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A Full Day of Activities in Havana

Our morning began with a stop at the US Interest Section. It operates under the Swiss Embassy, with the purpose of protecting US citizens while they are in Cuba. They also issue visas (both immigration and visitor). The line for visa appointments was very long this morning. We had a nice visit with our Cuban […]

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Tangible Poetry

Tangible poetry: That is what the artists who work there call Muraleando. Our morning began at the “neighborhood of art”. The community was there – the neighbors, the residents – filled the streets as they were enjoying a street fair. Children were dancing, musicians performing. This was a first for me to see this artist […]

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A Letter to Global Volunteers from a Student in Xi’an

Anna is a sophomore student in Xi’an Biomedical Technical College. She majors in Medicine Making but loves English and translation very much. She gets excited each time when Global Volunteers goes to her school and takes all possible opportunities to learn from and practice speaking English with the volunteers. Recently, she won the second prize […]

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The Same Moon

“No matter what our differences are, we all look at the same moon.”  We are preparing ourselves to leave. That does not mean to pack clothes. It means we are packing memories. We may be discarding ideas or preconceptions we brought with us. But, we leave parts of ourselves with the children, Barlad, our new […]

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Real Progress Delights and Surprises Us

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” -Ambrose Redmoon Today started out with the nice relaxation we all needed: We watched the Aristocats and Cars (In Romanian, of course!) with all the kiddos. We enjoyed watching Liviu and Delia reacting with such surprise […]

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A Good Week

Today is the end of our first official week as Global Volunteers in Chennai, India and what a week it has been.  The culture that seemed so overwhelming when we first arrived is starting to feel like the norm. The group working at Assisi School successfully taught the children hand washing and are working on the ABC’s, […]

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Where Would They Be?”

“No matter what our differences are, we all look at the same moon.” – Anonymous Today, we met with Dan before our first day of volunteering at the Children’s Hospital. Carolyn, Tabatha, Justin and I were anxious to begin our day and meet the children. Dan showed us around and we left our belongings and […]

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Teaching English to Vietnamese Students is an Act of Love for Vietnam Vet

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Jim Gorski, a Vietnam veteran and volunteer from St. Paul, MN,  describes how teaching English to Vietnamese students with his wife Mary Lou enabled him to “pay a debt” to the country’s people. After serving with Global Volunteers in 2014, he and his wife volunteered in Ipalamwa, Tanzania, teaching English and supporting our Reaching Children’s […]

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Traveling is a Prime Way to be Rich in What Matters

“Traveling is a prime way to be rich in what matters. I just returned from eight days in Costa Rica, tired and happy from my first volunteer vacation.” Alison Wiley of Oregon just got back from a week of volunteering in Monteverde, Costa Rica with Global Volunteers. In her blog, she writes about giving and receiving […]

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Our Blind-Link Connection

Global Volunteers Ha Noi Monday, 11 March 2014 The day started with the usual welcoming greetings from the staff and local volunteers at Omamori Spa. Tom, Keith and I, joined by our respective volunteer interpreters/helpers, took our stations with our normally assigned “students.” I could overhear Keith and Tom engaging their charges with ever more […]

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