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Projects for Professionals

Medical Professionals and Students Sought for Health and Wellness Service Projects

Medical and Health Volunteer Abroad Programs

Global Volunteers’ community service in the areas of children’s and families’ physical and mental health centers around education, disease prevention and hands-on care. We work to address the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal #3, which seeks to ensure health and well-being for all, at every stage of life. Our work worldwide begins with pregnant mothers […]

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June 3, 2022/by Global Volunteers
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Development Impact

Global Volunteers and the Sustainable Development Goals

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May 7, 2021/by Michele Gran
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Service-Learning, Why I Give Tanzania

Why I Give: Student Alumnus Sustains Tanzania Dental Support From Home

A mention of  Global Volunteers on our partner’s website moved Maddy Aungst, an aspiring dental student, and her dentist father to help meet the needs of families and children in the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Project in Ipalamwa, Tanzania. After appealing to family, friends, and their faith community for material support, the father and […]

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February 5, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
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Development Impact, Reaching Children's Potential

Proper Hand Washing Saves Lives Worldwide – How You Can Help

Considering all medical interventions combined, washing hands with soap and water remains the most effective way to prevent infectious disease from spreading, and is a cornerstone of our development efforts in Tanzania’s Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program. Parents say their family’s health greatly improved after they adopted proper hand-washing habits and technology at their […]

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March 20, 2020/by Global Volunteers
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Projects for Professionals, Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Early Childhood Leader Lends Skills as Global Volunteer

Since 1977, ZERO TO THREE has helped protect and strengthen babies’ brains through formative family and community connections critical to babies’ and toddlers’ well-being and development. Lynette Aytch, Director of Leadership Development at ZERO TO THREE, shares how her experience with Global Volunteers in Tanzania significantly expanded her understanding, knowledge, and skills in serving infants, […]

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March 20, 2020/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Development Impact, News and Updates

2019 Retrospective: Projects Worldwide Advance Support for Children and Families

volunteer teaching in nepal2019

Throughout 2019, volunteers provided greatly needed services to families in all corners of the globe, aided by Global Volunteers donors, institutional collaborators and corporate supporters. Following are highlights from a landmark year of volunteer-assisted development. Labor Projects in South America In March, an exclusive team of Medtronic employees committed a week to upgrading FUNDAC’s second […]

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January 8, 2020/by Michele Gran
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Development Impact, Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

EarthBox® Partnership Nourishes Mothers and Children in Tanzania

The arrival of 1,000 eagerly anticipated EarthBox container gardening systems from the United States marks the beginning of sustained nutrition for families in the Tanzania Reaching Children’s Potential Demonstration Program. Thanks to a formative partnership between Global Volunteers and EarthBox, more than 225 families in the Ukwega Ward will soon learn how to grow the […]

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November 8, 2019/by Michele Gran
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Group Volunteering, Service-Learning Tanzania

Nursing Students Take on an Adventure In Service and Learning

college students served in Tanzania with their professors for hands-on work experience in healthcare.

The nine senior nursing students from St. John Fisher College arrived in Ipalamwa, Tanzania with a clear assignment: To leverage their clinical capstone project to assess the heath of RCP mothers and children, and support caregivers on home visits. By combining their emergent skills with a desire to serve, they had the opportunity to help […]

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June 28, 2019/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Development Impact, News and Updates Ecuador

Teaching Hand Washing in Ecuador

Handwashing

Proper hand washing with soap and water is the most effective way to prevent infectious disease from spreading. In Ecuador, children living in poverty who attend our partner’s early childhood development centers are taught how to properly wash their hands, and are helped to do it several times a day. Volunteers participate in these lessons! […]

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May 20, 2019/by Maggie Bjorklund
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Development Impact, Reaching Children's Potential

The Global Role of Women – Caretakers, Conscience, Farmers, Educators and Entrepreneurs

Role of women Africa

Throughout history, the central role of women in society has ensured the stability, progress and long-term development of nations. Globally, women comprise 43 percent of the world’s agricultural labor force – rising to 70 percent in some countries. For instance, across Africa, 80 percent of the agricultural production comes from small farmers, most of whom are rural […]

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March 8, 2019/by Michele Gran
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