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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EarthBox® Partnership Nourishes Mothers and Children in Tanzania

The arrival of 1,000 eagerly anticipated EarthBox container gardening systems from the United States marks the beginning of sustained nutrition for families in the Tanzania Reaching Children's Potential Demonstration Program. Thanks to a formative…
A volunteer in Peru teaches English to 6th graders

The Language of Love

In this guest post, Peru volunteer Mark Bierbaum takes us on a journey to a caring community, Sagrada Familia, sheltering at-risk children in Ventanilla outside Lima. He writes about volunteering with his wife, Maggie, and their 17-year-old…

Cuba Volunteer Describes Service Journey for Future Volunteers

Four-time Global Volunteer Doris Sweet describes her service projects and some of the logistical aspects of her service program in Cuba in September 2019. She writes about the lodging and meals she enjoyed while volunteering in Havana with…
British volunteer among Tanzanian children
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Teen Volunteer Grateful for Tanzania Service Learning Experience

Nathalie Oestmann and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Anna, decided to volunteer in Tanzania to learn about a new culture and work on meaningful service projects. Nathalie and Anna traveled from London to Ipalamwa, Tanzania in July of 2019.…

Each Day, An Adventure in Service In Peru

"So how was your trip?" is a common question friends and family ask volunteers upon their return from a service program. How do you summarize in a few words - or even a few sentences - what waging peace through people-to-people service means?…

First Volunteer Abroad Experience Launches Retiree on Service Career

In this guest post, Ecuador volunteer Gordon Smith takes us along on his step-by-step discovery of service abroad with preschool children and their teachers in our partner community. Secure as a father and grandfather, he knew he'd relate…
Peter enjoys the ride in one of Havana's classic cars, a 1954 Chevy

Legal Travel to Cuba Held His Imagination. Then the Cuban People Captured His Heart

For years, alumni volunteer Peter Dykstra stood on the southernmost point of Key West, Florida and imagined he could reach out over 90 miles of water and touch the Cuban coastline. But the country remained a mystery to him while it was…
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Maine Student’s International Service Changes Her Perspective of Learning and Travel

It might be that there's no farther point from the Cook Islands in the United States than Maine. But, that didn't discourage University of Maine Honors College student Lucie Bonneville from traveling to the South Pacific with Global Volunteers.…
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Pharmacy Student Volunteer Group Discovers the Reservation

A student volunteer group from the Wegmans School of Pharmacy at St. John Fisher College discovered their week of service on the Rosebud Reservation of South Dakota really does make a difference. Learn from their experience here! Just…

Retired Teacher Describes Greek Classroom Service Experience

Retired teacher Maggie Caison finds herself busier than ever. Apart from volunteering internationally with Global Volunteers, she also volunteers with several organizations in her home town of Lenexa, Kansas. “I feel it's an honor to give…
Preschoolers in Nepal.
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Families, Couples, Groups Unite in Summer Volunteer Programs

Summer 2019 was a great season of service in Global Volunteers partner communities! We're grateful for the summer volunteers who served up 77 unique program weeks in China, the Cook Islands, Cuba, Ecuador, Greece, Italy, Nepal, Peru, Poland,…

Celebrating Impact Through Partnerships

Today, we are sharing a guest post by one of our long-time volunteers, Robi Kronberg. As she explains below, Robi has served on multiple service programs as a volunteer and now participates as a member of the Reaching Children’s Potential program Advisory Committee. Her professional experience in Higher Education has helped build out the program offerings and dedication to delivering effective services to our community partners. In her blog post, Robi discusses a new partner that she has brought to the table, Days for Girls, and how that partnership has benefited the women enrolled in the RCP program.

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