GVN News

A grant of $2,891 has been sent to Huchuy Yachaq in Peru thanks to a generous donation from IHSAN. These funds will be used to build bathrooms for the children of Las Hormiguitas kindergarten.

A grant of $8,367 has been sent to Peruvian Hearts thanks to the funds raised from our Eat So They Can hosts. These funds will be used to support the Peruvian Promise Program and the Nutrition for Change program.

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A total of $13,664 of Eat So They Can funding has been wired to our partner organization in Kenya. These funds will be used to support a number of projects, including orphanages, IDP camps and schools. The supplies purchased with these funds will be distributed by our Distribution Team in May.

An additional $267 of funding raised through our Christmas Gifts of Change campaign has been wired to our partner organization in Kenya. These funds will be used to purchase school uniforms, blankets and mosquito nets for vulnerable children.

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The GVN office will be closed for public holidays from Friday 6 April to Monday 9 April. We look forward to answering your questions and helping you with your volunteer placements on our return.

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The Global Volunteer Network has offered conservation projects in Ecuador for the last ten years. This week, we have added three new options; volunteers can now help with Day Care, Teaching English, and Medical projects. These projects are available in four diverse locations, from the Amazon rainforest to the Galapagos Islands. For more information, please visit http://www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/ecuador/.

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A grant of $3,689.18 has just been sent to Huchuy Yachaq in Peru. These funds were made up of donations from our Gifts of Change campaign and our Eat So They Can campaign. They will be used to fund the continuation of a jewellery workshop for vulnerable women living in Peru. This workshop is providing mothers with a new skill so that they can generate income for themselves and their families.

> Visit the GVN Foundation website

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Due to petrol price increases and inflation, the program fees for our Nepal volunteer program and Everest trek are increasing. The increases will take effect for anyone paying their application fee from 12 March 2012 onwards.

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The prices for GVN’s Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Peru programs are changing for volunteers who pay their application fee from 1 February 2012 onwards. The new prices are:

Costa Rica Standard Programs
1 week: US $1397
2 weeks: US $1597
3 weeks: US $1797
4 weeks: US $1997
6 weeks: US $2297
8 weeks: US $2547

Costa Rica Surcharge Programs
1 week: US $1447
2 weeks: US $1697
3 weeks: US $1947
4 weeks: US $2197
6 weeks: US $2497
8 weeks: US $2847

Guatemala Standard Programs
1 week: US $1397
2 weeks: US $1597
3 weeks: US $1797
4 weeks: US $1997
6 weeks: US $2247
8 weeks: US $2497

Guatemala Surcharge Programs
1 week: US $1397
2 weeks: US $1597
3 weeks: US $1797
4 weeks: US $1997
6 weeks: US $2322
8 weeks: US $2647

Peru Standard Programs
1 week: US $1397
2 weeks: US $1597
3 weeks: US $1797
4 weeks: US $1997
6 weeks: US $2247
8 weeks: US $2497

Peru Surcharge Program
1 week: US $1497
2 weeks: US $1697
3 weeks: US $1897
4 weeks: US $2097
6 weeks: US $2397
8 weeks: US $2697

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All valid requests for application fee refunds (ie for application fees received between 1 Jan 08- 9 July 2009; and Haiti application fees received between 10 Jan-17 February 2010) must be received in writing by 5.00pm Friday 13 January (NZ time). Requests received after this date are null and void and will not be refunded in accordance with GVN’s Statute of Limitations (refer to our Terms of Service;).

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The staff at Global Volunteer Network want to wish all our partners, volunteers, and supporters a very happy Christmas for 2011.

Our staff are on leave from 24-27 December, and again from 31 December-3 January. We look forward to helping you to support communities in need when we return.

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Today is International Volunteer Day. GVN wishes to acknowledge and thank all of our volunteers who with much dedication, service, and compassion have given of themselves to reach out and help communities in need. You are part of an ever-growing movement… Change Makers! Thank you.

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