For high school and college students, volunteering provides not only life-changing experiences, such as opportunities to give back and make positive impacts on the world, but also practical benefits, such as career development and service-hour requirements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the biggest short-term volunteer organizations, Global Volunteers calls students to join its short-term service abroad programs that run for 1-3 weeks, through which students can reap the usual benefits of volunteering<\/a> while broadening their perspectives as global citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As one of the first short-term volunteer organizations to be granted a special consultative status with the United Nations, Global Volunteers has years of experience in developing and managing short-term service abroad programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Throughout its 37 years in service, the organization has served 36 countries, built partnerships with 207 communities, hosted 37,078 volunteers and spent 3,037,260 hours of service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The organization believes that \u201csafety trumps everything in international volunteer service.\u201d In compliance with travel warnings and restrictions issued by the U.S. State Department, all of the organization’s programs provide secure and clean lodging, healthy meals and safe in-country transportation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nAbout Global Volunteers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n