Become a GVN Facebook Friend!

GVN has joined the fast growing online social network - Facebook! We now have over two and a half thousand members and would love it if you would join us too! It's a friendly little community and a great place to share information with other volunteers. To become a member just click on the following link: http://www.gvnonfacebook.org

New South Africa Program: Youth

GVN is proud to announce our newest partner, working with youth and young people in South Africa. Volunteers will have the opportunity to participate in the social and academic development of young people in the Limpopo province in Venda, South Africa. Volunteers will contribute their valuable time as teaching assistants and tutors in primary and secondary schools, and childcare workers in day care centres in Venda, South Africa.

They will have the opportunity to be directly involved in the motivation and development of young people’s lives and ultimately helping to bridge gaps and influence change in the ‘New South Africa’. Check out: http://www.volunteer.org.nz/southafrica/youth/

The Global Volunteer Network currently has opportunities to work with children and their community through our partner organization in Ethiopia. Volunteers will assist our partner organisation’s mission to rescue children off the streets and give them a better life. This is a Christian-based organisation, however, volunteers from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Volunteers will be involved in tutoring children after school with a focus on conversational English, grammar, science, and mathematics. Additionally, volunteers with musical and computer skills are needed to instruct the children in these areas. Volunteers need to be able to develop new and creative projects, as well as techniques for instructing children with special needs. In addition, volunteers will work in staff development, finance and accounting, computer training, and/or grant writing. Once a week volunteers have the opportunity to serve at a local feeding center where meals are provided to the street community, a large percentage of who are children.

Please note that this project requires volunteers who are self-starters, who can take part in a flexible schedule, and who can work with minimal supervision. The program is located in the suburb of Asko, about 25 km outside the capital city of Addis Ababa.

For more information check out: http://www.volunteer.org.nz/ethiopia

Give the Gift of Hope this Christmas!

It’s not too late to purchase a GVN Foundation gift certificate for one of our sponsorship programs in Kenya, Uganda, Peru, Vietnam or Nepal. By donating $30/$60/$360 USD you will help ensure the cost of one child's food, shelter, education and medical needs are met for one month, 2 months, or a year.

If you are yet to decide whether to purchase a gift certificate, I urge you to do so today.
You will have the satisfaction of knowing your generosity has made an important impact in the life of a disadvantaged youth.

Please visit the following link for more details:
http://www.gvnfoundation.org/whatyoucando/gifts.php

Once you purchase your gift certificate, you can print off a country-specific greeting card to alert your gift recipient of the gift made on their behalf.

Thank you for helping communities in need and we wish you a safe and happy holiday season.

Best Regards

Colin Salisbury

In GVN’s New Zealand Nature program, you can join a small team of volunteers working to preserve, monitor, and re-establish the natural environment in the Wellington region. If you submit your application and secure your place by paying the Application Fee during the months of December 2007 or January 2008, you will receive $100 off the advertised Program Fee!

Check Out: http://www.volunteer.org.nz/newzealand/

Volunteer in Nepal - Price Reduction

Our partner in Nepal needs more volunteers to help with the children’s homes they support across the Kathmandu Valley. If you submit your application and secure your place by paying the Application Fee during the month of November, you will receive $100 off the advertised Program Fee!

The program options available in Nepal are:

- Teaching English
- Children’s Homes
- Health Education
- Environment
- School and Community Maintenance Program
- Home Stay/Cultural Exchange

For more details about the Nepal program: http://www.volunteer.org.nz/nepal/

'Children Breaking Free' Video Competition

Last year the GVN Foundation ran a photography competition entitled, 'Breaking Free From Poverty'. We received some amazing photographs which dealt with improvements in the lives of children and helped to raise awareness about the issues facing millions of impoverished children around the globe. In the run up to Christmas we are starting a new competition for those of you more at home with your camcorders and editing software.

GVN invite you to get filming/collecting/editing! The title of the film is 'Children Breaking Free' and you can submit your video to our youtube group, 'Children Breaking Free Video Competition'. To add a video to this group you must first have your own youtube account and have uploaded your video to your own page. Then you go to the following link: http://www.youtube.com/group/GlobalVolunteer and join the group. Once you are joined you can then add a video to the group so that you can be in the running to win a Sony MiniDV Handycam camcorder. The top 3 videos with the highest views will be judged by a panel from the Global Volunteer Network office and the winner's video will be featured and publicized on our website and in our newsletter.

Videos must be between 3-5 minutes long and deal with, 'Children Breaking Free'. You may use clips from your own volunteering experiences or from your friends', but you must have full permission to use all footage and contents. Your video must include a short clip offering further info at http://www.volunteer.org.nz/ and also contain the following tags;

"Global Volunteer Network"; "stop child poverty"; "children breaking free"; "hope"; "experience" For an example entry you may like to watch our Stop Child Poverty video at our youtube site: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=GlobalVolunteer.

All videos must be uploaded and in the 'Children Breaking Free Video Competition' group by December 5th and we will begin counting new views from that point. Then we wait 2 weeks: the 3 videos with the most new views by December 19th will be judged, and the winner announced shortly after that.

For an example entry you may like to watch our Stop Child Poverty video at our youtube site;
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=GlobalVolunteer

For more information on volunteering check out: http://www.volunteer.org.nz/

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