Mission: Founded in 1984, Global Volunteers mission is to wage peace and promote justice worldwide through mutual international understanding by nurturing genuine community development partnerships. Global Volunteers is an international NGO (non-governmental organization) in special consultative status with the United Nations. Global Volunteers builds bridges of understanding between people of diverse cultures by involving them in one-on-one service projects. The function of servant-learner volunteers is to serve local people by sharing their talents with them. Global Volunteers' community work projects include delivering essential services to eradicate hunger, improve health and enhance cognition; teaching conversational English; supporting community development; and supplementing school based curriculum. (Less)

Global Volunteers is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 1985, and donations are tax-deductible.