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Reaching Children's Potential, Volunteer Voices St Lucia

A Most Memorable Volunteer Experience in the Caribbean

memorable volunteer experience

Taaneil recently volunteered in the Caribbean for the first time. In his trip with Global Volunteers he served in St. Lucia helping build a library for a Primary School. It was an experience of many firsts and many learning opportunities. Here he gives an account of his experience, a most memorable volunteer experience. Looking back […]

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August 7, 2017/by Global Volunteers
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Volunteer Voices St Lucia

These “Firsts” are Unforgettable on Mother and Daughter’s Caribbean Service Program

Serving in the Caribbean with Global Volunteers

There’s a first for everything!  Could volunteering in the Caribbean with Global Volunteers be one of yours?  Learn from Rechelle and her teenage daughter Kayla (pictured above) about experiences you can expect volunteering in Anse la Raye – on the island of St. Lucia. My service program with Global Volunteers will live me forever! Although I’ve […]

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July 11, 2017/by Global Volunteers
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Projects for Professionals, Reaching Children's Potential, Volunteer Voices St Lucia

Education and Health Care Professionals Share Their Skills in the Caribbean

Using Your Professional Skills as a Volunteer

Using your professional skills as a volunteer can be very satisfying, says Sara, first-time St. Lucia volunteer.  It might be the best way to experience the Caribbean!  She reflects on a two weeks of teaching and health care projects – on the captivating island of St. Lucia. We’re all sad to leave St. Lucia today. For […]

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March 29, 2017/by Global Volunteers
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Volunteer Voices St Lucia

St. Lucia: My Caribbean Island Getaway

Volunteers on Caribbean Island St. Lucia

St. Lucia Global Volunteer Ellen F. settled into her Caribbean Island “home” quickly, thanks to the warm welcome of our host partners and local families in Anse la Raye, St. Lucia.  She said the Caribbean community began to feel like home after her first week.  Following are a few reflections on a day in the island getaway as a […]

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August 10, 2016/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Volunteer Voices St Lucia

A Day to Teach Children in St. Lucia

Erin teaching children in St. Lucia

St. Lucia Volunteer Erin C. discovers teaching children in a St. Lucia classroom requires patience – and a measure of  “blind faith.”  Short-term volunteers teach children ages 10 to 17 at the Anse la Raye Primary School. We woke to the sound of rain on the tin roofs today.  I laid in bed listening to the torrential downpour, […]

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August 10, 2016/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Cultures and Traditions St Lucia

NOBEL LAUREATE WEEK / DAY: 17th – 23rd

St Lucia boasts of two Nobel Laureates, Sir Arthur Lewis, who was born in 1915 and obtained the Nobel Prize in Economics and Derek Walcott, born in 1930, who won the prestigious award for his work in Literature.  Because both men were born on 23rd January, this day is called Nobel Laureate Day; a day […]

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January 23, 2016/by Global Volunteers
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Volunteer Voices St Lucia

I decided to leave “my comfort zone” and go to St. Lucia.

  With one day to go before returning home, I have been reflecting on my volunteer experience.  While Sue has been very enthusiastic about a Global Volunteer trip, I was unsure if I really wanted to go.  After much thought, I decided to leave “my comfort zone” and go to St. Lucia. I was so […]

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January 22, 2016/by Global Volunteers
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Projects for Professionals St Lucia

Colorado Nurse Volunteers to Care for Children Around the World

by Tracy Heaberlin Have you ever googled “travel service babies?” I did about 10 years ago, and it led me to Global Volunteers. Working as a health-care provider, I was interested in spending some of my vacation time engaging in short-term volunteerism. Global Volunteers helps provide short-term volunteers on long-term service projects to create, nurture, […]

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January 11, 2016/by Global Volunteers
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Projects for Professionals Cook Islands, St Lucia

Volunteering Professional Says Service Abroad Enhanced Her Career Options

by Denise Miller My first experience with Global Volunteers was in 2005, when I read an article in The Washington Post about volunteer vacations. When I looked at the Global Volunteers website, the Cook Islands was featured on the front page, and I was hooked. This was a place I had always wanted to visit, and […]

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January 11, 2016/by Global Volunteers
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Projects for Professionals St Lucia

Mental Wellness Expert Joins Effort to Help Children Reach their Potential

In the years since Ruth Curran first served as a volunteer in St. Lucia, she accepted a position on our Board of Directors, and thereafter joined our staff as Director of Partnerships.  As an author, blogger and organizational behaviorist, Ruth believes things happen for a reason. For instance, she believes the understanding seized from her life-changing […]

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January 11, 2016/by Global Volunteers
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