GVN Articles
The GVN Team writes articles about volunteer experiences, our partner organisations, fundraising, socially-conscious travel, the issues that affect people in disadvantaged communities, and the fight for a more just and equitable world.
Latest Articles:
Be The Ripple
"The reward for my experience in Rwanda, all those moving stories I heard, places I visited, and faces I will never forget...priceless."
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Wangdi
"My roommate Krishna and I got out of our cab into a quickly darkening street in a smallish town just outside the city. I stood and looked around at the shabby-looking concrete buildings while he leaned in through a window and paid our driver, who had seemingly decided to renegotiate his price after delivering us."
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What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
Jordan Lopez came to our attention for his adventurous nature and globetrotting antics! A first time volunteer who had previously never left the United States, Jordan recently completed a tour of 3 different volunteer projects in 3 very different regions. Jordan tells us about his amazing journey.
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Ten Reasons Why International Volunteering Will Help You Get Ahead
There are plenty of options in the world of 'voluntourism', as it is often called, that can have a profound impact on a young volunteers life. Pro Bono Australia journalist, Ryan Witcombe writes about his year of volunteering in developing countries.
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Article Index
AfricaPaper into Pearls (Uganda)
Fighting Fire with Fire in South Africa
Teaching through a West African Downpour
Checking Expectations at the Door in Uganda
Working Together to Make a Difference
An Interview with the 'English Man'
Eyes from Ethiopia
Teaching through a West African Downpour
Be The Ripple
AmericasFight on Haiti!
Haiti Mother and Daughter Team
AsiaSaving Thailand's Wildlife
Smiles and Suffering Amongst India's Poorest Children
Volunteer in Vietnam Finds Frankness, Spontaneity and Generosity
Wedding Celebrations Bring A Brighter Future To All
Volunteering in Bistachhap
Discovering The Chinese Way
Blessed By Beanies
Every Step Counts When Fundraising For A Good Cause!
Loss in the Philippines
Being a leader is an action, not a position
Helping out in Cambodia
Wangdi
EuropeGetting Attached to Romania
GeneralAmerican Idol Gives Back
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow.
In the Passing of a Brick: The GVN Story
Conversation About Development
An Addiction Worth Keeping: Volunteering All Over the World
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Mother to Mother, Child to Child
From the Safari to the Slum: Choose Volunteering
The Spirit of the Modern African Woman
Trading Home Comforts for Dreamy Mountains in Nepal
The Worth of a Book: Education in the Philippines
Social Entrepreneurs become the next Agents of Change...
In the Passing of a Brick: The GVN Story
Colin's Biography
Ten Reasons Why International Volunteering Will Help You Get Ahead
What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
Latin AmericaThe Disappearance of Ecuador's Mangroves
Opening Pandora's Box: Oil Exploration in Ecuador
Re-building homes and lives in Honduras
OtherKorean-American Crowned Ms. America
PacificWill Work for Scenery
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Waiting To Exhale, Suja's Pages, 15 December 2010
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Ten Reasons Why International Volunteering Will Help You Get Ahead, ProBono News, 11 November 2010
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Wagaman: Hope and help in Haiti, Gettysburg Times, 6 August 2010
Jordan Freda's 'Explore22' Show Brings Together Travel And Volunteerism, Huffington Post, 3 August 2010
No second honeymoon, Mountain Scene, 6 May 2010
Adventure, Bette Boomer
Metcalfe woman to volunteer with Rwandan youth, EMC Winchester - Winchester, Ontario, Canada
From Forex to Microfinance via Cambodia, Massey University
Almost $15,000 raised for Kenya shelter, The Peterborough Examiner, 30 April 2009
Fleur Visiting Orphanage as Part of African Odyssey, Hawkes Bay Today, 2008
Adventure of a Lifetime, The Geelong Advertiser, 25 November 2008
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Beanie There Done That Dominion Post, 25 April 2008
Charity pair take raising funds to icy extremes Dominion Post, 9 January 2008
Annandale to Kenya and back Fairfax County Times, 12 December 2007
Korean-American Crowned Ms. America The Seoul Times, 8 November 2007
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Aid Worker's Foray Into Little Liberia: SBS Radio, 5 July 2006
UNH students take time to work with orphans in Kenya: Portsmouth Herald, 29 December 2005
Couple remembers relief work in India: Times Herald-Record, 26 December 2005
The Inspirational People of Romania and Why Humanitarian Volunteering is Such a Worthwhile Thing to Do!: One World One People, 23 September 2003
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