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The world over, your professional skills can be a lifeline for children and families living in poverty. In just one or two weeks, you help maximize children’s learning capability and development, support pregnant women, mothers and families, and care for elders with your unique talents.

Projects for Professionals, Volunteer Voices Peru

Retired Physician’s Love for Children Leads her to Peru Volunteer Service Program

Global Volunteers Alumna Maggi Gallaher said retirement has liberated her to indulge her appetite for volunteering. For her fourth service program, she served at Sagrada Familia, a community in Peru serving 1,400 at-risk children, from one month to 17 years. The community shelters about 600 homeless and abandoned children and provides nutrition, healthcare and education. […]

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July 22, 2019/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Conversational English, Projects for Professionals Poland

Poland Summer English Language Camp is a Retired Teacher’s “Reward”

service experience in Poland

Linda Noonan says teaching English to children as a volunteer abroad was an opportunity to fulfill a long-time dream.  As a retired teacher from Illinois, she knew her knowledge and education were top-notch qualifications.  So she was eager to try teaching students in a foreign culture and test her creative skills in many different ways. […]

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November 4, 2018/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Projects for Professionals, Volunteer Voices Tanzania

“Crowdsourcing” Teacher Returns to Service With Gratitude for Supporters

crowdsourcing to volunteer abroad

Many volunteers fund some or all of their service program by fundraising – through appeals to their friends and family members. New York teacher Kelly Malloy’s “crowdsourcing” covered her costs for two service programs – in addition to schoolbooks for students in Tanzania.  It started when she planned to celebrate her 50th birthday by volunteering […]

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August 28, 2017/by Global Volunteers
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Projects for Professionals, Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Women and Children: Centerpiece of RCP Projects Worldwide

projects for mothers and children

Female volunteers of all ages have always been the foundation of Global Volunteers’ programs. Some 70% of our team members every year are women. Children, of course, are the focus of every service program. And, mothers are crucial for giving children a healthy start in life. So, it’s obvious why projects to help mothers and children form the […]

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May 16, 2017/by Michele Gran
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Projects for Professionals

Teaching Abroad Opportunities for Educators

volunteer opportunities for experienced teachers

Working and retired teachers tell us frequently how much they enjoy engaging students and teachers in new cultures and schools on a service program abroad. As an educator, you can leverage the skills you’ve honed over decades to benefit children who might have been exposed to only one style of instruction. To see eyes light […]

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April 27, 2017/by Global Volunteers
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Projects for Professionals, Reaching Children's Potential, Volunteer Voices St Lucia

Education and Health Care Professionals Share Their Skills in the Caribbean

Using Your Professional Skills as a Volunteer

Using your professional skills as a volunteer can be very satisfying, says Sara, first-time St. Lucia volunteer.  It might be the best way to experience the Caribbean!  She reflects on a two weeks of teaching and health care projects – on the captivating island of St. Lucia. We’re all sad to leave St. Lucia today. For […]

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March 29, 2017/by Global Volunteers
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Projects for Professionals, Volunteer Voices Vietnam

Volunteer Uses His Professional Background to Make a Difference in Vietnam

use your career to make a difference in Vietnam

Tom has volunteered 5 times in Vietnam. Like Tom, you can use your career to make a difference in Vietnam. The weather today was beautiful — blue skies with a moderately warm temperature. It helped make it another pleasant day in Hanoi. My friend, travel partner and roommate, Keith, and I got up early and took […]

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March 1, 2017/by Global Volunteers
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Conversational English, Projects for Professionals Poland

Using Professional Skills in Poland

Using professional skills in Poland

Connie has served a total of 20 times with Global Volunteers, ten of those in Poland. Here is why, and how she is using professional skills in Poland.  Lifetime learning Being curious as a child and curious as an adult, as well as wanting to share what I have learned, are qualities which made me enjoy […]

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October 21, 2016/by Global Volunteers
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Conversational English, Projects for Professionals Peru

Using Professional Skills to Help a Student in Peru

Using Professional Skills to Help in Peru

A short story by Country Manager Daniel Salazar on how a volunteer is using professional skills to help in Peru: Don volunteered to teach conversational English in Lima, Peru, where Global Volunteers works with students and faculty at the Language Center at the National Agrarian University (UNALM). Since he is an engineer, Don was assigned the class with faculty […]

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October 7, 2016/by Global Volunteers
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Projects for Professionals, Reaching Children's Potential

Making a Lasting Impact Abroad as a Short-Term Volunteer

The Impact of Short-term Volunteering

By Ruth Curran, Brain Development Specialist and Global Volunteer Director of Partnerships. You can find plenty of articles questioning the value of short-term volunteers on long-term community projects. But I wonder how many of these authors have participated on authentic development projects managed by fully invested local leaders? As in everything, the truth is in […]

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August 4, 2016/by Global Volunteers
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