GVN News

3:25pm 7 April 2009  
Filed under: Eat So They Can, GVN, GVN Foundation, News, Programs, Treks

Can you stand out from the crowd?

Have you got what it takes to start a movement? An exciting opportunity could be weaving its way to you.

We’re looking for bright, wildly talented, enthusiastic individuals with a passion for making a difference and the ability to make it happen.

We need you to spread “the GVN word” through print, photography or film in a way that we’ve never tried before. We want you to take the essence of what we do and put it out there with your innovative stamp on it.

We don’t believe in stifling creativity, we want to encourage it. All we ask is that your project relates to one of the following fields:
Volunteering with GVN - www.volunteer.org.nz
Eat So They Can - www.eatsotheycan.org
Treks - www.gvnfoundation.org/programs/treks/
Be The Change - www.gvnfoundation.org/gvn_changemakers/courses/

As one of our elite Media Fellows, your passion for affecting change, coupled with creative ideas will see GVN’s global impact increase.

In return you will receive:

• valuable practical experience
• a forum to display your creative work
• your work published online
• access to GVN’s extensive network
• and so much more!

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4:41pm 10 December 2008  
Filed under: GVN, Machu Picchu, Treks

For this adventurous fundraising trek, GVN has partnered with a wonderful little non-profit organization named Peruvian Hearts. Peruvian Hearts supports needy orphanages in Peru and was founded by Ana Dodson in 2003 when she was remarkably only eleven years old. Ana was adopted as a baby from Cuzco, Peru and grew up in Colorado, USA.

Ana’s brother, Danny Dodson, is the Executive Director of Peruvian Hearts and together, as their organisations mission suggests, this brother and sister duo are ‘changing the world, one heart at a time’. Danny has visited Peru on many occasions and formed a close bond with the land and its people. In this special piece, Danny shares with us how the Machu Picchu Fundraising Trek is changing the lives of children living at the Hogar (children’s home) in Cusco.

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10:09am 8 October 2008  
Filed under: Fundraising, GVN, Machu Picchu, Treks

Because of the popularity of this hike, and the small number of national park permits issued, participants interested in the trek, set for the 16th-24th of August 2009 should apply up as soon as possible and pay their application fees no later then early January 2009 in order to confirm a place on this amazing trip! Don’t miss this opportunity to visit one of the most important and beautiful archaeological discoveries of modern time. By signing up for this trek you will also be lending much needed help to Peruvian children in need.
> Sign up today!

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9:17am 26 November 2007  
Filed under: GVN, Kilimanjaro, News, Treks

The 2008 Kilimanjaro Trek will be closing for applications on the 30th of November. The Global Volunteer Network’s Mount Kilimanjaro Trek offers participants the opportunity to help support children in Kenya, Africa, and to hike one of the most beautiful mountains and prestigious climbs in the world. Mount Kilimanjaro is located in Tanzania, Africa. Participants of this fundraiser will travel in both Kenya and Tanzania.

Participants will be asked to locate their own flights to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenya, and should aim to arrive before the night of the 12th of January. From there the participants will be driven to Marangu, Tanzania where they will prepare for their hike. From Marangu participants will embark on an unforgettable journey to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

After hiking Mount Kilimanjaro, participants will return to Nairobi, Kenya, where they will be transported to the Shelter Children’s Home in the Massailand to meet the children their funds have assisted. After their visit, participants will be returned to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport where they may catch their connecting flights home anytime after the 23rd January.
> Mt. Kilimanjaro Trek 2008

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