Our community partners represent large and small local organizations, all striving to provide essential services to children and families. Local leaders, volunteers and Global Volunteers staff write about resourceful community partners that direct volunteers’ work projects in every service program.
With characteristic single-minded determination, Global Volunteers’ Country Host Partner Miguel Rodríguez led staff and supporters of Sagrada Familia on a campaign of mercy in Lima, Peru. In four months, they’ve overcome ingrained obstacles to supply oxygen tanks to COVID-19 patients who aren’t adequately treated at medical facilities. After resident children fundraised virtually, the hardworking staff […]
Global Volunteers’ ongoing support inspired community partner Sagrada Familia to tackle a critical issue in Peru currently: The lack of oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients. Using their talents, the resident children held an online fundraising event to help supply their neighbors oxygen, for free. Thanks to all the volunteers who supported this effort! Sagrada Familia […]
Buddhi Man Seresta, founder of Papa’s House orphanage and pastor of Fresh Fire Church in Kathmandu, had a difficult time growing up without his father. Yet, the love and care he received from his mother impressed on him his advantages – which thousands of children without parents lacked. As he grew up, he transformed his […]
As food has become scarce during the COVID-19 lock-down, the exemplary actions of children at Sagrada Familia children’s home in Peru, gives hope to those who have little. Supporting their broader community willingly with the little they have, their generosity is a sign of hope for the world. By Daniel Salazar What do you do […]
Dipesh Khadka (second from right) and his family with Global Volunteer George Hayes (third from left). When the nation-wide lock-down was abruptly declared in the early hours of March 24 to combat COVID-19, Dipesh Khadka and his family were caught unprepared. Since then, Dipesh – one of Global Volunteers’ community partners in Nepal – his […]
Liz Díaz was 10 when Miguel Rodríguez found her selling candy on the street. He asked about her family and learned that conflicts with her mother had made it very difficult for Liz to live at home. Further, her parents were unable to provide adequate nutrition or education, so her future appeared very dim. Years before, […]
Today, we are sharing a guest post by one of our long-time volunteers, Robi Kronberg. As she explains below, Robi has served on multiple service programs as a volunteer and now participates as a member of the Reaching Children’s Potential program Advisory Committee. Her professional experience in Higher Education has helped build out the program offerings and dedication to delivering effective services to our community partners. In her blog post, Robi discusses a new partner that she has brought to the table, Days for Girls, and how that partnership has benefited the women enrolled in the RCP program.
Food insecurity may sound like an issue for developing countries, but it actually affects most of the population on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, especially seniors. This is the story of how Global Volunteers working alongside the community is fighting food insecurity and caring for seniors. Ensuring every household has enough to eat is an […]
The insight into the poverty of a child served by Global Volunteers’ community partner FUNDAC in Calderón, Ecuador was an unexpected highlight for this team of five volunteers. The two early childhood development centers for disadvantaged families where Global Volunteers works provide a very low-cost option for parents, mainly single mothers, who work to support […]
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