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What’s more meaningful than a family volunteering together? Vacation together and help improve the world.  Work with other family volunteers on important community projects for one or two weeks.  See how meaningful your family vacation can be when you volunteer in another culture.

Family Volunteering, Ripple Effect Tanzania

Family Retraces Mother’s Footsteps in Tanzania

In 1996, Wichita retiree Barbara Pate joined her first Global Volunteers Service Program – headed for Tanzania. A blooming adventurer, and recently a widow, she chose the African country partially to satisfy her curiosity about the continent. She remembered it as a meaningful, enlightening experience, writing in her journal that she was surprised (and grateful) […]

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September 19, 2022/by Michele Gran
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Family Volunteering Poland

Family Volunteers Say: “Ukrainians Ask Only That We Don’t Look Away”

When the war broke out in Ukraine, Adam and Amy Robinson of Virginia knew they wanted to do something to help Ukrainians. Having served in Ecuador in 2017 with their two sons, Reed (now age 14) and Clayton (age 12), they say they knew that Global Volunteers’ service program in Poland would provide a meaningful […]

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August 5, 2022/by Michele Gran
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Family Volunteering, Ripple Effect Montana

Ripples Far and Wide: Family’s Service Program was “Just What they Needed” after COVID

In the fifth of a series of “Ripple Effect” stories, a volunteer referral led physician and mother of two, Laura Lee Swan, to a needed change for her family from their “Covid funk.” Following a Google link and social media search, she found Global Volunteer Tenley Zinke, who recommended volunteering on the Blackfeet Reservation in […]

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July 29, 2022/by Maggie Bjorklund
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Family Volunteering Greece

Mother and Daughter Bond on Greece “Service Adventure”

University student Emmanuelle Dulac was born with the “volunteer bug.” For as long as she can remember, she’s been an active volunteer in her home town of Québec, Canada. But she began looking for more; a chance to help others while experiencing a new culture. An internet search in March, 2022 brought her to the […]

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July 19, 2022/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Family Volunteering Montana

Father-Daughter Pair Describe “Culturally, Spiritually and Emotionally Gratifying” Journey

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When Don Nash and his daughter Cassidy first heard the term “volunteer vacation”, it seemed like a contradiction to them. Then, they heard about Global Volunteers’ service program with the Blackfeet Nation and thought it would be a good opportunity to give back as well as learn more about Don’s Native American heritage. They chose […]

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February 26, 2022/by Global Volunteers
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Family Volunteering

Couples Volunteering Abroad Gain New, Mutual Insights

How to Volunteer Abroad as a Couple

Young couples, mature couples, newlyweds, 50+ anniversary couples. Global Volunteers offers an adventure in service together. When you consider how to volunteer abroad on your first…or tenth service program, consider how serving as a couple enlarges the experience. Some have even chosen a Global Volunteers service program as their honeymoon! You’ll discover much more about each […]

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February 11, 2022/by Global Volunteers
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Family Volunteering

Best Family Volunteer Vacations for Summer 2022

Unplug from smartphones and video games and engage the world as a family. Many volunteering families tell us that spending a week or two helping others in a new community is a welcome change in routine from two years of limited mobility and perspective. Whether at age 6 or 86, your life (and your children’s and grandchildren’s) […]

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January 20, 2022/by Global Volunteers
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Family Volunteering Greece

Family’s Bucket-List Trip Led Them Cretan Classrooms

Students at Tenia's school, Crete Greece.

Septuagenarians Bob and Judy Nix have always had a passion for making a difference, especially in the lives of children. Volunteer travel had always been on their bucket list, so when Bob’s sister Linda Murphy asked them to join her on a service program in Greece with Global Volunteers, they were ready to go. In […]

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December 20, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Family Volunteering, Group Volunteering

How to Volunteer Abroad as a Group

In addition to individual volunteer programs, Global Volunteers provides meaningful opportunities for groups to contribute towards international long-term development projects. Over the years, we have mobilized hundreds of volunteers on organized programs for groups, small or large, intact or as part of individual teams. Currently, we have programs in 14 countries across five continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, […]

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June 1, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Development Impact, Family Volunteering, Why I Give

Why I Give: Assisting Self-Sufficiency

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 […]

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April 11, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
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