Global Volunteers works in partnership with community leaders on genuine development programs, creating impact in the areas of health, nutrition and intellectual development.
We continue our series on how companion NGOs address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with an interview with our partner, Rise Against Hunger’s Chief Executive Officer Barry Mattson and Chief Programs Officer Edna Ogwangi. Global Volunteers’ multi-faceted partnership with Rise Against Hunger is a model for international cooperation to multiply NGO impact. A […]
Global Volunteers’ leadership has approved a “careful and conscientious” resumption of some service programs in countries that have resumed tourism, and where local pandemic precautions can optimize health and safety. After a very difficult year without volunteer assistance, our community partners are eager to welcome Global Volunteers teams. Register now to join our historic return […]
This sixth story in a series about recent high school graduates from our partner community, the Sagrada Familia children’s home in Peru, is about Estefany Arias Ramírez. As a day student at the campus school, she witnessed first-hand the difference between her home environment and the supportive environment in the community. Six years ago, she […]
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 […]
Unlike new diseases such as COVID-19, intestinal infections caused by parasitic worms have a known and readily available cure. Still, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), intestinal worms affect over 1.5 billion of the world’s poorest and most marginalized people. How is this possible? Read on about Global Volunteers’ effort to prevent infections and […]
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 (MDGs), which directed the world’s governments and development institutions toward equality […]
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 (MDGs), which directed the world’s governments and development institutions toward equality […]
Working toward self-sufficiency is related to many of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, and is a baseline criterion of Global Volunteers’ service programs. This post illuminates how volunteers assist two of our community partners in Asia work to elevate local people’s capacity and confidence to become agents of their own progress. When volunteers teach conversational […]
Global Volunteers relies on a steady stream of volunteers to serve in partner communities each year, ensuring that essential services continue. Volunteers are our essential resource – the human capital that partner communities request and require. Most communities need our help also to support their vision of self-sufficiency with additional financial capital as well. Many […]
