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Service-Learning

Best Student Service-Learning Volunteer Abroad Projects with Global Volunteers

Have you felt the world is waiting for you to explore? Personal experience gives you a depth of knowledge that isn’t accessible other ways. What’s more, Global Volunteers offers the “added value” of travel with meaning. Imagine spending a week during your spring break, J-term, or summer vacation as an international volunteer – experiencing the […]

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December 28, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Volunteer Voices Cook Islands

Teen Cites Three Reasons to Volunteer as a Youth

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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 Greece, Poland, South Dakota

Summer Service Programs for Kids

One International Truth About Children One thing that unites children the world over is their love of new experiences. On their journey to adulthood, kids learn life’s lessons through daily interactions with the people who surround them.  It’s where trust, generosity, strength, love, curiosity, and insight are formed.  Our community partners invite us each year […]

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January 31, 2019/by Michele Gran
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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 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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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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Service-Learning

International Service in High School Curricula

International Service in High School Curricula

In the second part of her essay excerpted here, Nilusha Jayasinghe talks about why she believes schools should include international service in high school curricula. Read the first part of her essay here. Student Volunteering Abroad: One Of the Best Decisions Of My Life With every graduate school application, job opportunity, or volunteer opportunity that comes […]

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January 16, 2018/by Maggie Bjorklund
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