Global Volunteers

Below data are not exhaustive, but provide highlights of Global Volunteers service accomplishments in various countries during FY22.United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:Goal: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture:- Provided nutritional care to children in Peru along with conducting educational workshops to 30 families. We also provided weekly home visits to 30 families in Peru and provided psychosocial care, pre and post-natal education, as well as nutrition and health education. - We also provided two nutritious meals a day to 2400 school children and 460 households with a pregnant woman or a child under 30 months and parents in the Ukwega Ward, Tanzania. - Provided nutritional and health education training to more than 400 mothers. - Introduced and facilitated the growth of container garden technology to developing communities.- Provided container garden supplies.- Taught parents, students and school staff about nutrition, healthy eating habits and the value of different foods to improve the health of micronutrient-deficient children.- Demonstrated effective food preparation and cooking methods.- Taught nutritional values to improve the health of micronutrient-deficient children.- Installed new fuel-efficient vented stoves in 100 households to limit smoke inhalation and reduce wood consumption.- Installed 100 new chicken coops so that families could raise their own chickens for eggs and meat for protein.Goal: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages:- We hosted more than 40 pregnant women at the RCP guest house and House for New Moms throughout the year. The purpose of this was to ensure that the women had a safe place to stay in the weeks before their delivery date. In addition, we wanted to ensure they were close to the Ipalamwa General Clinic so they would not have to traverse dangerous road conditions in the moments leading up to their delivery. When COVID 19 prevented volunteers from traveling to Tanzania, we managed to conduct workshops virtually, having subject matter experts present from the US and parents participate in real-time at Global Volunteers RCP center. - Provided $ 50,324.10 in donated salaries of medical staff at the clinic.- Provided $ 138,020.36 for childcare worker and RCP program management salaries- Provided 480 hours of childcare to 350 impoverished children.- In the face of the COVID-19 threat, we scaled our efforts to improve handwashing and hygiene in every village we serve in Tanzania to ensure all 780 families we served had household handwashing stations consisting of a five-liter water container, PVC piping, rope, and bar soap in cheese cloth. We also conducted informational campaigns and workshops on the importance of handwashing with soap and water in the communities we serve on an ongoing basis. - Demonstrated the scientific evidence that washing hands with soap is a successful and cost-effective health intervention. - Explained germ theory of disease to facilitate a better understanding of how to prevent infectious disease;- In response to COVID-19 pandemic, Global Volunteers conducted a campaign to inform families enrolled in the Reaching Children's Potential (RCP) Program in Tanzania how to optimize their protection against COVID-19. The campaign included one-on-one meetings, socially distanced workshops, coordination with district government programs, and announcements by loudspeaker in the five villages of the Ward.Our RCP caregivers also used flip charts to illustrate preventative measures, COVID-19 symptoms, interventions, and how to obtain care with RCP families during regular one-on-one home visits. At these meetings, staff demonstrated and reinforced mask wearing, proper hand washing with soap and water, and social distancing. Staff also supplied families with liquid soap and masks produced by the RCP women co-ops.- Taught secondary school students about HIV/AIDS and STDs prevention, - Distributed Days-for-Girls menstrual kits. - Assisted local health clinics with: Diabetes prevention, Physical exams Deliveries Pre and post-natal examsGoal: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all- Presented 11095 hours of English instruction to 16000 students- Supported parental and community involvement in local schools. - Discouraged all forms of physical punishment.Other Accomplishments:Continued and expanded the Reaching Children's Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program in Tanzania (launched in July, 2017) reaching over 700 families participating in the program. RCP is a child-focused, parent-driven, family-centered, and community-led comprehensive approach, dramatically improving child and maternal health. The program begins with pregnancy, continues through the 18th birthday and emphasizes the first 1000 days. The objectives are (a) to eliminate stunting in rural Tanzanian villages by ensuring that pregnant women and their children have sufficient food, nutrition, and protection from infectious disease, and (b) to ensure quality education for all children. The RCP program is based on 12 Essential Services extracted from the United Nations' "The Essential Package".The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 24% of all children worldwide under the age of five are stunted. If stunting persists beyond the second birthday, it cannot be cured, but it is preventable. When children are not stunted and are educated, they can become fully contributing members of society. Research confirms that Global Volunteers' RCP Program is successful. In the initial Tanzania villages served, data analysis shows that stunting decreased from 37% to 30% in children enrolled in the RCP Program for 18 months.As part of the RCP Program, we also continued to provide services at the clinic (focused on maternal and child health care) serving over 9,500 people from Ukwega, Mlafu and Kising'a Wards, Kilolo District. This health clinic has a state-of-the-art medical equipment, including an incubator, birthing table, ultrasound, oral surgery chair, LED surgery lights, infant warmer, fetal monitor, stainless steel sinks and cabinets, defibrillator, autoclave, 4 examination tables, 4 hospital beds, crash cart, a wide array of medicines and supplies, and more. It is staffed by two doctors, two nurses, a lab technologist and a pharmacist. The total number of patients from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022 was 5199 . Total number of deliveries was 69. The Tanzania RCP Demonstration Program is a partnership between the ELCT-IRD and Global Volunteers, in collaboration with the Iringa regional government and local village leaders. The RCP demonstration program is intended to show that short-term volunteers, when working under the direction of local leaders and hand-in-hand with local people, offer vital resources necessary for children to reach their full potential. Global Volunteers' Reaching Children's Potential (RCP) Program initiated four new women's entrepreneurial co-ops in 2020. The five co-ops learned how to make masks and produce liquid soap in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The co-op produced masks and liquid soap contributed to the availability of these items in the five villages of the Ukwega ward, TanzaniaOther Material Donations:Provided numerous material donations, as well as funds for the purchase of goods locally, in support of community development goals. Such donations included: Medical equipment and medications; Baby care products for daycare center and health clinic Toys for children; School supplies for students Blankets for newborns Clothes for children Provided relief and psychosocial support to Ukrainian refugees:37 mothers & grandmothers, and their children attended restorative evenings.70 dinners enjoyed by Ukrainian families alongside American volunteers 8 weeks of free summer camps conducted for Ukrainian and Polish children207 youth campers enjoyed wonderful experiences75 fun-filled activities and field trips including the Warsaw Zoo 300 hygiene kits distributed1,100 free lunches provided for children 8 Ukrainian families living in volunteer-renovated housing6 Ukrainian translators employed 5 rural townships hosting Ukrainian refugees served1 Ukrainian woman hired as a full-time permanent Global Volunteers staff person