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Global Volunteers works in partnership with community leaders on genuine development programs, creating impact in the areas of health, nutrition and intellectual development.

Development Impact

Education: “A Human Right and a Public Good”

Boy works on homework in rural Tanzania.

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 […]

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February 1, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Development Impact

The Hunger Project and The Sustainable Development Goals

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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 […]

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January 28, 2021/by Michele Gran
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Development Impact, Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Quality Seeds are Planted in Tanzania to Improve Families’ Nutrition

A volunteers help the local people in Tanzania plant quality seeds.

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’ […]

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January 22, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Development Impact

Mercy Corps and the Sustainable Development Goals

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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 […]

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January 18, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Development Impact Tanzania

Harvesting Rainwater in Tanzania Transforms Families’ Lives

According to the World Health Organization, most of us, about 57 percent of the world’s population, simply turn a tap to get clean running water in our homes. It’s a convenience we repeatedly take for granted. But hundreds of millions of others who don’t have access to running water walk great distances to streams or […]

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January 8, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Development Impact Ecuador, Peru

School Environments Improve With the Service and Resources of Volunteers

Volunteers and teachers with new mural and renovated exterior of early childhood development Center #1 in ecuador

According to UNESCO, half of Latin American fifteen-year-olds can’t achieve minimum reading proficiency. That is, they’re able to read, but fail to understand what they read. This is one of many sad outcomes of inadequate infrastructure, lack of school supplies, untrained teachers, unsanitary facilities among other deficiencies in school environments in struggling communities. We asked […]

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January 6, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Development Impact, Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Improved Cooking Stoves are Constructed in RCP Villages

a mother from Tanzania cooks on a fuel-efficient stove built by Global Volunteers.

Cooking in most of the developing world is a tedious, complicated, and hazardous task. Why? The method used, open fire, is inherently dangerous and unhealthy. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) says cooking over an open fire causes more deaths than tuberculosis and malaria. But clean, safe cooking technology is available, and Global Volunteers […]

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November 27, 2020/by Global Volunteers
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Development Impact Ecuador, Peru, Tanzania

Children are Fed with Volunteer Assistance in Grateful Communities

Volunteers Hugh & Sandy Neville feed toddlers at the Day Care center in the Sagrada Familia children's home in Peru.

Ending hunger is one of the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).  Global Volunteers offers four essential services in partner communities in Ecuador, Peru, and Tanzania, toward reaching this SDG. Read on to learn how short-term volunteers help support child nutrition so youth can reach their full potential. Adequate child nutrition ensures healthier bodies and […]

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November 24, 2020/by Global Volunteers
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Development Impact Ecuador, Greece, Peru

Children are Mentored in Meaningful Service Projects

volunteers talk to girls in Peru

Mentoring children of all ages around the world is a meaningful assignment for volunteers from all backgrounds. Drawing on their own experiences and compassion, volunteers can make a significant difference in the lives of youth in as little as one or two weeks. Read on to learn how volunteers of diverse backgrounds and life experiences […]

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November 15, 2020/by Global Volunteers
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Development Impact Tanzania

Families’ Nutrition Improves Children’s Potential

children having porridge at the camp tanzania nutrition

Global Volunteers promotes the well-being of children around the world so they can realize their full potential. Working in partnership with our local partners, we inspire volunteers to contribute their skills to projects addressing health, nutrition, hunger, and education. This is the second post in a series about the specific areas of child development that […]

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November 9, 2020/by Global Volunteers
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