Current News, Field Reports and Volunteer Voices

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Family Volunteer Experience of a Lifetime in Tanzania

Conversational English, Volunteer Voices Cuba

Teaching Projects in Ciego de Avila, Cuba

Our inaugural conversational English classes in Cuba were tremendously successful for volunteers and students alike! Working with a Cuba English language teacher and his students, we provided their first opportunity to work in small groups…

Family Volunteer Experience of a Lifetime in Tanzania

Volunteer Voices Cuba

English Teaching in Cuba

Our first destination this morning was ICAP: Cuban Institute of Friendship with People. Tears immediately sprang to my eyes as I saw a group of beautiful Cuban students in their identical red school uniforms. After we gathered, we were each…

Family Volunteer Experience of a Lifetime in Tanzania

Volunteer Voices Italy

Monday – And So It Begins!

Our week began with Barbara's fine recap of yesterday's activity. Then we were treated to a snatch of song from Patty who reprised "Getting to Know You" - a theme setter for sure. As we boarded the bus for our first day of school, some…

Celebration Day

Volunteer Voices Poland

Celebration Day!

Lori, a volunteer serving in Poland, talks about a celebration day at Reymontówka, commemorating 25 years of Global Volunteers service there. And what a celebration day it turned out to be! Our first treat on this celebration day…

Family Volunteer Experience of a Lifetime in Tanzania

News and Updates Cuba

Landmark Cuba Volunteer Program Begins!

After a quick one-hour flight to Santa Clara, we're off to Ciego de Avila with our gracious hosts, Eduardo and Ramon. We arrived at our wonderful hotel (Hotel Ciego De Avila), got our room assignments and had dinner at a nearby restaurant. On…

visit to Warsaw

Free Time Options, Volunteer Voices Poland

Visit to Warsaw and Memorable Banquet

Molly, a volunteer serving in Poland, talks about her experience teaching English at Reymontówka camp and a visit to Warsaw. Today, Saturday was a free day with no English classes, so we were offered an opportunity to travel to Warsaw…

First week of teaching

Volunteer Voices Poland

First Week of Teaching Accomplished!

A volunteer serving in Poland, talks about how the experience of serving at Reymontówka and the first week of teaching in Poland. For our team, today was the last day of our first week of teaching in Poland! All of us have been quite impressed…

Siedlce County

Volunteer Voices Poland

Deputy Governor of Siedlce County Welcomes Volunteer Team

Lori, a volunteer serving in Poland, talks about her experience being welcomed and serving the first day in Siedlce County. Cheese fritters were the breakfast entrée that greeted us on this Monday morning. Others for the first time tried…

first Global Volunteers team to Poland

Volunteer Voices Poland

Journal by Corinne –a member of the first Global Volunteers team to Poland

Team 245 has arrived. There are 11 of us to add to the nearly 3000 Global Volunteers who have already served the Siedlce area since 1990. Festivities are planned for the weekend to celebrate our 25 years of service teaching English. Dorota…

Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Tanzania

A Mother-Daughter Adventure in Service

After mutually experiencing a yearning to get off the beaten track, Lisa Graumlich and her daughter, Maya Graumlich, decided to make a difference in the world by becoming Global Volunteers. So in the summer of 2014, Lisa and Maya embarked on…

Mother-Son Volunteer Duo in Tanzania

Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Tanzania

Liz and Jacob Turnage: A Mother-Son Volunteer Duo

In the summer of 2014, Liz Turnage and her son Jacob decided to take some time out of their busy schedule to make a difference in a rural village in Tanzania. This was a difficult task given that Liz is a full-time and hardworking physician…

Family Volunteer Experience of a Lifetime in Tanzania

Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Tanzania

Volunteering with the Pollards

In the winter of 2014, Deborah Pollard and her two children, Meghan and Aidan, embarked on a volunteer experience of a lifetime to Tanzania. They volunteered for six weeks, providing a variety of different services throughout their program –…