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Granddaddy
of the volunteer vacation movement. Be a bridge of understanding and peace! As a Global Volunteers team member, you're a catalyst for local people's vision of self-reliance and prosperity. You can truly make a difference! Global Volunteers pioneered direct service-learning programs abroad in 1984, and has mobilized more than 26,000 short-term volunteers on long-term development projects in more than 120 host communities on six continents. Choose from 19 countries, start dates year-around and service programs lasting from one to 24 weeks. In special consultative status with the United Nations and UNICEF, Global Volunteers supports host communities' commitment to the Millennium Development Goals through direct volunteer service, project donations, student scholarships and child and classroom sponsorships. Find your place as a volunteer in the areas of child care, English instruction, health care assistance, elder support and care, capacity building, early childhood education, environmental protection, youth recreation, and family support. Global Volunteers has been widely covered in national and international media including the Oprah Winfrey Show, People Magazine, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, The CBS Morning Show, the NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight, Travel and Leisure Magazine, Conde Nast, and news stories in all 50 states and throughout Canada. |
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What You Can Do |
Global Volunteers enables you to use your skills and interests in an unconventional setting to benefit others in a community requesting outside help. There are great family opportunities: teens and youth as young as eight can work in some communities with toddlers and young children and teach English to peers. As a prospective volunteer, you can choose to serve from hundreds of worthy causes both at home and abroad. As a Global Volunteers team member, you're assured to contribute to genuine development projects and that your itinerary strictly follows IRS tax-deductibility guidelines. I
have great respect for Global Volunteers'
philosophy and policies. With each trip, I'm
touched and humbled by the possibility of helping a
child or young adult. Global Volunteers enables me
to not just be a passive world traveler but to be
an active participant, a "citizen diplomat." —Norina
Viara, volunteer on 18 teams
Teach
Conversational English
Skills
Care for
Vulnerable Children
Lend a Hand on
Labor Projects
Assist with
Health Care One
of the best things about a Global Volunteers
program is that you can be dropped into a setting
in another part of the world for just a few weeks.
Things are already set in motion, and you pick up
where the last team left off. Being part of one
team in a series, part of a long-term commitment
served by many teams, I realized that I was
participating in something much bigger. It was
perfect for me because I only get a few weeks'
vacation each year. And yet, it was one of the most
thrilling and rewarding things I have ever
done. —Jim Hausler, Tanzania
volunteer Global Volunteers' experienced volunteer coordinators will counsel you to select an opportunity to broaden your global perspective and truly make a difference. Consider these advantages to serving with Global Volunteers:
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Where You Can Serve |
Join
a 'private' Peace Corps sponsoring short-term
working vacations, one that has gained my own
excited attention to the same extent as the
original Peace Corps. Global Volunteers' unique philosophy of service guarantees you work at the invitation and under the direction of local leaders in all parts of the world. Volunteer teams return to the same host community up to 17 times each year—year after year. Choose exciting volunteer opportunities in these host countries: China, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Tanzania, USA and Vietnam. |
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When You Can Serve |
Choose a
volunteer opportunity virtually any week of the
year! Global Volunteers offers start dates for most
programs each month, year-around. Standard
international service programs are two or three
weeks with one-week options in most countries, and
program
extensions up to 24
weeks. USA service
programs in Appalachia,
the Blackfeet
Indian Reservation
and immigrant
communities of
Minnesota
are offered for one week. Special
arrangements are made for groups and individuals
seeking gap year, J-term, spring break or
summer-long options. |
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Is this Right for Me? |
English speakers of all ages and from all walks of life around the world can be valuable resources on Global Volunteers' service programs. Families are encouraged to serve together. Each service program has individual requirements for children under age 18. Global Volunteers typically share common characteristics such as flexibility, compassion, a sense of adventure, and most importantly, the desire to work with and learn from local people in the host community. Global Volunteers' program structure provides a relaxed, safe and informal experience for solo volunteers and couples, students traveling alone or in an organized group, as well as boomers and mature travelers. Feature
Video: Experience International Volunteering in
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Waging Peace through Service |
Global Volunteers was founded in 1984 by a married couple who believe each person can wage peace by working hand-in-hand with local people. If
I've made one change, one difference in the life of
one child, I've changed the world. It is through
the demonstration of understanding and acceptance
that we earn the right to sit at the table of
peace. —Jo-Ann Winnik, Vietnam and
Romania volunteer From the beginning, Global Volunteers challenged traditional development models by honoring local problem solving, and engaging "average" people in local service delivery. As an apolitical, nonsectarian organization, Global Volunteers demonstrated how true "people-to-people" initiatives in "micro- economic and human development" can succeed. Whether you've always dreamed of joining the Peace Corps, envisioned yourself immersed in another culture, or yearned to "give back" to the world, Global Volunteers' exceptional service programs connect you to a global network of friends—and the opportunity to wage peace together! |
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