A busy weekend of people-to-people events started with an historic museum visit ending with a Conga line. We said a sad farewell to our one-week volunteers. On to Moron, stopping at Rancho Palma for a lunch under grass roofs among the caged animals. When we entered Moron, it was carnival so streets were packed with […]
The evening classes continue to be attended enthusiastically by a sizeable student body. Of particular note was a fourteen-year-old girl who received some one-on-one tutoring. She already had a rather good grasp of English sentence structure and pronunciation, but needed work on vocabulary building – which volunteers provided. A very enjoyable conversation was had by one group […]
On our first day of teaching, our team quickly spread into different rooms that varied by English proficiency, and we all got to work! I was in the front room with Joanne and the beginners. First I must applaud Joanne for her incredible translating skills and her enthusiasm. Every student in our group was fully […]
My experience of my first day is Cuba is what I will be sharing… my thoughts, feelings, judgments. I KNOW that I can easily focus on the details (Varying room temperature, food surprises, loud noises at 3 am, lukewarm coffee, unrelenting heat) or I can experience the “Gestalt” (or, the whole) of this time here. […]
“I am humbled by these all too brief, two weeks in Cuba, ” said Seija Webb – long-time Global Volunteer. “There may be economic hardships here, but there is also much generosity, love, kindness, goodness, and oh yes, unbridled happiness!” Significantly more meaningful than a standard tour, the service program through Global Volunteers enabled Webb […]
If you’re interested in visiting a unique country with a charming culture, an extraordinary history, and welcoming people, then Cuba is for you. Our Cuba service program combines the best of volunteerism and people-to-people exchanges. Hear from the volunteers themselves and experience the Cuba service program from their perspective – through photos (click on each […]
Continuing our “People-to-People” offerings in Cuba on our new service programs is important to Global Volunteers staff and hosts. Every program features many of the highlighted people-to-people activities of our former Cuba NOW! program. One-week volunteers experience these in evening free-time, and two-week volunteers participate in a three-day itinerary in Havana in addition to 11 days in Ciego […]
Jabeh Peabody previously served on a Global Volunteers program in Montana with her colleagues from inVentiv Health Clinical, so she already had experience working hand and hand with local people in one of our host communities before arriving in Cuba. “This kind of travel is right up my alley, ” she explains. “Global Volunteers makes it […]
The first Global Volunteers team to Cuba was Marietta Quinby’s fourth program overall and Randy Quinby’s third program overall. You could definitely consider them a dynamite volunteer couple. They both agree that being part of America’s first legal service program to Cuba with Global Volunteers was something special. “Everywhere we went in Ciego de Avila, Cuba […]
“An opportunity to offer meaningful service and to visit a place still not open to American tourists was perfect, ” said Kit Lane while reflecting on her decision to volunteer in Cuba. “When I saw the post on Facebook about Global Volunteers’ new service program in Cuba, I did not hesitate! I called and signed up […]
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375 East Little Canada Road
St. Paul, MN 55117-1628 USA
(800) 487-1074 | toll-free
(651) 482-0915 | fax
globalvolunteers.org
email@globalvolunteers.org