Global Volunteer Network

Children in Africa need your help!

Every five seconds a child dies because she or he is hungry, that’s the equivalent of forty five 747’s full of children crashing every day. We have a way for you to help in the movement to end child poverty and hunger. All you need to do is join Eat So They Can and host a [...]

Introducing the Vietnam Youth Tour

GVN has the pleasure of announcing our new Youth Tour program. The first of its kind for GVN, this program is really exciting! The first GVN Youth Tour will be held in Tam Ky, Vietnam. Designed with 15-17 year olds in mind, this program has been created to allow teens the chance to take [...]

Costa Rica Program Fees

Due to increases in the cost of accommodation, park entrance and coordination fees in Costa Rica, our partner will raise their program fee. This change will take effect to all volunteers who pay their application fees from July 1st 2009 onwards. The new program fee prices are: Cost for 2 weeks - US $914 Cost for 3 [...]

Romania Program Fees

Due to increases in the cost of living in Romania, our partner will raise their program fee. This change will take effect to all volunteers who pay their application fees from July 1st 2009 onwards. The new program fee prices are: Cost for 6 weeks - US $1037 Cost for 7 weeks - US $1187 Cost for 8 [...]

Rwanda Program Fees

Due to the need to hire a translator our partner in Rwanda will raise their program fee for 4 weeks to $1197/month. This change will take effect for volunteers who pay their application fee from 1 July 2009 onwards. > Rwanda Volunteer Program

Congratulations - It’s a Girl!

Congratulations to Viet and his wife Luan on the birth of their daughter Nhan on June 8th 2009 (weighing 2.8kgs). Nhan has also been given the Western name Flynn (pronounced Fuh-lynn) in honour of Jen Flynn who has been serving as Operations Manager in Da Nang. Viet is the Executive Director of GVN-Vietnam and Flynn [...]

Volunteer launches sponsorship program for 30 poor children in the Philippines

Former GVN volunteer Kathryn Nicholas (New Zealand) launched a new education sponsorship program to benefit 30 poor schoolchildren in San Agustin, Romblon, Philippines. Kathryn served as a school building repair volunteer in the Philippines from November 2008 to February of this year through GVN’s Philippines partner, the Center for Volunteerism in the Philippines (CERV-Philippines). After her program, [...]

Which volunteer abroad project suits you best?

GVN have created a facebook quiz! Take this fun little quiz and you’ll find out which of our volunteer abroad programs suits you best. We can hardly wait to find out which it will be! You can pass it on to your friends and find out which program is best for them. Click on this link [...]

GVN Media Fellowship

It’s our pleasure to introduce the GVN Media Fellowship Blog. Here our bright, wildly talented, enthusiastic Fellows will keep you up-to-date on their progress, their ideas and inspiration and their passion for making a difference. The GVN Fellowship offers individuals the platform and power to develop their skills and bring their flair in film, photography or [...]

GVN Website Outage

The GVN website was unavailable for a 24 hour period during the weekend (30-31 May), due to a problem with the server hardware. We apologise that you were unable to access the GVN website during that time; the site is now fully functional again.