Stories from students, retirees, working professionals, couples, families, groups, solo travelers, first-time volunteers, volunteer veterans and everyone in-between from more than 20 countries around the world. Learn about your favorite country in their own words.
Rosebud Reservation volunteers share their team journal about Lakota culture on a South Dakota service program. Day Two in Rosebud – Yard Work After yesterday’s orientation, we arose today in anticipation of the work assignment. We headed out and gathered any tools we could find for the day ahead. We worked outside of a home […]
Considering a working vacation in Cuba? Read here as Cuba Global Volunteer Thomasina Tamur reflects on how she chose her two-week experience in Ciego de Ávila serving and learning from the Cuban people. A Working Vacation in Cuba I’ve supported Global Volunteers for many years, but there was always a reason to put off a […]
We’re grateful for all that Cindy Murray has contributed as a Global Volunteer, Team Leader, and supporter to help children and families worldwide since 1997. We’ve excerpted her story from her local paper to inspire and inform. Enjoy! Cindy Murray says her curiosity and passion to help others has led her to one of her […]
Volunteer Ruth Curran reflects on sharing her experiences as a health care professional volunteering in Africa after an earlier program in St. Lucia, West Indies. Excerpted here from her blog, she expresses how difficult it can be to do justice to the depth of those experiences. Read her own blog post here. Imagine Volunteering in […]
Have you listened to them all? Enjoy our top podcast episodes of 2017. Our Be the Change podcast tells the stories of seekers and humanitarians as they discover the joys, insights, and surprises of service. This podcast series is a conversation about the expected and the unexpected; the active and the passive; the exhilarating and the […]
In November 2017, Louise Kelly decided to take a trip to the Caribbean, but not for the crystal-blue bays or soft sand beaches. Louise was craving something different, something more. She wanted to meet, learn from, work with, and develop friendships with the local people. Louise chose volunteer travel in the Caribbean. Read on for […]
Global Volunteers Volunteer Team Leader Cindy Murray says her experiences serving and leading teams have produced her best memories. After her first Global Volunteers service program in 1997 in Mississippi, she trained to become a Volunteer Team Leader and has led teams in Florida, Minnesota, Montana, West Virginia, Cuba, Costa Rica, and Poland. She’s a […]
Five-time volunteer Lynn Lotkowictz tells interviewer Matt Mayes why she believes Global Volunteers service programs are the best volunteer vacations available. (View Matt’s full video interview with Lynn here.) How did you learn about Global Volunteers? Lynn: About three years ago, I was looking towards retirement and always had a passion for travel. We’ve traveled […]
Volunteer Robert taught conversational English skills to high school students in the the cloud forest region of Monteverde, Costa Rica for a week. He sent us this list of 15 lessons he had not expected, but values above the photos she shares with his friends. Reverse Culture Shock Global Volunteers asks all team members on […]
It’s customary for each volunteer team of Global Volunteers to prepare a team journal for the service program. Each entry assumes the personality of the author, and many are greatly entertaining. One team member, Beverly Hall Burns, called on her expertise as a lawyer to declare one particular day of service extraordinary. THE SUPREME COURT […]