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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 Ecuador

Mother & Daughter See Each Other Differently in Ecuador

Mother-daughter pair Ann Hite and Maddie Hite-Smaka volunteered in Ecuador over Maddie’s 26th birthday to be able to spend time together away from home. At the end of their week in service in Quito, Ann and Maddie reflect on their time together unlike any other. By Ann Hite and Maddie Hite-Smaka Maddie: I think there […]

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April 5, 2020/by Global Volunteers
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Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Peru

Mother-Daughter Pairs Serve Together in Peru and Broaden Their Horizons

Longtime friends Urvi Doshi and Suma Putcha have always been involved as volunteers within their local community in Allen, Texas. Then they decided they wanted to broaden their own and their teenage daughters’ horizons by volunteering internationally. Urvi and Maya (age 17) and Suma and Avani (age 18) spent a week serving with Global Volunteers […]

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November 26, 2019/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Greece

FAMILY DISCOVERS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE THROUGH SERVICE IN GREECE

July team to Crete.

Peggy and Bud Cope volunteered in Greece with their three children, Ellie, Adam, and Evan, after having a year that could’ve torn them apart, both physically and emotionally. Peggy had the feeling that the only hope her family had to heal and come together was if they did something meaningful together. So Peggy and her […]

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November 21, 2019/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Montana

Grandparents Share Experience In Service With Teenage Grandson

Ellen Shenkarow decided to spend her time in retirement helping where necessary through volunteer work. She volunteers with Catholic Social Services helping refugees and asylum seekers in Tucson, Arizona. This summer Ellen, a retired ESL teacher, wanted to spread the spirit of “doing good” with her family and teach her grandson what life is like […]

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November 16, 2019/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Tanzania

Teen Volunteer Grateful for Tanzania Service Learning Experience

British volunteer among Tanzanian children

Nathalie Oestmann and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Anna, decided to volunteer in Tanzania to learn about a new culture and work on meaningful service projects. Nathalie and Anna traveled from London to Ipalamwa, Tanzania in July of 2019. Nathalie said, “I came to Global Volunteers to do humanitarian work in a country different from those I […]

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September 30, 2019/by Maggie Bjorklund
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Family Volunteering, Group Volunteering

Families, Couples, Groups Unite in Summer Volunteer Programs

Preschoolers in Nepal.

Summer 2019 was a great season of service in Global Volunteers partner communities! We’re grateful for the summer volunteers who served up 77 unique program weeks in China, the Cook Islands, Cuba, Ecuador, Greece, Italy, Nepal, Peru, Poland, St. Lucia, Tanzania, Montana, South Dakota and West Virginia. In addition to solo volunteers and couples, ten […]

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September 8, 2019/by Michele Gran
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Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Greece

Alumni Mom and Sons Enjoy a Meaningful Spring Break in Crete

Alumni volunteer Sapna Srivastava and sons Shaan (10) and Rowhan (13) Daly volunteered over the boys’ spring break – serving the children in Maleviziou, Crete. It’s become a family tradition to serve together. Rowhan participated on his first Global Volunteers service program with Sapna in Montana in 2013. Shaan soon joined them when they served […]

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April 9, 2019/by Sam Pinakoulaki
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Sapna6.jpg 1125 1500 Sam Pinakoulaki https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Sam Pinakoulaki2019-04-09 14:55:112019-05-01 14:15:43Alumni Mom and Sons Enjoy a Meaningful Spring Break in Crete
Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Portugal

Volunteering Twins Savor Unique (and shared) Service Experiences

Three-time volunteers and twin sisters, Kit Prendergast and Diane Clark, have identical perspectives on the value of service abroad. They share how they created lifetime memories on an adventure in volunteering together in Beja, Portugal recently. “My twin sister Kit and I joined service programs with Global Volunteers in Greece and Peru, and both our experiences […]

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February 13, 2019/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Family Volunteering, Service-Learning, Volunteer Voices Cuba

Mother – Daughter Duo Say Exploring Cuba as Volunteers Surpassed Expectations

Geri says serving in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba for two weeks with her daughter Bridget was a journey of discovery. Together they acquired new skills, explored a new culture, and learned something new about each other. Bridget and Geri share a few highlights of  “volunteering as mother and daughter” with Marketing Assistant and Greece Country […]

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February 6, 2019/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Conversational English, Family Volunteering

Lasting Family Memories from Service Trip to Romania

Global Volunteers Alumni Tracey and Tom of Colorado, with sons Matthew and Andrew say their two weeks volunteering in Romania enhanced their understanding of each other. The program journal they share here describes their service together as a family – helping disabled Romanian children, teaching conversational English to high school students, and exploring the history and […]

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February 4, 2019/by Maggie Bjorklund
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