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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.

Volunteer Voices Poland

Music and Movement Teacher Fundraises to Support Ukrainian Mothers Through Service

Karen Hogan knows firsthand how important it is to have someone to take care of your child so that a grieving mother can work through a difficult situation. In Jackson, Wyoming, Karen teaches music, movement, and art, and knows the healing and joy that dance can bring to both children and their caretakers. She says […]

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May 20, 2022/by Global Volunteers
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Volunteer Voices Montana

Special Needs Teacher Describes Serving at Summer Camp for Blackfeet Children

Special education teacher Lynn O’Brien of Indiana volunteered on her first service program last summer on the Blackfeet reservation in Montana. Her mother had worked with indigenous populations in Montana as a young woman in the 1950s, and that drew curiosity in her. Here, she describes what her service projects were like and how she […]

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May 10, 2022/by Global Volunteers
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Volunteer Voices Greece

Volunteer Friends Celebrate Their Long-Awaited Return to Service in Greece

A friendship that includes a shared dedication to service is one that is sure to last. Californians Linn Joanis and Melody Covay have volunteered on four service programs together since 2015, and they have no intention of stopping. They first served together in the Cook Islands, and then went on to serve in Greece in […]

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April 22, 2022/by Global Volunteers
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Volunteer Voices Cuba

First-Time Volunteer Successfully Fundraises for Cuba Service Program

Many volunteers fundraise for their service program contribution by working with Global Volunteers staff to create a fundraising page. It’s easy to do! Volunteers commonly tell us that they were joyfully surprised by how many people in their lives wanted to support their volunteering — and did. Here, Don Diehl shares his story of how […]

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March 29, 2022/by Global Volunteers
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Volunteer Voices Montana

Montana Volunteer Describes a Week of Discovery Working with the Blackfeet

In this moving story of her experience in service with the Blackfeet in Montana, Jessica Kohn of Philadelphia describes a “life-changing experience” learning about the talents and roles of the Blackfeet people and the welfare of their community. by Jessica Kohn It was Saturday, August 7, 2021, sometime in the late afternoon. We were driving […]

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January 31, 2022/by Global Volunteers
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Volunteer Voices Poland

Retiree Undaunted to Serve Amidst Pandemic

Minnesotan Penny Louise Flavin said that when she discovered Global Volunteers in 2019, she was looking for a way to volunteer, give back, and learn about other cultures after retiring from her career. That year, Penny Louise served in Peru and immediately planned another service program in 2020. Although the pandemic delayed her return to […]

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December 14, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Volunteer Voices Tanzania

“My Thanksgiving Wish: Go, See, Serve,” says Grateful Global Volunteer

Our Thanksgiving gift to you: First-time Global Volunteer Courtney Curran wrote she couldn’t let the holiday season pass without acknowledging the transformative power of our Tanzania Service Program experience in her life in July, 2021. She participated on the first volunteer team on the Reaching Children’s Potential Program (RCP) since the onset of the pandemic. […]

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November 23, 2021/by Michele Gran
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Volunteer Voices Greece

Student’s Service in Greece Launches Teaching Career Back Home

Cassidy with her students in Greece.

When Cassidy Matz arrived as a volunteer in Crete in 2019, she was an early childhood education student, and anticipated teaching preschool after graduation. But, she admitted her focus was lacking. After teaching teens English for two weeks, she gained a profound sense of purpose and her career vision became clear. She changed her major, […]

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November 10, 2021/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Volunteer Voices Vietnam

Longtime Global Volunteer Recalls Vietnamese Welcome

Sidelined from travel by the 2020-21 pandemic Global Volunteers Alumnus Don Marshall of Sebastopol, CA, isn’t slowing down now that travel has resumed. As he considers his next adventure in service, he recently reminisced about about his rewarding Vietnam service journey, and continues exploring new opportunities to serve the Vietnamese people. Since 2006, Don and […]

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October 20, 2021/by Michele Gran
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Volunteer Voices Montana

Road Trip Leads her to Service with the Blackfeet

One a Peace Corps devotee in youth, retiree Chriss Hayden sought a meaningful way to volunteer outside her community. She chose service on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana to immerse herself in a culture and make a difference. Chriss prepared and served meals at the Eagle Shield Center, where she says she was able to […]

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