Adventures in Service Worldwide: Global Volunteers

Description: Experience the world as a volunteer on incredible service programs worldwide! Since 1984, Global Volunteers has enabled more than 24,000 volunteers to wage peace through service by promoting mutual understanding between people of diverse cultures, and helping to improve their communities. Our development expertise and unique service partnerships with superior hosts, international staff and local consultants enables you to make a significant difference according to the highest standards of international service. Contribute to Genuine Development Projects and help improve the lives of at-risk and disabled children; families in impoverished areas; and youth and adult learners.

Each year, Global Volunteers mobilizes some 300 volunteer teams to work in close partnership with local leaders on community projects in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, North America, South America, and the South Pacific. You're needed to assist with Child Care, Tutoring, Teaching English, Conservation Health Care, Construction/Repair, and more. No specialized skills needed to help! Individuals, couples, families and groups of all ages and backgrounds are welcome.

Tax-deductible service program costs range from USD995 to USD3,195 for one to up to 42 weeks.

Highlights: Our volunteers tell us that volunteering changes their lives. We know that their participation changes the lives of children and families in our partner communities around the world!

Experience how the vast majority of the world lives... Work alongside local people on life-affirming community development projects for one, two or three weeks (flexible schedules and costs for groups and specialized teams.) Match your skills with a project needing your help, and work with our superior hosts and country managers. You will experience immediate acceptance into the host community, which directs and maintains the projects you will work on. Service opportunities are available year-around. The program cost is tax deductible for US taxpayers, saving on average 30%.

Qualifications: No experience necessary (with the exceptions of specific health care, law and business projects). Volunteers must possess a willingness to participate on a team and take direction from local host leaders. Teaching projects require a volunteer to be a native English speaker, however professional training or experience teaching is not required.

Cost in US$: USD995 to USD3,195; discounts avail for students, groups, return volunteers, etc.

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Our volunteers are culturally curious and open-minded people looking to contribute to a community development project and to improve their understanding of different ways of life. They are all ages, from various ethnic backgrounds, and of all different professions, such as educators, students, laborers, medical professionals, full-time parents, computer professionals, artists, lawyers and the like.

Age Range: adults of all ages and minors traveling with parents

This Program is open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to - Multi-Country Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Phone Interview
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Global Volunteers's Mission Statement: "Partners in Development". Founded to help advance peace, rehabilitate improverished communities, and promote mutual international understanding between peoples of diverse cultures through short-term volunteer service on long-term community development programs. We maintain on-going partnerships with local leaders and indigenous host organizations worldwide. Each year, we mobilize up to 300 teams of volunteers to work alongside local people on work projects central to their advancement. We also raise funds to support our international and domestic partners and to provide child sponsorships for educational, social and medical assistance. Global Volunteers is in special consultative status with the United Nations and UNICEF.

Year Founded: 1984