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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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Student Learns Personal Value of Service Learning on Reservation Program

High school student Claire Smith from the Hun School of Princeton, NJ penned a reflection on her group service-learning experience with Global Volunteers in Montana. This story is reprinted with permission from Phillyburbs.com. By…
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Free-Time Activities In Nepal on a Global Volunteers Service Program

Volunteering abroad doesn't have to be all work!  With Global Volunteers programs, ample time on evenings and weekends are available to enjoy the cultural, educational and natural attractions in our partner communities. The free-time activities…
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Three Generations Volunteer in Crete!

The inter-generational Appleby family group - grand-daughter Megan, father Mike, and grandfather Robert - joined together to volunteer in Crete with Global Volunteers. Their assignment?  Helping elementary and middle school kids speak conversational…
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Experience Kathmandu as a Volunteering Destination

Online travel guides are brimming with opportunities to tour Nepal - recognizing the country's popularity as a top travel destination.  Adored by hikers, climbers and mountaineers, the northern section of the country features the Nepalese Himalayas…
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Volunteers Working Hand-in-Hand on the Blackfeet Reservation

Every Global Volunteer team keeps a daily journal of work projects, insights, and lessons to document their own experience in the partner community.  In these team journal excerpts, volunteers describe the hand-in-hand effort to make a difference…
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Help Children in Peru on an Exceptional Service Abroad Opportunity

For more than 30 years in the district of Ventanilla, Sagrada Familia has functioned as a small village for displaced kids. In addition to providing safe housing, nutritious food and preschool through high school education, the non-profit…
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Outstanding Students Inspire First-Time Vietnam Volunteer

First-time Global Volunteer Denise Nelson Nash has always had a passion for volunteering. In Hanoi, Vietnam, she accomplished a long-held goal - teaching conversational English at the Vietnamese Institute for Development Strategies (VIDS). She…
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Having fun learning English in Greece

Volunteer Teacher Recalls her Greek Classroom Adventure

You can become part of a team of volunteer teachers and students in Crete. When you help the children of Malevizi with their English skills, you experience their culture through their lives and interests. Val, a Greece Volunteer, shares her…
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Volunteers at New RCP Health Center Help Tanzanian Children Thrive

Tanzania medical volunteers help children and their families in a fully modern and functional clinic, funded by a multi-year family foundation grant arranged by a Global Volunteer alumnus.  The Ipalamwa General Clinic (IGC) serves five rural…
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Legal Travel to Cuba With Global Volunteers is the Way to Go!

How to volunteer in Cuba? For Roberta, Cuba had long been on her bucket list, so when she learned she could travel legally to Cuba with Global Volunteers, she didn't hesitate. It turned out to be one of her most rewarding experiences. Read…
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Vietnam: A Journey of Discovery for Global Volunteer Alumna

Long-serving volunteer Laura Merriam first served in Vietnam with her husband, Peter Armstrong, in 2015. Her beautiful recollections were printed in MinnPost, an independent Minnesota newspaper. Below are highlights from Laura's journal…
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