Service Program Registration: Get Started On Your Journey
Registration is quick and easy! First, select a country below. Then select the the length of program you prefer. The available departure dates that match your query will then display. Select a program date, and click “continue.” Complete the online form and provide a non-refundable $350 deposit to hold your place on the service program.
Call a volunteer coordinator at (800) 487-1074 for help if needed. If you prefer, you may print a text registration and submit it by mail or fax. Minors – under age 18 – must complete a minor registration and travel with a parent or adult legal guardian. Review Global Volunteers minor volunteer policies.
Supervising a Minor Volunteer
Volunteering with minors offers a wonderful opportunity for all involved: you as their parent or guardian, the child, other volunteers, local children, our hosts, and community partners. To best ensure a positive experience for everyone, you must comply with the following minor volunteer policies:
- As a parent or guardian, you are responsible for the appropriate behavior of the child at all times during the service program.
- The child must serve alongside their parent or guardian at the work project site.
- The child must participate in all other activities, including free time, together with their parent or guardian.
- The child’s behavior cannot disrupt meetings, the other volunteers, the team, the work project, or community members. If the child is disruptive, the parent or guardian must take the child to a quiet space away from the rest of the team.
- Children under 13 years of age, or a child with special needs, must be closely supervised by their parent or guardian at all times.
- Neither the team leader nor other volunteers can ever be requested to monitor or supervise the child during the service program. That is always the parent’s or guardian’s responsibility. The team leader will offer to help you ensure the safety of the child and assist you in engaging the child in appropriate service program activities as a contributing member of the Global Volunteers team.
- All parents and guardians bringing children under 18 years of age on a Global Volunteers service program must submit a notarized minor registration form. Please use the attached form. Because the signature to be notarized is the parent’s or guardian’s, the minor need not be present at the time of notarization. The original notarized registration can be submitted via mail or scan the original and email to info@globalvolunteers.org.
- If you are a grandparent, sibling, or non-legal guardian bringing a minor on a service program without their parent or guardian, you will also need a temporary guardianship form signed by the parent or guardian and their signature must be notarized. Temporary guardianship conditions vary by state, so check the specific requirements in your area. A copy of the notarized temporary guardianship form must be submitted via mail or scanned and emailed to info@globalvolunteers.org. The adult serving with the minor child should carry the original temporary guardianship document on their person. CLICK HERE for a sample form from Nevada. Your state or province form will be different.
Background Checks for Adult Volunteers
For the safety of those we serve and fellow volunteers, Global Volunteers requires all adult volunteers to complete a criminal and sex offender background check prior to volunteering. Individuals who have been convicted of violent felonies, sexual misconduct, sexual assault, or any crime against a child will not be able to volunteer on Global Volunteers’ service programs. Violent felonies include murder, arson, rape, kidnapping, armed robbery, aggravated assault, weapons charges, sexual assault, domestic assault, etc.
The background check will be initiated by Global Volunteers through the 3rd party vendor Checkr approximately 12 weeks prior to your service program start date or, if you register less than 12 weeks in advance, immediately upon registration. Associated fees are included in the service program contribution. Additional details will be provided after program registration.
If you are within 60 days of departure, you must submit your entire payment by major credit card or authorize Global Volunteers to electronically withdraw money from your bank account. If you are more than 60 days from departure, you may submit your non-refundable $350 deposit by major credit card or an authorization to withdraw money from your bank account.
Review the Global Volunteers Service Program Volunteer Agreement.
See Covid-19 requirements.
Service Program Application and Agreement