager Chemida Popo-Cox in St. Lucia about the power of community in the face of adversity. Read on for lessons…
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Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in July, 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 the boys and girls who celebrated their second birthdays in July,…
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