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News and Updates China, Cuba, Ecuador, Greece, Nepal, New Mexico, Peru, Poland, St Lucia, Tanzania

Partners Report School Opening Plans in a Post-COVID-19 World

international Volunteers teaching at a secondary school in Tanzania

Few global events ever impact every country simultaneously as COVID-19 has. Besides its devastating consequences for the health and finances of millions of people around the world, the pandemic also disrupted their education. How have schools in our partner communities been affected? How have they’ve been able to cope with the challenges, and what does […]

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July 13, 2020/by Global Volunteers
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Conversational English China

Teaching English To Chinese Students Deepens Volunteer’s Understanding

Bob teaching in Xi'an, China

Before Bob departed for a three-week service program teaching English to Chinese students in Xi’an, he did a self-check. He wasn’t a teacher, didn’t speak Chinese, but he had coached individuals and small groups on using English as a second language. Global Volunteers staff assured him he was positioned to make a difference. With only […]

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February 3, 2019/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Conversational English, Cultures and Traditions China

Your Guide to Volunteering in China, Bao Li Wang

Travel in China

A native of China, Bao Li Wang is our China Country Manager. Bao Li joined the Global Volunteers team in 2005 and manages and leads all teams in Xi’an and Kunming, China. While on a service program in China, Bao Li is your guide on everything – volunteering, culture, development, and travel in China. Bao […]

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March 13, 2018/by Maggie Bjorklund
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Conversational English, Development Impact China

Chinese Teachers Talk About Volunteer Impact

Volunteers in China

In the summer, Kunming University runs a 2- to 3- week “staff development” English program for an intact group of Chinese English teachers from elementary, middle and high schools in the area. Global Volunteers is invited to assist every year with the program. Volunteers lead Chinese English teachers in conversations to help improve their English […]

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August 29, 2017/by Global Volunteers
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Volunteer Voices China

Building Bridges on Borders

Build Bridges Between 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 well as half-way around the world.  What you find is more often than not what you expected […]

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June 6, 2017/by Global Volunteers
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Cultures and Traditions China, Vietnam

Half of the World Is Celebrating and You May Not Even Know about It

Lunar New Year

Jenny Quach is a volunteer coordinator at Global Volunteers. She knows a thing or two about Vietnam. She was born there. Here she shares a little bit about the Lunar New Year. While January 28, 2017 is just another day for most Americans, on the other side of the world, many Asian countries (China, Taiwan, Vietnam, […]

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January 27, 2017/by Global Volunteers
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Cultures and Traditions China

Getting Ready for the Chinese Spring Festival

Chinese Spring Festival

China Country Manager Baoli Wang talks about the Chinese Spring Festival and all the preparations families have to do for this festivity.  Anticipation has been littering in the air for weeks as people frantically prepare for the Chinese Spring Festival. Now, the Festival is really around the corner! However, many people are not done with […]

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January 25, 2017/by Global Volunteers
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Cultures and Traditions China

What Is Little New Year and Why Do the Chinese Celebrate It?

Little New Year

China Country Manager Bao Li Wang talks about the most important holiday for the Chinese,  the Spring Festival, and the Little New Year celebration on January 20.  The Lunar New Year, known as the Spring Festival in China, is the most important holiday for the Chinese. The celebration for the Spring Festival usually lasts for […]

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January 20, 2017/by Global Volunteers
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Cultures and Traditions, Free Time Options China

Christmas in China Is about Apples

Christmas Eve in China

As part of our series on Christmas traditions worldwide, this is the second part to a Q&A where Baoli Wang, China Country Manager, describes Christmas Eve in China to Peru Country Manager Daniel Salazar.  D: What do Chinese people do on Christmas Eve? How is it different from western countries? B: Fun is the theme of […]

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December 26, 2016/by Global Volunteers
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Cultures and Traditions, Free Time Options China

Demythifying Christmas in China

How is Christmas in China

This is part of our series on Christmas traditions worldwide. Here Baoli Wang, China Country Manager, describes Christmas in China to Peru Country Manager Daniel Salazar.  In many countries, Christmas is the most important holiday of the year. For many people in western countries Christmas is a peaceful and joyful occasion for family gatherings. In a previous post we mentioned […]

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December 23, 2016/by Global Volunteers
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