Students, faculty and alumni describe how through Global Volunteers’ exceptional service opportunities, they’ve gained career and personal life skills, insight into cultures and global systems, and confidence as global citizens.
International service, when properly administered, has the potential for mutual benefit to those who serve and those who are served. When this is achieved, a deeper understanding between cultures produces greater and more long-term outcomes. This “higher good” is coveted by students who wish to better understand themselves, the world on the human level, and […]
The teenage and young adult years are often full of challenges as children move toward adulthood and make increasingly important decisions about their futures. During this time, teens are finding their niche in their communities, forming relationships, and developing skills that they will carry with them as adults. Volunteering with Global Volunteers during this formative […]
High school students from Loyola Blakefield School in Towson, Maryland partnered with Global Volunteers on the Blackfeet Reservation of Montana in 2022 and 2023 to apply their school’s values to people’s real-life needs. Read on to learn how our working relationships with schools create enduring service-learning partnerships. It’s been a long day of service, and […]
College is a time when young people are told that they are supposed to find themselves or a deeper purpose in life. For many Gen Z, it can be a harrowing task to discover the “real world, ” especially when the real world isn’t much more than campus and home. But what if you volunteered […]
An interprofessional group of nursing and occupational therapy (OT) students led by Dr. Samantha Sasson from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY, shared their skills and compassion with local youth and adults in Heraklion, Crete. Dr. Sassone said Global Volunteers’ positive reviews and Philosophy of Service assured her the service opportunity was a good fit with […]
Nursing students from Montana State University (MSU) described their experience volunteering on Global Volunteers’ Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Program in Tanzania as “life-altering”, “extremely meaningful”, and “the best experience possible”. Fourteen MSU nursing students and three staff and faculty eagerly and effectively engaged their skills and knowledge in service to rural village families in south-central […]
In 2022, Loyola Blakefield, a Catholic, Jesuit college preparatory school in Baltimore County, Maryland, chose Global Volunteers for their first service-learning program on the Blackfeet Reservation of Montana. Recognizing an alignment between our our Philosophy of Service and the school’s mission, based on the spirit of Ignatius Loyola, the pioneer team set out “to serve […]
Nursing students from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University in Minnesota contributed immensely to Global Volunteers’ First Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Program in Peru. The Peru RCP Program, a replica of Global Volunteers’ Tanzania RCP Program, officially launched in the summer of 2022. Global Volunteers’ staff and community leaders laid the groundwork […]
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 […]
Have you felt the world is waiting for you to explore? Personal experience gives you a depth of knowledge that isn’t accessible other ways. What’s more, Global Volunteers offers the “added value” of travel with meaning. Imagine spending a week during your spring break, J-term, or summer vacation as an international volunteer – experiencing the […]