Children Archives - Village Volunteers

This Is Social Media, So Share What Matters

By Marlena Szymczak Yes, there are good people left in this world; Make their actions known. I had a teacher in high school–Mr. Weiss. I had him for AP Macroeconomics. Yet, when I came into his classroom, he resembled much more than the everyday Econ teacher. He... read more

Hope at Muhuru Bay: How two Village Volunteers projects in Kenya are helping families cope with sickle cell disease and malnutrition

Mama Maria Clinic, Muhuru Bay, Kenya: Earlier this month, several women – community health workers, ‘opinion leaders’, village elders, mothers of children with sickle cell anemia – participated in a training workshop on planting, harvesting and using the moringa tree... read more

A Glimpse Of New Light

BY DINA BENNETT Come Along With Me…… Sangita Dey was driven from her village home by profound poverty. Actually, that’s not strictly accurate. Profound poverty didn’t drive her from her home – it drove her to believe a man who came to her village and promised that he... read more

Transforming Young Lives Through Learning: The Story of the Richard Robinson Child Care Center

Since 2014, Sister Freda has led the highly impactful Richard Robinson Child Care Center (RRCCC) in Kitale, Kenya, which serves over 150 children from the surrounding rural villages. The RRCCC is just one of many initiatives run by Sister Freda’s Foundation, which... read more

Leadership Means Listening by Kim Clune

Listen as Village Volunteer, Kim Clune, speaks frankly about how Village Volunteers, Shana Greene and Ghanaian villagers have taught her that leadership is truly a team sport and that listening and facilitating is the greatest gift of all.