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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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Development Impact Greece

Building Local Capacity in Greece

Volunteers, Students, and Teachers all reap the benefits of in Greece

In every case, volunteers are catalysts for lasting change on genuine development projects. Because our inspired community partners have the vision and local support to direct volunteer projects, individuals, families, and groups are the “helping hands” for long-term success – whether teaching English, planting container gardens, providing health care, teaching in the classroom, painting a […]

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November 3, 2022/by Global Volunteers
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Family Volunteering Greece

Mother and Daughter Bond on Greece “Service Adventure”

University student Emmanuelle Dulac was born with the “volunteer bug.” For as long as she can remember, she’s been an active volunteer in her home town of Québec, Canada. But she began looking for more; a chance to help others while experiencing a new culture. An internet search in March, 2022 brought her to the […]

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July 19, 2022/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Partners' Stories Greece

New Refugee Program Engages Global Volunteers in Crete

Thalassa of Solidarity- Refugee project & Community partner, Greece

In early 2016, Global Volunteers Crete teams were called upon by local authorities to help meet the needs of the sudden large influx of Syrian refugees to Greece. Volunteers worked packaging and sorting donated clothing and preparing boxes for shipping to Athens. Since then, more than a million refugees and migrants have traveled across Greece. Today, Greece […]

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June 29, 2022/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Volunteer Voices Greece

Volunteer Friends Celebrate Their Long-Awaited Return to Service in Greece

A friendship that includes a shared dedication to service is one that is sure to last. Californians Linn Joanis and Melody Covay have volunteered on four service programs together since 2015, and they have no intention of stopping. They first served together in the Cook Islands, and then went on to serve in Greece in […]

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April 22, 2022/by Maggie Bjorklund
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Conversational English, Development Impact Greece

Greece Summer School Program Lauded by Grateful Grandmother

In 2005, Global Volunteers launched the popular English summer school at the invitation of the Mayor’s Office of Malevizi, Crete. Its purpose? To help improve students’ conversational English skills and build up their confidence in using English as a second language. This story about Mihali* is representative of the significant impact English language skills building […]

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January 17, 2022/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Cultures and Traditions Greece

Christmas & New Years’ Traditions In Greece!

Christmas (Xristouyenna- Christouyenna), meaning “the birth of Christ,” is one of the most important celebrations within the Greek Orthodox church. Traditions vary depending on which region or Island one is from. Here are a few of the popular traditions celebrated in Greece as reported by Greece Country Manager Sam Pinakoulaki: Kalikantzari During the 12-day period […]

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December 25, 2021/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Family Volunteering Greece

Family’s Bucket-List Trip Led Them Cretan Classrooms

Students at Tenia's school, Crete Greece.

Septuagenarians Bob and Judy Nix have always had a passion for making a difference, especially in the lives of children. Volunteer travel had always been on their bucket list, so when Bob’s sister Linda Murphy asked them to join her on a service program in Greece with Global Volunteers, they were ready to go. In […]

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December 20, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Cultures and Traditions Greece

Simply Greek – Cultures and Traditions of Civilization’s Birthplace

simply Greek- culture and Traditions in Greece

When you think of Greece, what comes to mind? The rise of democracy? The Olympic Games, ancient history and philosophy, Minotaurs and mythology? Perhaps you think of magnificent temples, the clear waters of the Aegean Sea, sandy beaches, mountain villages, or small windy roads blocked by sheep and goats. Greece is also known as the […]

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December 8, 2021/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Partners' Stories Greece

Seven-Year “Dream” Comes True in Crete’s House of Angels for Children

Since 2014, Global Volunteers has worked alongside the Union of Women Associations of Heraklion (UWAH) to improve the lives of vulnerable women and children in Crete. Our partnership has mobilized volunteers to help Association members learn English, paint and clean their shelter for abused women and children, and produce crafts projects to raise money for […]

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December 2, 2021/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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