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International Partner Stories

Our international partners accomplish amazing things with volunteers. Read their stories.

Volunteer assistance is critical to enabling our international partners to create change in their communities. Many of them have shared the work they were able to accomplish with the help of international volunteers. Read their stories below. 

 

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Healing House Cusco September 13, 2012 Healing House, Peru  Hi I'm edu,I came to this home  not knowing about all the great things that they offer here.   I started learning things here that i didnt know existed.Also. I learned more about myself and this place offers the best atmosphere to help explore and undertand a lot of personals ideas.Im happy to have found this place and that they were able to give me the opportunities that I was looking for. Comment on this story

 

 

Update on Scotty, our African Hawk Eagle September 12, 2012 Daktari Bush School and Wildlife Orphanage, South Africa Today Scotty, our African Hawk Eagle, got her bandage removed. She is still getting used to using her left wing again but appears to be quite happy with her new freedom. The two volunteers taking care of her are sitting in her enclosure when they feed her to get her used to them. Normally she should then be comfortable with these 2 people going in there and disinfecting her wound etc. Let's hope it works and that she will start using her left wing shortly ;) Scotty without bandage Comment on this story

 

 

An unforgettable Kruger-trip!! September 11, 2012 Daktari Bush School and Wildlife Orphanage, South Africa Every week one child is chosen that has improved the most and is very interested in Wildlife and environmental issues. They get a Marula tree to plant at home or at school and a free 1-day safari. So Sunday we went to pick up 8 children from the past weeks and drove off to the Kruger National Park!! It was absolutly perfect! The kids loved it and learned so much about South-African Wildlife. The look on their faces everytime they see an animal is exactly why we put all this effort and love into DAKTARI!! On the bridge across the Olifants-rivier running through Kruger National Park Comment on this story

 

 

Serve Children to Achieve Education September 10, 2012 Ngerengere River Eco Camp, Tanzania How do we serve and encourage such children to attend school? - Volunteering in teaching- School gears donations- Hostel establishment- Food provision - Establish new school in Lukwambe.Add more!In early April 2011 Ngerengere Organization in assistance with a volunteer we conducted a census for identifying a number of children between 0 and 13yrs in Lukwambe sub village in Bwawani village in Pwani region. We counted about 111. Following the census, we made a number of awareness campaigns to emphasize, encourage and push parents to send children to school….To date, about ten children are attending  school! Have a look of a  photo showing three children (motivated and sensitized) on the way back to Lukwambe  17km away from the school. For a children between 5 and 10yrs to walk such distance (17km x... Read More

 

 

The Life of a Woman in Kenya - Why it’s important for girls to get an education September 10, 2012 Common Ground for Africa, Kenya Opportunities in Kenya are lacking for men and women alike, but because women have the responsibility of raising children, it limits their opportunities in many ways. You could say the same thing in America on a basic level. I’m going to talk about the challenges women face in getting employment, and securing it, especially after she has a kid.If an uneducated girl is unlucky, she will have gotten pregnant at a young age and have the burden of raising her kid, possibly with the help of her struggling family. They will live 8-12 people per small mud hut (I mean really small) with no running water or electricity. Her day will be spent walking hours to get water, which will likely be contaminated with typhoid and she won’t have the... Read More

 

 

OCDH Helps Give Voice to Genocide Forgotten September 10, 2012 Organization of Dominican-Haitian Cooperation, Dominican Republic                   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCDH helps Give Voice to a Genocide Long Forgotten75 Years After the Haitian MassacreActivists and Artists fromAround the World Come Togetherin Haiti and the Dominican Republic CONTACT: Cynthia Carrion or Edward Paulino – Borderof LightsINFO@BORDEROFLIGHTS.ORG646-494-1937 Dajabón, Dominican Republic. People from around theworld will come together under the banner of Border of Lights October 4-6, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Haitian Massacre, also known as the Parsley Massacre. In 1937, the Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo, ordered the slaughter of as many as 20,000 Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent in an ethnic cleansing on the Dominican-Haitian border. Border of Lights invites artists, activists, students, parents, teachers, and clergy to gather together to honor a tragedy long forgotten, and unknown to many people. The name "Parsley Massacre" comes from the story that the... Read More

 

 

Life as it is with street children September 09, 2012 Elgon Youth Development Centre, Uganda  Music makes lives of vulnerable children meaningful hence reform for a sound future.When Henery was 10, his father passed away, leaving his family in poverty. Shortly after, Henery ran away from home, hoping to find a better life on the streets. Instead, he fell into a life of drug abuse and violence, begging to survive at bus stops in Uganda. Life was not easy has I thought it would be he says.  He always walked around in town looking for scrap metals which he would sale to scrap dealers and got a few coins to buy food for himself!He adds; when one needed a spot to sleep on verandas of shops and ‘’protection’’ while on the street, you had to obey what the big boys asked of you to do.... http://youtu.be/8_Lolf602K4 Street children reunited Read More

 

 

How Four Months Turned into Eight September 07, 2012 VE Global, Chile Robin AndrewsNorth Carolina, USAJuly 2012When I first started looking into volunteering with VE Global, I remember reading the part that said “four month minimum commitment” and wondering if I would be able to commit for that long. Well, eight months later I realized that four months was simply NOT enough time.While volunteering, I worked in Hogar San Francisco, a group home for 30 girls ranging from 3 to 20 years old. I was so nervous in those first few months. I couldn’t understand the Chilean Spanish. I was confused by the customs and I didn’t know what my role was in the hogar. In the first month, I just went through the motions of being there every day and trying to get by doing what they asked me to do... Read More

 

 

A Great Blog Post September 07, 2012 Seeds of Hope, Peru  A former volunteer wrote a great blog post about Seeds and Huaraz, describing her experience concisely and beautifully! Here is the link to her post: http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/wheressuzy/1/1342726728/tpod.html Comment on this story

 

 

Learn Education Obstacles in Tanzania- Together we can go ahead September 05, 2012 Ngerengere River Eco Camp, Tanzania Learn major educational obstacles in Tanzania:• Poverty: Vicious circles of poverty, illiteracy, lack of food, shelter, clothing, health, education and power.• Lack of physical facilities, especially permanent structures.• High rates of school dropouts due to culture e.g. early pregnancy, child labor, ignorance and drug abuse.• Acute shortage and overworking of teachers and low quality education.• Lack of furniture and equipment especially in secondary schools, poor equipped laboratories and libraries.• Teachers: Delay in payment and salaries, drinking sprees, low moral of teaching due to poor facilities. • Poor parent teacher – relationships: Lack of cooperation and follow up by parents, school committee have insufficient management.Ngeriv. Recommending the following • Seek funding and other resources from NGO and Good wishers.• Civic education for parents on ways to curb the high rates of... Read More

 

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