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Classroom Assistance, Conversational English, Volunteer Voices Cook Islands

Oceans of Experience Benefit Youth Stars in the Cook Islands

Vaka 177 Team Photo

Global Volunteers’ 177th volunteer team in the Cook Islands was the first to return after COVID. The team included a teacher, military veteran, former World Bank employee, birdwatcher, three-time Cook Islands volunteer, and a college librarian and grandmother who brought her eleven-year-old grandson. They brought oceans of experience and passion to change the world, sometimes […]

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January 25, 2023/by Valerie Skarbek
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News and Updates Cook Islands, Cuba, Greece, Italy, Puerto Rico, St Lucia

Top Six Island Volunteer Vacations

Top 6 Island Volunteer Vacations

Crystal blue bays and soft sandy beaches. Breathtaking views with a carefree “beat.” Island volunteer vacations provide an opportunity to escape the cold weather while helping to change the arc of a child’s life. Global Volunteers’ service programs offer couples, families, groups, and individuals the opportunity to combine altruism with exotic adventure. Choose a program that meets […]

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January 9, 2023/by Kalliopi Chaniotaki
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Staff Worldwide Cook Islands

Your Guide to Volunteer Travel in the Cook Islands

James Puati and his wife, Debi, both New Zealand-born-and-raised Cook Islanders, moved to their ancestral home of Rarotonga in 2003 with their two children, Samantha and Jordan, to immerse their family in their Cook Islands heritage. Now with three grandchildren (mokopuna) and extended family on the island, they retain ties with their birth country through friends and […]

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October 15, 2022/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Cultures and Traditions, Free Time Options Cook Islands

Cook Islands Volunteer Vacation Features Diverse Free-Time Options

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Volunteering abroad with Global Volunteers ensures you’ll serve children and families in partner communities, and also experience different cultures in some of the world’s most fascinating settings. The Cook Islands is one of our service program destinations whose people and landscapes will captivate you. These free-time options on the main island of Rarotonga rival those […]

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September 9, 2022/by Global Volunteers
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Development Impact Cook Islands

Cook Islanders Cautiously Adjust to a “Tourist-less” Economy

Where are the Cook Islands?

The Cook Islands are known for their awe-inspiring natural beauty, exciting land and sea attractions and warm Polynesian culture. But how does the tourism-reliant country cope without tourists? And what has suddenly reduced the country’s foreign aid? Families straddling the poverty line now are re-imagining a post-COVID economy on the remote archipelago. Read on for […]

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June 27, 2020/by Global Volunteers
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News and Updates Cook Islands

Beating COVID-19 in the South Pacific

maori warriors fight COVID-19 New Zealand

The Cook Islands have been “COVID-19 free” for more than a month – without one diagnosed case since the pandemic erupted. Across the international date line, the country’s associated state of New Zealand has beaten back the disease with just three new cases in the first two weeks of May. The nations of the world […]

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May 18, 2020/by Global Volunteers
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Development Impact Cook Islands

COVID-19’s Toughest Blow to The Cook Islands: The Economy

Cook Islands Team Leader Sam Ellison reported to the Global Volunteers office on how the COVID-19 crisis has impacted Rarotonga, and why volunteers’ help will be an integral part of their recovery. Peru Country Manager Daniel Salazar looks into the problem further. By Daniel Salazar The Cook Islands has no confirmed cases of COVID-19, but […]

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April 15, 2020/by Global Volunteers
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Volunteer Voices Cook Islands

Teacher Retiree Promises to Explore the World With a Student’s Curiosity

Alumna Carol McNertney’s “second act” began with her students’ suggestion to expand her horizons. She writes how a promise to them led her on a true journey of the “heart” in her retirement – first to Montana, then to the Cook Islands. By Carol McNertney, Global Volunteers Alumna The Promise Everyone who commits to volunteering […]

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January 18, 2020/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Service-Learning, Volunteer Voices Cook Islands

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. Undaunted by the 7,000 mile journey, she sought to help others in the global community and […]

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September 25, 2019/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Volunteer Voices Cook Islands

Teen Cites Three Reasons to Volunteer as a Youth

volunteer in youth

The benefits of volunteering are endless across the spectrum of life. Service to others helps us understand the world and ourselves, connect with people, impact events and make a difference. During her gap year, 18 – year – old Cassidy Richardson learned all these lessons and more in the Cook Islands with Global Volunteers.  She […]

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February 22, 2019/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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