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375 East Little Canada Road
St. Paul, MN 55117-1628 USA
(800) 487-1074 | toll-free
(651) 482-0915 | fax
globalvolunteers.org
email@globalvolunteers.org
The Hunger Project and The Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a “shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future” to be achieve by 2030. The SDGs were preceded by the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which directed the world’s governments and development institutions toward equality […]
Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in January 2021!
The Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) program of the Ukwega Ward in central Tanzania measures its success by the growth and development of the children in the program. Read about 25 girls and boys who reached their first, second, third, and fourth birthdays in good health and on target to reach all their development milestones in […]
Why I Give: Alumna Bridges Pandemic to Serve Students from Afar
Barbara ‘Bobbi’ Dunham’s special regard for English-language students was cultivated with Global Volunteers in 2012 in India. She’s served regularly since then, forming special relationships with students in the classrooms of Kotun, Poland over the past four years. Prevented by the pandemic from returning in 2020, she did what she regards as the next-best thing […]
Quality Seeds are Planted in Tanzania to Improve Families’ Nutrition
Hunger and malnutrition is prevalent in developing communities, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Governments, corporations and NGOs have worked to provide highly productive seeds, practical soil science, cost-effective and environmentally friendly fertilizers, natural pest controls, etc. for smallholder and subsistence farmers – those who farm on extremely small plots and often have limited education. Global Volunteers’ […]
Reaching Children’s Potential in Tanzania: Welcome to Jamila Makilika
Every month, Global Volunteers’ caregivers in the Ukwega Ward of Tanzania meet with families who wish to participate in the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program. The goal of RCP is to eliminate childhood stunting in all five of the villages served: Ipalamwa, Makalanga, Lulindi, Ukwega, and Makungu. Specifically, families obtain the nutrition, health care, knowledge, technology, […]
Mercy Corps and the Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, the United Nations developed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a “shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future” to be achieve by 2030. The SDGs were preceded by the eight Millennium Development Goals, which directed the world’s governments and development institutions toward equality in […]
Welcoming the December RCP Newborns in Tanzania
What’s more fun than BABIES? In this series, we focus on the newest members of the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program in Tanzania — newborns. In this post, we welcome seven babies born in December 2020. Their moms joined the program to provide them a healthy start at life, and the nutrition and care […]
Alumna Is Eager to Re-Connect Through Service to the World
Four-time volunteer Gail Ferguson has volunteered each year on a service program since 2017 — first in Cuba, then in St. Lucia, Peru, and the Cook Islands. She writes about uncovering what’s important about meeting different people around the world, and why she hopes to connect through service again in 2021. by Gail Ferguson I […]
Tanzania Community Health Initiatives led by Staff RCP Caregivers
The seven caregivers for the Reaching Children’s Potential Program (RCP) are essential to families adopting new practices in the areas of health, nutrition, hygiene, and education. They each work one-on-one with parents on Tanzania community health initiatives, with an emphasis on sustained behavior change. In this team interview, the caregivers describe their backgrounds, daily work, […]
International Community Development Profile: Rachel Kigala Family in Tanzania
In this series, families in the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program in Tanzania explain how their participation improves their lives. Global Volunteers’ RCP Program engages short-term volunteers to help parents deliver essential services improving health, eradicating hunger, and enhancing cognition – with the goal of eliminating child stunting in the Ukwega Ward and throughout […]