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Everyday, thousands of people around the world give up their time, money and comfort level to volunteer in a community in need far from their own homes. Not prompted by fame or fortune, their efforts and generosity are astounding and noteworthy, and can be taken as an individual protest against a global current of hopelessness, despair, inequality, greed, racism and xenophobia. As world leaders and economic policies continue to divide the world between the haves and the have-nots, people are realizing that volunteering gives them a voice to remind other communities that they have not been forgotten. In the process, they're proving that the act of volunteering, of taking on a responsibility for humankind, of declaring that a stranger has the basic and fundamental right to a life free of suffering, is incomparable to any other gesture. It is our belief that through raising awareness about the plight of others, we can slowly turn the tide and empower individuals and communities to work toward a better world. To read the GVN Story, follow this link. Available Articles
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Mike Willet, 63, UK, left his luxuries behind him, and set off to spend the next 2 months volunteering in Uganda. "I have long believed that the best way to help is to go and do something yourself. We in the west who use many of the world's resources have a duty to try and least give a little back".
The 15-year-old Russian girl shuffled when she walked, afraid of giving her legs the freedom to take her where her eyes could not see. She had a small wristwatch that spoke the time and grandparents that dutifully set meals down in front of her. Beyond that, her blindness had blackened her world. 
As the world becomes ever reliant on oil, and as oil becomes increasingly scarce, more and more untouched and once-protected areas are being opened up to oil exploration. GVN's Megan Tady interviewed Paula Palmer, executive director of Global Response, to discuss the environmental and social impacts of oil exploration in Ecuador, and how GVN volunteers should approach their work with respect and compassion. 
When a lonely Scottish woman broke the earth around her doorstep to make a cradle for seedlings she had brought with her, it's possible to say that she watched and watered them protectively. In her diary found years later, she had written that she was worried her plant wouldn't survive. The story is reminiscent of a time traveling horror novel-kill one butterfly and it alters the world's ecology in disastrous and permanent ways. 
Climb Everest In October 2006 you have the opportunity to raise money for the Nepali Children's Fund. We're climbing the Base Camp of Mount Everest and you have the opportunity to join us.