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Volunteer Voices Cook Islands

Teen Cites Three Reasons to Volunteer as a Youth

volunteer in youth

The benefits of volunteering are endless across the spectrum of life. Service to others helps us understand the world and ourselves, connect with people, impact events and make a difference. During her gap year, 18 – year – old Cassidy Richardson learned all these lessons and more in the Cook Islands with Global Volunteers.  She […]

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February 22, 2019/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Family Volunteering, Service-Learning, Volunteer Voices Cuba

Mother – Daughter Duo Say Exploring Cuba as Volunteers Surpassed Expectations

Geri says serving in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba for two weeks with her daughter Bridget was a journey of discovery. Together they acquired new skills, explored a new culture, and learned something new about each other. Bridget and Geri share a few highlights of  “volunteering as mother and daughter” with Marketing Assistant and Greece Country […]

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February 6, 2019/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Service-Learning, Volunteer Voices Cook Islands

Reflections of a Youth Volunteer in the Cook Islands

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Throughout her childhood, Cassidy Richardson was interested in learning about different cultures and languages.  The more she learned, the more she felt drawn to help others while putting her growing understanding to work.  When Cassidy turned 18, she decided to get out of the comfort of her home and volunteer in the Cook Islands. In […]

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December 3, 2018/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices South Dakota

New York Mother and Daughter Thrive as Volunteers on South Dakota Reservation

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Lisa Godek and her 13-year-old daughter, Chloe Fargo, are committed to helping others outside of work and school. Their latest service trip was a week on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where they lent a hand to the native Lakota people through everyday tasks and a children’s fair. Here Lisa and Chloe reflect […]

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November 26, 2018/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Greece

Three Generations Volunteer in Crete!

Appleby family Volunteers in Crete

The inter-generational Appleby family group – grand-daughter Megan, father Mike, and grandfather Robert – joined together to volunteer in Crete with Global Volunteers. Their assignment?  Helping elementary and middle school kids speak conversational English.  Although Global Volunteer Alumni Robert taught conversational English to High School kids and adults on previous programs, he said enjoyed working […]

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September 13, 2018/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Service-Learning, Volunteer Voices Vietnam

Outstanding Students Inspire First-Time Vietnam Volunteer

Teaching Conversational English in Vietnam

First-time Global Volunteer Denise Nelson Nash has always had a passion for volunteering. In Hanoi, Vietnam, she accomplished a long-held goal – teaching conversational English at the Vietnamese Institute for Development Strategies (VIDS). She shares her story here: “As a young adult, I lived and worked in Venezuela. Living in another country taught me the value […]

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August 28, 2018/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Volunteer Voices Greece

Volunteer Teacher Recalls her Greek Classroom Adventure

Having fun learning English in Greece

You can become part of a team of volunteer teachers and students in Crete. When you help the children of Malevizi with their English skills, you experience their culture through their lives and interests. Val, a Greece Volunteer, shares her journal entry recalling two unforgettable weeks of “summer language camp” with eager Greek students: “As […]

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July 31, 2018/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Volunteer Voices South Dakota

Learning About Lakota Culture as a Global Volunteer

Lakota culture on Rosebud reservation

Rosebud Reservation volunteers share their team journal about Lakota culture on a South Dakota service program. Day Two in Rosebud – Yard  Work After yesterday’s orientation, we arose today in anticipation of the work assignment. We headed out and gathered any tools we could find for the day ahead. We worked outside of a home […]

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March 21, 2018/by Global Volunteers
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Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Ecuador

Mother Pursues Global Awareness for Sons in Ecuador

Melissa, an attorney and mother of four boys aged nine to twelve, from Austin, Texas, was seeking a volunteer opportunity for two of her sons to give them hands-on experience with children and increase their global awareness. She decided on Global Volunteers’ Ecuador service program, where her boys could help take care of very young […]

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March 11, 2018/by Maggie Bjorklund
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Classroom Assistance, Service-Learning Cook Islands

Cook Islands Service Program Inspires Student Volunteer’s Career Path

Volunteer Trip to the Cook Islands with Global Volunteers

Global Volunteer Jedd Waason said a desire to help others led him to the Cook Islands with Global Volunteers. What he gained, he said, was a clearer focus on a career in education. Read on to learn how his teaching assignment became a glimpse into his future. My volunteer trip to the Cook Islands was […]

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January 15, 2018/by Global Volunteers
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