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Development Impact Ecuador, Nepal, Peru

Cognitive Ability is Enhanced in Youth-Centered Volunteer Projects

Volunteer reading with child stimulating brain in Ecuador

Global Volunteers promotes children’s well-being around the world in many different ways so they can realize their full potential. This third post in a series about child development projects examines how brain development enhances cognitive ability, and how our work contributes to healthy brain development for children in partner communities. Although the brain’s wiring is […]

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February 21, 2021/0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
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Development Impact Ecuador, Peru

School Environments Improve With the Service and Resources of Volunteers

Volunteers and teachers with new mural and renovated exterior of early childhood development Center #1 in ecuador

According to UNESCO, half of Latin American fifteen-year-olds can’t achieve minimum reading proficiency. That is, they’re able to read, but fail to understand what they read. This is one of many sad outcomes of inadequate infrastructure, lack of school supplies, untrained teachers, unsanitary facilities among other deficiencies in school environments in struggling communities. We asked […]

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January 6, 2021/0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
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Impact Stories Ecuador, Peru, Tanzania

Children are Fed with Volunteer Assistance in Grateful Communities

Volunteers Hugh & Sandy Neville feed toddlers at the Day Care center in the Sagrada Familia children's home in Peru.

Ending hunger is one of the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).  Global Volunteers offers four essential services in partner communities in Ecuador, Peru, and Tanzania, toward reaching this SDG. Read on to learn how short-term volunteers help support child nutrition so youth can reach their full potential. Adequate child nutrition ensures healthier bodies and […]

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November 24, 2020/0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
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Impact Stories Ecuador, Greece, Peru

Children are Mentored in Meaningful Service Projects

volunteers talk to girls in Peru

Mentoring children of all ages around the world is a meaningful assignment for volunteers from all backgrounds. Drawing on their own experiences and compassion, volunteers can make a significant difference in the lives of youth in as little as one or two weeks. Read on to learn how volunteers of diverse backgrounds and life experiences […]

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November 15, 2020/0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
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Culture and Traditions Worldwide Ecuador, Greece, Nepal, Peru, Poland, St Lucia

Habitude, Fortitude and Gratitude: Community Partners’ Resilience Inspires Us

As we all confront new questions and conflicts each day about our safety, health and economic security during the pandemic, we appreciate our inspired partners around the world. Every Global Volunteers development partnership has its own origin story and offers its unique inspiration. And, local community leaders personally have overcome threats to their own peace […]

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September 4, 2020/0 Comments/by Michele Gran
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Global Volunteers 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, 2020/0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
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Development Impact, Global Volunteers Ecuador

Ecuador Community Partner Struggles in Pandemic Hot Zone

COVID-19 Ecuador

April 28: 24,258 cases of Covid-19, 871 deaths, and 1,212 additional deaths suspected to be as a result of the virus, according to the Ministry of Public Health in Ecuador. We’ve sustained our unenviable position as the country with the most cases per capita in Latin America. How did we get here, and how do […]

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April 28, 2020/0 Comments/by Maggie Bjorklund
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Family Volunteers, Volunteer Voices Ecuador

Mother & Daughter Share Unique Experience Together By Volunteering in Ecuador

Mother-daughter pair Ann Hite and Maddie Hite-Smaka volunteered in Ecuador over Maddie’s 26th birthday to be able to spend time together in a different setting, away from home. At the end of their week in service in Quito, Ann and Maddie reflect on their time together and how this experience differed from any other. Maddie […]

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April 5, 2020/0 Comments/by Maggie Bjorklund
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Culture and Traditions Worldwide, Volunteer Voices Ecuador

“Calderón Is Powerful,” Volunteer Proclaims

Calderón, Quito, Ecuador

In her team journal entry, Ecuador volunteer Maddie Hite-Smaka describes the humbling experience of visiting the home of a child and being graciously welcomed by the family. The team was invited to visit the home of Ana María (mother) and Daniel*, a three-year-old with whom they worked at an early childhood development center for the […]

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March 16, 2020/0 Comments/by Maggie Bjorklund
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Culture and Traditions Worldwide, Volunteer Voices Ecuador

The ABCs of Volunteering in Ecuador

ABCs of Volunteering in Ecuador

In this journal entry, two-time volunteer Betsy Creedon covers the ABCs of volunteering in Ecuador – everything from altitude to llamas to learning phrases in Spanish. Read on to learn about what fun it is to volunteer with children in Ecuador, and bond together as a team. Betsy concludes it’s so much fun, there are […]

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February 21, 2020/0 Comments/by Maggie Bjorklund
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