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GVN's Media Team writes and places articles about volunteer experiences, socially-conscious travel, the issues that affect people in disadvantaged communities and the fight for a more just and equitable world.
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.
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Keeping the Faith: The Story of Tatu Shabani
by Nooshin Shabani
As she watched Tatu run with the other children, it was at this moment she knew the reason for her visit to Africa. Gwen Jones, 27, NZ, volunteered with GVN in Tanzania for 6 weeks. She is a qualified Physiotherapist who spent her time abroad working in a school for children with disabilities.
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Taking Time Out To Preserve Alaska's Wilderness
by Julie Thompson
When New Zealander Michael Slade decided that it was time to take a break from city life, the Global Volunteer Network's Alaska program seemed like the perfect opportunity. The Alaskan culture and wilderness fulfilled his expectations and more, despite any apprehensions.
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Rebuilding Homes and Lives in Honduras
by Julie Thompson
As Tabitha Boonstra showed the children of La Esperanza in Honduras their picture on her digital camera, she could not believe their reaction. 'They would come running up to you from wherever they were, and they'd be yelling 'photo, photo!'
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El Salvador's Marketplace Children
by Julie Thompson
Perhaps the most visible sign of child labor in El Salvador is children working in the marketplace. The kids can be seen selling goods and services in the streets, and in local markets, some as young as four and five.
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Fighting Fire with Fire in South Africa
by Julie Thompson
Like getting your hands dirty? Fancy feeding a giraffe, handing out meat parcels to vultures, and then heading off to put out a raging bushfire on the African plains? The Global Volunteer Network's South Africa program made it all happen for Chris Fong, a 23 year old engineer from Atlanta, Georgia, when in June 2006, he volunteered on a game conservation reserve for four weeks.
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Previous Articles |
In the Passing of a Brick: The GVN Story > Read More
An Addiction Worth Keeping: Volunteering All Over the World > Read More
A Conversation about Development, Human Rights and the Role of Volunteers > Read More
Checking Expectations at the Door in Uganda > Read More
Teaching through a West African Downpour > Read More
The Disappearance of Ecuador's Mangroves > Read More
Rescuing Turtles in Costa Rica > Read More
Getting Attached to Romania > Read More
Volunteer in Vietnam Finds Frankness, Spontaneity > Read More
Opening Pandora's Box: Oil Exploration in Ecuador > Read More
Leading By Example in Russia > Read More
Will Work for Scenery > Read More
Mother to Mother, Child to Child: How an Understanding of Loss Connected Families Across the World > Read More
Working Together to Make a Difference > Read More
The Worth of a Book, Education in the Philippines > More
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Notes on NZ Mammals - NZ Fur Seals at Turakirae Head> PDF
Sparta High School Grad to do Relief Work in Nepal and Africa> The Sparta Independent
Travel With A Challenge > Travel With A Challenge
Aid Worker's Foray Into Little Liberia: > SBS Radio (5 July 2006)
How he'll spend his summer 'vacation': > Lexington Herald-Leader (3 May 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)
SJA Graduate Wants To Make World A Better Place To Live
> Caledonian Record (26 August 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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