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Family Volunteering Greece

Family’s Bucket-List Trip Led Them Cretan Classrooms

Students at Tenia's school, Crete Greece.

Septuagenarians Bob and Judy Nix have always had a passion for making a difference, especially in the lives of children. Volunteer travel had always been on their bucket list, so when Bob’s sister Linda Murphy asked them to join her on a service program in Greece with Global Volunteers, they were ready to go. In […]

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December 20, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Volunteer Voices Greece

Student’s Service in Greece Launches Teaching Career Back Home

Cassidy with her students in Greece.

When Cassidy Matz arrived as a volunteer in Crete in 2019, she was an early childhood education student, and anticipated teaching preschool after graduation. But, she admitted her focus was lacking. After teaching teens English for two weeks, she gained a profound sense of purpose and her career vision became clear. She changed her major, […]

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November 10, 2021/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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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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Volunteer Voices

Active Alumni Lean on Lessons from Communities Abroad

Tim Cunniff and Keith Kresge are Global Volunteers “veterans.” Between them, they’ve served on 44 programs in 18 different countries – from Tanzania to the Cook Islands.  Despite the obvious contrasts between these societies, they say one truth is common to all: People are more alike than different on a basic-needs level.  But, how people […]

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July 21, 2020/by Michele Gran
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Conversational English Poland

Students and Teachers Await “Living Lessons” From Global Volunteers

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When schools were closed on March 11 in Poland, primary school teacher Katarzyna Niedziolka immediately thought of how much her students would miss their classrooms in Grala-Dabrowizna. And then, she said, she realized the suspension of classes until April 15 would also impact the program with Global Volunteers. She sent this message to Poland Country […]

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March 31, 2020/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Partners' Stories Peru

Once Surviving on the Street, Sagrada Familia Teacher Now Pays it Forward

Thanks to the opportunity she had to learn English, Liz (left) was able to become a professional teacher.Global Volunteers 2020

Liz Díaz was 10 when Miguel Rodríguez found her selling candy on the street. He asked about her family and learned that conflicts with her mother had made it very difficult for Liz to live at home. Further, her parents were unable to provide adequate nutrition or education, so her future appeared very dim. Years before, […]

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March 26, 2020/by Michele Gran
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Volunteer Voices

Volunteers Discover Valentines Around The World

The spirit of Valentines Day is evident to Global Volunteers all year around – all around the world. These reports – in the words of our team members – tell of the human sentiments that can’t be captured on a greeting card. The Language of Love Mark Bierbaum calls his service in Peru “a joyful […]

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February 14, 2020/by Michele Gran
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Volunteer Voices Tanzania

Tanzania Volunteer’s First Service Program is Also a Journey to Self

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After quitting her job, Anna O’Neal embarked on four months of solo travel to figure out what she wanted to do next in her life. In her choice to travel solo to Tanzania, she joined our Global Volunteer team in Ipalamwa, Tanzania to help mothers and children. She said she sought an opportunity to challenge […]

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January 27, 2020/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Conversational English, Volunteer Voices Vietnam

Charm, Dreams and Practice are Tools in Hanoi Grade School Classroom

Seven–time Global Volunteer and Colorado retiree Rene Moquin employed his legendary optimism and enthusiasm to captivate students at Nguyen Binh Khiem School (NBK) in Hanoi, Vietnam. Through skits, music and personal charm, he urges them to “dream of new possibilities.” In these journal entries, Rene reflects on his singular experience and offers personal insight to […]

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December 3, 2019/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Volunteer Voices Cuba

Octogenarian Alumna Travels the World to Teach

After a 30-year professional teaching career, Global Volunteers alumna Pat Harper said she’s not finished teaching! In her 80s when she first served with us in Vietnam in 2014, she was drawn to the the opportunity to again help others learn. The joy she found teaching in retirement on a service program in Cuba not […]

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April 9, 2019/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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