How do we measure impact? Through the stories people tell us. Through time spent in community. Through projects supported on site. Through overall efforts.

What happens when you share your time and your money?

Make a Positive Impact.

You can make a positive impact by contributing both your time and your funds for the greatest benefit of local people. But not all volunteering programs are created equal. The most important question you can ask when seeking the most ethical volunteer opportunity is: How are my time and my financial contributions in the community leveraged? When you contribute your energy and knowledge on a Global Volunteers team, you become one of the community’s greatest assets. When you give money to support the work, you become a part of a long-term effort to support local people. But most important, your contributions of all kinds become part of the community’s story – directly contributing to sustained projects that define their future. Simply stated, you’re a most valuable link in an endlessly renewable chain of volunteers focused on creating, nurturing and sustaining the well-being and human potential of children worldwide.

Are you up for this kind of impact?

Our impact is measured by the outcomes of long-term development partnerships. This means we share a common vision with local leaders, families, teachers, students and medical caregivers in every host community.

We strive to:

• Engage in genuine, comprehensive development projects.
• Work under the direction and at the invitation of local leaders.
• Provide essential services, hand-in-hand with local people.

Global Volunteers Impact – 36 Years in Service.

36

countries served

207

community partners

36,177

volunteers

2,684,252

hours of service

Your Contributions Make an Impact!

Massage Therapy: An Escape from Poverty for Visually Impaired Adults in Vietnam

Relatively little research is available on the wellbeing of the large population of visually impaired or blind adults in Vietnam. Global Volunteers' partner, Blind-Link, a social entrepreneurship program, professionally trains blind young Vietnamese…
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The Impact of swimming lessons in St.Lucia

THE IMPACT OF SWIMMING LESSONS IN ST. LUCIA!

You would think that living on an island, St Lucians would be strong swimmers. Sadly, this isn’t the case, and the number of childhood drownings has risen considerably over the last five years. According to the W.H.O. (World Health Organization)…
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Celebrating Impact Through Partnerships

Today, we are sharing a guest post by one of our long-time volunteers, Robi Kronberg. As she explains below, Robi has served on multiple service programs as a volunteer and now participates as a member of the Reaching Children’s Potential program Advisory Committee. Her professional experience in Higher Education has helped build out the program offerings and dedication to delivering effective services to our community partners. In her blog post, Robi discusses a new partner that she has brought to the table, Days for Girls, and how that partnership has benefited the women enrolled in the RCP program.
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What is stunting and why is it a big deal?

Stunting, a condition that can indicate physical and cognitive underdevelopment in a child, is a wide-spread, global problem. The fact that nearly one quarter – 22 percent – of the world’s children are stunted1, is difficult to conceptualize.
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Celebrating International Indigenous People's Day

The UN reports that there are approximately 370 million indigenous people living globally. In communities across more than 90 countries, indigenous peoples play an important role in sustaining culture and heritage, but they continue to…
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Alumni Fundraising for Change: A Story of Two Committed Volunteers

When Rene Moquin and Annie Weissman thought about how they could further their global impact this spring, the answer seemed clear: reach out to family and friends to conduct fundraisers in support of Global Volunteers’ programs.
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Food Insecurity & Seniors in Montana

Ensuring every household has enough to eat is an important part of Global Volunteers’ programming. Food insecurity, or family’s inability to access the right food at the right time to be happy and healthy, can be found in many of the communities…
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Earthboxes in St. Lucia

One of Global Volunteers’ most successful projects on the island of St. Lucia is the installation of Earthboxes throughout the village of Anse La Raye, a small fishing village with approximately 3,000 residents. Since 2012, volunteers have ventured out to share a spade and a bit of sun with their new island neighbors, and planted nearly 150 Earthboxes for members of the community.
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Improving Health and Happiness in Peru

Paula is a 13-year-old young woman living at Sagrada Familia, a Global Volunteers’ community partner, in Ventanilla, one of Peru’s poorest urban communities near the capital city of Lima. During the summer months (December through February), Sagrada…
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Changing Lives in Greece - Impact in Action

Mihali is a seven-year-old boy living in Malevizi on the island of Crete. Global Volunteers supports summer camps each year in Malevizi, from June through August, to help improve students’ conversational English. Volunteers first met…
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Young Mother Finds Hope and Health in Tanzania Program - Impact in Action

Meet Rebecca, a young mother enrolled in Global Volunteers’ Reaching Children’s Potential demonstration program (RCP) in Ipalamwa, Tanzania. In the fall of 2017, 28-year-old Rebecca was excited to enter the program when she became pregnant…
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Volunteers in China
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Chinese Teachers Talk About Volunteer Impact

In the summer, Kunming University runs a 2- to 3- week "staff development" English program for an intact group of Chinese English teachers from elementary, middle and high schools in the area. Global Volunteers is invited to assist every…
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Invest in Sustainable Change.

Global Volunteers enables you to help catalyze local self-reliance by:

• Protecting the partner community’s independence and autonomy.
• Honoring local people’s wisdom and self-determination.
• Employing experts in economic and human development.
• Guarding against exploitation of local children, women and men.
• Rigorously monitoring our cultural impact.
• Earning the respect of others in the field.

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“Global Volunteers always does a good job preparing their people before they go out, so that they are well-organized and well-focused when they are out in the field. They are definitely an organization that we look up to.”

David MinichDirector of Habitat for Humanity’s Global Village work camp program

“Global Volunteers was one of about a dozen NGOs I researched. We chose Global Volunteers because they supplied excellent information, and we liked the fact that all projects are in partnership with local people.”

Judi LeesSt. Lucia, Peru and India Volunteer

“I volunteered in Russia, Indonesia, Tanzania and Mississippi with Global Volunteers. They were life-changing experiences. It’s a great organization that does a ‘world’ of good.”

Donald SmithAlumni Volunteer

“Worth all of my 20 years of service programs – which changed my life forever. Thank you, Global Volunteers!!”

Kathleen Hubbard-IsmailAlumni Volunteer
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