Testimonials
"I'm sure when I ponder my life experiences, during the twilight of my years, I will regard my six weeks in Thailand as six of the most sensational weeks of my life... I traveled to Thailand hoping for an enriching experience. What I found exceeded my wildest expectations."
Chris Cox, International Health Program, Thailand
WHAT SETS GLOBAL SERVICE CORPS APART FROM OTHER VOLUNTEER ABROAD PROGRAMS
Since 1993, Global Service Corps has pioneered new approaches to combining community service and service learning into meaningful and substantive volunteer projects in Thailand, Cambodia and Tanzania. Our vision is to continue to grow this corps of volunteer programs to incorporate more local communities in Africa, Asia and elsewhere around the world. We believe we are differentiated in 5 ways from other international volunteer programs:

A Continuum of Volunteer Choices

Global Service Corps provides a full continuum of international volunteer programs from short-term introduction to service-learning programs, to two-week through six-month service-learning programs, to one-year fellowship programs. Whether you are brand new to the international volunteer experience, have decided to participate in a cultural immersion, service-learning program, or want to further develop your career in international development, there is a GSC program to meet your needs. 

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Volunteer In-Country Orientation & Training

Global Service Corps believes that not only is it important to prepare those volunteering abroad for their GSC Service Program, it is also essential to prepare them for life in their new homes and communities while in Tanzania, Cambodia or Thailand. Depending on program type, GSC provides one or two-week in-country orientation and volunteer training sessions at the start of each or our volunteer or internship programs and the GSC SOS Fellowship Program includes a four-week orientation and training.

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Community Training Programs

Global Service Corps from its inception has placed a high priority on providing opportunities for its program participants to support and work on sustainable and appropriate community development projects. GSC now provides specific training of trainers (TOT) training to all service-learning volunteers. This training prepares GSC service-learning program participants to provide trainings to our host communities in specific areas. 

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Local Counterparts: A Network of Support

There is no doubt that an experience volunteering abroad can be significantly enhanced by understanding the cultural and local traditions, lifestyles and needs through the eyes of someone living within the local community. GSC has developed a cadre of counterparts that are strongly committed to helping volunteers understand the cultural and technical aspects of their service project and integrate into the local community. GSC volunteers and their counterparts, whether a nurse at a hospital, a teacher at a school, or a college-bound translator at one of the day camps, build mutually beneficial and often long lasting bonds of friendship. 

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Homestays: Cultural Immersion

Every GSC volunteer has the opportunity to live with a local Thai or Tanzanian family and truly be integrated with their local community during an experience volunteering abroad with GSC. GSC places volunteers with hosts who enjoy learning about other cultures and appreciate the unique opportunity that hosting an international volunteer gives to their family. Host families have been carefully chosen by GSC and our partners, and many have hosted volunteers over the course of several years. 

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