Volunteer Voices Archives

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.

Bricks in the foundations of a Growing Child

Thought of the Day: “One generation plants the trees, another gets the shade.” –Chinese Proverb The quote is perfect. It so conveys a begger picture of the collective purpose of Global Volunteers. When I first explored the possibility of serving as a volunteer, I wondered how the children at PPA adapted to so many different […]

July 1, 2008/by Michele Gran

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Team Highlights

Highlights of the first week: Our team members have traveled all over the world which makes for wonderful conversations. Several team members have served Global Volunteers two or more times. We range from age 16-76. We live all over the USA from California to the Midwest to the East Coast. Several are educators or retired […]

June 23, 2008/by Michele Gran

Volunteer Voices China

Team 161, Kunming June 21-22

by Martin Thoughts for the day: (1) Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. (2) It’s not about how to achieve your dreams. It’s about how to lead your life Photo for the day: We had a group photo taken with our […]

June 23, 2008/by Michele Gran

Volunteer Voices Peru

Volunteer Struggles to Say Good-Bye to Orphaned Toddler

Peru high school volunteer abroad program

By Amy G., Peru Volunteer Our last day is quickly slipping away. In a few hours, we begin to go our separate ways. We were strangers at the beginning and now we are friends. We ventured from the East Coast and the West Coast and states in between but managed to find […]

June 21, 2008/by Global Volunteers

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