Global Volunteers works in partnership with community leaders on genuine development programs, creating impact in the areas of health, nutrition and intellectual development.
Global Volunteers relies on a steady stream of volunteers to serve in partner communities each year, ensuring that essential services continue. Volunteers are our crucial resource – the human capital that partner communities request and require. Most communities also need our help to support their vision of self-sufficiency with additional financial capital. Donors help Global […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Washing hands with soap and water and other simple hygiene practices are critical interventions for preventing disease spread. However, in some Global Volunteers’ partner communities, these habits lag due to a lack of resources and education. Community leaders have asked us to assist local staff in bringing educational workshops to children and parents to improve […]
Cuba Program Host Pastor Eduardo González began the new year with high hopes that 2021 will deliver many new and returning Global Volunteers to Ciego de Ávila and Havana. “Your fingerprints have marked our hearts and communities, and we welcome you back as soon as it is possible,” he announced in his latest update. Read […]
In 2018, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education, “recognizing that education plays a key role in building sustainable and resilient societies and contributes to the achievement of all of the other Sustainable Development Goals.” Two years later, over 91% of students worldwide, or more than one and a half […]
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 […]
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’ […]
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 […]