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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new volunteer opportunity for families

Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Peru

Volunteer Opportunities for Families in Peru

Learn about our partnership with Sagrada Familia and your opportunity to help children in Peru here. Global Volunteers has worked for over two decades with partners a wide range of human development projects. We asked the Miller…

Volunteer Projects in the Cook Islands - After school program

Development Impact, Service-Learning Cook Islands

New Student Mentoring Projects Enhance Volunteers’ Impact in the Cook Islands

James Puati, Global Volunteers' Cook Islands Country Manager, recently sent an update on two new volunteer projects in the Cook Islands. Volunteers continue to expand their positive impact in schools throughout the island. Announcing…

memorable volunteer experience

Reaching Children's Potential, Volunteer Voices St Lucia

A Most Memorable Volunteer Experience in the Caribbean

Taaneil recently volunteered in the Caribbean for the first time. In his trip with Global Volunteers he served in St. Lucia helping build a library for a Primary School. It was an experience of many firsts and many learning opportunities.…

Conversational English, Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Peru

Service and Discovery in Peru

Learn about our partnership with Sagrada Familia and your opportunity to help children in Peru here. Peru Volunteer and Travel Lima, Peru combines both a variety of meaningful service opportunities and significant points of archeological…

no downside to volunteering as a family

Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Peru

No Downside to Volunteering Abroad as a Family

The Grossman family just served abroad for the first time. They had a great time and were able to make a difference for many neglected children in Peru. Their experience shows that there is no downside to volunteering as a family. Liza…

what is it like to volunteer at the Blackfeet Reservation

Volunteer Voices Montana

What Is It like to Volunteer on the Blackfeet Reservation?

Have you ever wondered what it's like to volunteer on an Indian Reservation? A young team member reflects on service-learning as a volunteer on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana. Highlights from the team journal: What we saw: …

Serving in the Caribbean with Global Volunteers

Volunteer Voices St Lucia

These “Firsts” are Unforgettable on Mother and Daughter’s Caribbean Service Program

There's a first for everything! Could volunteering in the Caribbean with Global Volunteers be one of yours? Learn from Rechelle and her teenage daughter Kayla (pictured above) about experiences you can expect volunteering in…

volunteer experience for students

Group Volunteering, Service-Learning Peru

University Students Teach and Learn Great Lessons in Peru

Learn about our partnership with Sagrada Familia and your opportunity to help children in Peru here. Global Volunteers' service-learning programs offers an incredible volunteer experience for students. Peru Country Manager Daniel Salazar reports…

volunteering is the best way to learn about a community

Service-Learning Montana

Serving and Learning is Pathway to Understanding

Chenin Ryan is a candidate for the Physiology and Biophysics Master's program at Georgetown University. She plans to go to medical school after she graduates and dedicate her career to serving Native American communities. But before…

Why You Should Volunteer Abroad

Volunteer Voices Cuba, Greece

One More Reason Why You Should Volunteer Abroad

Ken is one of those people who not only tries to live happily without harming anyone, but actually invests his time helping others. He has helped in his home city of Seattle building houses for low income families, teaching at a school for…

Build Bridges Between Borders

Volunteer Voices China

Building Bridges on Borders

Maria Maki, 20-time Global Volunteer and Country Manager, shares her thoughts and experiences about the importance to build bridges between countries: We sometimes forget what we have to learn from others just outside our own borders - as…

Male volunteer in Mexico

Volunteer Voices

16-Time Volunteer Develops Personal Service Method

Global Volunteers salutes Bill Spencer, who has served on 16 Global Volunteers service programs - starting with Turkey in 2000. Since then, Bill has gone on to serve as a Global Volunteer in Greece, the Cook Islands, Brazil, St. Lucia and Mexico.…