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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.

Development Impact, Service-Learning Cook Islands

New Student Mentoring Projects Enhance Volunteers’ Impact in the Cook Islands

Volunteer Projects in the Cook Islands - After school program

James Puati, Global Volunteers’ Cook Islands Country Manager, recently sent an update on two new volunteer projects in the Cook Islands. Volunteers continue to expand their positive impact in schools throughout the island. Announcing Two New Volunteer Projects in the Cook Islands Volunteers have started serving at Avarua School to provide student support in literacy […]

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August 9, 2017/by Global Volunteers
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Group Volunteering, Service-Learning Peru

University Students Teach and Learn Great Lessons in Peru

volunteer experience for students

Learn about our partnership with Sagrada Familia and your opportunity to help children in Peru here. Global Volunteers’ service-learning programs offers an incredible volunteer experience for students. Peru Country Manager Daniel Salazar reports on the service of a recent group of student volunteers from St. John Fisher College. It was a wonderful life experience for […]

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July 10, 2017/by Global Volunteers
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Service-Learning, Volunteer Voices Ecuador

Student Reflects on Short-term Service Trip to Ecuador

Short-term service trip to Ecuador

While short-term volunteering isn’t suited for DIY efforts, we know that a steady stream of well-managed volunteers can change lives and the world. Katie, an Ecuador Global Volunteer and University of Iowa student, says her short-term service trip to Quito gave her perspective on her place in the world. I was given the amazing opportunity […]

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June 28, 2017/by Global Volunteers
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Service-Learning Montana

Serving and Learning is Pathway to Understanding

volunteering is the best way to learn about a community

Chenin Ryan is a candidate for the Physiology and Biophysics Master’s program at Georgetown University. She plans to go to medical school after she graduates and dedicate her career to serving Native American communities. But before doing so, she wanted to get to know their people and struggles better. So she served with Global Volunteers at the […]

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June 16, 2017/by Global Volunteers
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Development Impact, Service-Learning

Meaningful Travel for the Experience of a Lifetime

meaningful travel in Africa

To travel in a purposeful, meaningful way is to enrich your life and the lives of others. You dig deeper, stretch farther, give larger. You discover and learn new things about the world and yourself. You leave a positive mark on the communities you visit and the environments you explore. Meaningful travel is being aware of […]

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March 16, 2017/by Michele Gran
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Group Volunteering, Service-Learning, Volunteer Voices Cuba

Student Volunteer Recommends Cuba Volunteer Program for Group Service-Learning

Student serving in Cuba

Brandy was part of a University of Central Missouri summer student volunteer group in Cuba. After two weeks of teaching conversational English to Cuban children and people and supporting the community in other ways, she wanted to share a message with anyone considering serving in Cuba. Brandy hopes you will pick up where she left […]

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November 30, 2016/by Global Volunteers
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Service-Learning

Service-Learning Abroad Reviews by Students Worldwide

Student Volunteer Abroad Reviews

Life-changing. Meaningful. A gift. Best week of my life. Unforgettable. These are some descriptions directly from service-learning abroad reviews about Global Volunteering. In just a few weeks, you gain global experience and understanding through genuine community development work. Hear from the students themselves… Speaking from experience… Sara’s Review – India Global Volunteer “I realized how […]

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October 31, 2016/by Global Volunteers
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Service-Learning

6 Creative Tips for Fundraising to Volunteer Abroad

Fundraising to Volunteer Abroad

Many of our volunteers have raised enough money to cover their entire volunteer program fee, and now we want to encourage you in your efforts towards fundraising to volunteer abroad. This post covers the basics of the great fundraising tool that Global Volunteers offers along with creative tips. 1. Use our fundraising tool We make […]

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October 19, 2016/by Global Volunteers
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Service-Learning

5 Reasons Why Millennials Should Volunteer Abroad in College

volunteer abroad in college

College is a time when millennials are told that they are supposed to find themselves or a deeper purpose in life. For many young people, 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 abroad while in college […]

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October 5, 2016/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Group Volunteering, Service-Learning

High School Group Volunteering in Costa Rica

Arizona High School Students Find Inspiration in Service A team of 34 Arizona Fountain Hills High School students and chaperones united with Colegio students on Global Volunteers’ high school group volunteering program in Costa Rica. Working together, they carried out maintenance on the forest trails on campus – an outdoor classroom at this ecotourism-focused school, shared the “pura vida” […]

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September 27, 2016/by Michele Gran
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