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Our group volunteer abroad programs connect you to fascinating people and important service projects worldwide. Teaching conversational English, nutrition and health care; nurturing vulnerable children; supporting pregnant women and mothers; serving at a health clinic; or improving classrooms and community centers can be so many times more enriching and meaningful than a traditional “tour” experience.

Group Volunteering, Service-Learning Tanzania

Students Discover Power in Partnership

Global Volunteers’ Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Program benefits from a range of carefully nurtured partnerships in the USA and Tanzania. Two such partners are the University of Central Missouri (UCM), which facilitates scholarships for 12 students each year to participate on one of our service programs, and Rise Against Hunger (RAH) which supplies the fortified […]

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October 19, 2022/by Michele Gran
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Conversational English, Group Volunteering Poland

Medtronic Women’s Volunteer Group Among First to Return to Service

Nine determined Medtronic employees joined together for a week in service and bonding in Poland in September. Working at a preschool, four elementary schools, and one high school in Siedlce in rural Poland, the nine Medtronic volunteers shared about their culture and language with their students while learning about theirs. Read on for details on […]

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November 16, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
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Development Impact, Group Volunteering Tanzania

Physical Therapy Students Help Children with Special Needs in Tanzania

Changing the world, one child at a time. Through service-learning with Global Volunteers in Tanzania, Regis University Global Pathways physical therapy students have provided services to children with special needs who wouldn’t otherwise have assistance. This post highlights Agano and Miriam – who made great strides in developing their motor skills after two weeks of […]

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July 6, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
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Group Volunteering

Employers Say “Volunteer Time Off” With Global Volunteers is a Good Investment

Generous volunteering programs can make the difference when a candidate is considering two comparable offers, say hiring agencies. A flexible Volunteer Time Off (VTO) policy is a favorite “perk” attracting Millennials, but mature job-seekers also say corporate community service influences their assessment of a potential employer. Every year, the Society for Human Resource Management surveys […]

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June 21, 2021/by Michele Gran
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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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Group Volunteering, Service-Learning Tanzania

Global Volunteers Promises Service Adventure With Group Volunteering in Tanzania

Along the dusty, bumpy East African roads outside Iringa in the central highlands of Tanzania are traditional villages where life is lived in startling simplicity. Arriving in Ipalamwa in the Ukwega Ward, two teams of physical therapy students from Regis University Global Health Pathways group found a way of life vastly different from their own, […]

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May 1, 2021/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Group Volunteering, Service-Learning South Dakota

Pharmacy Student Volunteer Group Discovers the Reservation

A student volunteer group from the Wegmans School of Pharmacy at St. John Fisher College discovered their week of service on the Rosebud Reservation of South Dakota really does make a difference. Learn from their experience here! Just one week. Would that be enough time to truly have even a little impact on people’s lives […]

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September 18, 2019/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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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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Group Volunteering, Service-Learning Tanzania

Nursing Students Take on an Adventure In Service and Learning

college students served in Tanzania with their professors for hands-on work experience in healthcare.

The nine senior nursing students from St. John Fisher College arrived in Ipalamwa, Tanzania with a clear assignment: To leverage their clinical capstone project to assess the heath of RCP mothers and children, and support caregivers on home visits. By combining their emergent skills with a desire to serve, they had the opportunity to help […]

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June 28, 2019/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Group Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Ecuador

Medtronic Women’s Volunteer Group Transforms Children’s Center in Ecuador

Seventeen determined Medtronic employees joined a March team in Quito, Ecuador for a week of service and bonding. Pouring their hearts, skills, and strength into their assignments, the women helped paint the exterior of the two-story early childhood development center, tiled the dining room, and cared for the 80 children alongside the center’s teachers. The […]

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April 12, 2019/by Maggie Bjorklund
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