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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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Volunteers are in need. February 10, 2012 Himalayan Media Welfare Society, India  HiMWeS is in need of Global Volunteers at present because we want their skills and help to develop our underprivileged community.We want Teachers for primary level,Para-Medics and any other who can speak English for our youths. Comment on this story

 

 

GROOVE with Future for the Kids February 09, 2012 Haiti Communitere, Haiti On February 7, Haiti Communitere volunteer and founder of Future for the Kids Frantz Lafaille partnered up with Danielle (Dani) Nobrega, an instructor of the Groove Method of dance (www.thegroovemethod.com) to introduce a fun new activity to one of the orphanages that Future for the Kids works with. Here is the story from Dani’s perspective:“Tu ne peut pas faire le mal” – Prepping for our MASSIVE dance party, the kids at AGAPE orphanage told one another and themselves “YOU can’t get it wrong!”As a Groove facilitator from Canada, I get to play and dance with kids of all ages all over Southern Ontario, but yesterday’s workshop with the kids at AGAPE in Port au Prince, Haiti was quite special. Hearing them shout “Groove truths” in Creole and seeing their passion... Read More

 

 

Roof Above self block classroom construction progrect progress report February 09, 2012 Youth Vision Uganda, Uganda with funding from Ompraks platform we have been in position to build the walls of the classroom. We are still battleing to raise additional $5,000 to complete the project and hope you will be able to donate whatever you can towards this project. $50 now can surely help make a huge difference.Thanks to omprakash tean, all our volunteer friend and partners - giving a chance for making the project start the struggle continues Kid at an assembly point at the school compound Comment on this story

 

 

Increased Enrollment at Bright Destiny Academy February 09, 2012 Youth Vision Uganda, Uganda The community learning centre of Bright destiny academy one of the programs of Youth vision Uganda has registered 107 children to continue with their early childhood development education skills this year. of the 107, 43 are boys while the remaining 64 are girls. Kids wait fr their teacher in class Comment on this story

 

 

Return to School! February 06, 2012 | 1 comment Asociacion CREAR, Costa Rica After two weeks of summercamp with the local children of Playa Samara, we at CREAR are ready for classes to start again in neighboring elementary schools . . . because that means the return of the after-school program!This week has been full of administrative tasks, but it has been very productive. We currently have two great volunteers with us from Germany and they have been working on program curriculums and after-school program activities! They also helped with the finishing touches for some 'Keep the Beach CLEAN" signs! We can't wait to get them up around town! This will help with our goals in helping Samara receive the Bandera Azul. A flag awarded to community that met certain ecological standards.We also are very happy to be apart of the... Read More

 

 

MOP Poetry February 05, 2012 Mawuvio's Outreach Programme, Ghana  M_ ore time to learnA_ nd good rice to eatW_ e learn how to read U_ nder the mango treeV_ ictory is for meI_ f I learn everydayO_ ne day I can be a teacher for children like me ~written by KG2 & P1 students at Mawuvio's Outreach~  Comment on this story

 

 

The Dalai Lama often talks about *not wasting time* February 03, 2012 Educational Support Tibet, India As one might expect, minutes before I taught my first English class at ES Tibet, looking out onto ten,young, eager Tibetan adults, I was feeling a bit nervous. I whispered this to a student who was sitting next to me as we waited for class to begin. He reached for my hand and said, "Please don't be nervous. You are our family now. " Since this first day, my husband and I have been enfolded in the connectedness, welcoming, and belonging which emanates from the family of students, teachers, cook, and manager within the Education School of Tibet. The students' genuine smiles, contagious laughter, the sweet singing of stirring Tibetan melodies coming from the kitchen while the cookprepares breakfast, young people walking on the roof early in the morning reading... E.S.Tibet students students with Cambridge University Certificates Read More

 

 

My first impression - E.S. Tibet February 03, 2012 Educational Support Tibet, India My overnight bus from Delhi arrived in Dharamsala quite late, according to the timetable, and by the time my motorbike lift from one of the school's staff got me to Upper Sukker it was already breakfast time. I was immediately struck by how quickly and politely the students made a place for me at the table, and made me welcome, asking about my journey and where I was from.I have spent a lot of time trying to teach young people who are not particularly motivated to learn, or who have very real problems with learning the English language, not all of their own making, it has to be said. But from the very beginning, I was struck by just how motivated and dedicated to their studies the young people who... Read More

 

 

Leopard Encounter February 03, 2012 Daktari Bush School and Wildlife Orphanage, South Africa We had a VERY exciting day at Daktari. Our awesome vet, Peter Rogers, came by to do a check-up on our leopard, Shiloweni, and make sure he's doing ok. While he was sleeping, the volunteers quickly cleaned up his camp... 2 years worth of impala bones were removed with military precision! Everything went to plan, all the volunteers got a chance to touch Shiloweni and get their picture taken with him. I took the children to the viewing deck to watch the proceedings, and when we were given the all-clear I took them into the camp, they were soo excited to be near to and touch a leopard!One of the kids said, "At first I was scared... but he was so beautiful!" Shiloweni is in excellent health and now has a... The children with Shiloweni Shiloweni's deadly claws! Bones, bones and more bones! Read More

 

 

Cite Soleil Eiffel Tower Project January 31, 2012 Haiti Communitere, Haiti A social movement is quietly underway in the notorious slum of Cite Soleil. This movement, known as Konbit Soley Leve (Rising Sun Collective), began 8 months ago with the vision to mobilize Cite Soleil residents to change the image and reality of life in the Cite using their own resources. The greatest resource in Cite Soleil is, no doubt, human energy, and they have indeed put it to work.The movement began with a voluntary street-cleaning campaign. With what little tools and materials they had, groups of people all across Cite Soleil began picking up garbage and creating their own trash cans out of used buckets, bottles and old television sets. The beautification then developed further into the whitewashing and painting of houses, the planting of trees and flowers and the... Welding the tower at the Haiti Communitere workshop The finished Eiffel Tower installed in Cite Soleil Read More

 

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