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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
Inveterate Travelers Find Meaning in Relationships Formed Through Service
Greg and Marcia Potvin have served on eleven service programs with Global Volunteers since 2007. In this interview with Maggie Bjorklund, Volunteer Engagement Manager, Greg and Marcia tell why they continue giving of themselves as volunteers, what they’ve learned from our partner communities around the world, and why they intend to return once the pandemic […]
Global Volunteers Staff Act to Protect Partner Villages in Tanzania
The United Nations estimates that over the next six months, as many as 6,000 children around the world could die every day from preventable causes because of the burden of COVID-19 on routine health services. Yes – you read that correctly. Six thousand children. Every day. It’s expected that the largest percentage of these deaths […]
COVID-19 Complicates Poverty Relief in Cuba
A virus doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t ask if a country is ready to deal with illness; it doesn’t consider the current struggles of a community or the devastating effects on those who are already fighting to survive. COVID-19 has hit Cuba just like other countries, but a severe lack of critical resources means the Cuban […]
Beating COVID-19 in the South Pacific
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 […]
COVID-19 Update: Impacts on St. Lucian Life
The lockdown order in St. Lucia creates the greatest hardship for the most impoverished residents, as is true around the world. While the country has reported only 18 COVID-19 cases to date, most people in our partner community can’t stay at home as required, because their homes lack indoor plumbing, and water for consumption and […]
Tanzania’s Chronic Health Crisis Preceded the Pandemic
Global Volunteers is currently tackling one threat to Tanzanian children that’s even more widespread than COVID-19: Stunting. Amid the pandemic and consequent economic crisis, we’re working to halt this devastating condition before it permanently impairs the children we serve in the Ukwega Ward. At this time, more than 40% of children in rural Tanzania face […]
Nepal Community Partner Prepares Children for Productive Future
Buddhi Man Seresta, founder of Papa’s House orphanage and pastor of Fresh Fire Church in Kathmandu, had a difficult time growing up without his father. Yet, the love and care he received from his mother impressed on him his advantages – which thousands of children without parents lacked. As he grew up, he transformed his […]
What Mothers Need Most
Regardless their age and ethnicity, mothers the world over have common needs. What are they? Global Volunteers suggests that no matter where mothers live and work, they all share these basic, and universally recognized desires. And they deserve our support. Mothers’ and children’s needs are inextricably interrelated. Perhaps no stronger bond exists on Earth than […]
Determined Greek Teacher Laments Loss of Volunteer Service During Pandemic
Global Volunteers Community Partner Malamo “Tenia” Vigla says the regression of her students’ English skills during the COVID-19 lockdown will be a challenge to overcome. In a “normal” school year, Global Volunteers would be teaching important lessons in her classroom to help students bridge the upcoming summer holiday. But, she’s determined to employ the techniques […]
Volunteers Contribute to Students’ English Learning in Italy
English is the international language of opportunity. For 25 years, Global Volunteers have helped Italian students strengthen their conversational English skills. Volunteer Team Leader Phyllis Thompson, who has served on 42 programs since 2003, reflects on her first service program in Italy and cites students’ gratitude for volunteers’ significant contributions to their English language learning. […]