Paint and Repair Community Buildings

See your personal efforts transform a village! As the birthplace of Global Volunteers' service programs, Jamaica's fabled Blue Mountain villages have welcomed us for nearly three decades. You benefit from this long-standing relationship of mutual respect as a Global Volunteers team member.

Spend your work day in the spectacular, verdant beauty of the mountains, surrounded by flowering trees and rushing streams. The Jamaican way is easy and fun-loving, so you can expect to become swept up in the natural rhythm of work and lively conversation. Previous teams have worked with local people on many projects such as: building footbridges, painting classrooms and community centers, and occasionally performing well-baby exams and outreach to home-bound seniors. You'll follow in their path and continue the vision of local self-reliance.

Students, groups and adventurous volunteers - work with us to put your mark on the world through meaningful service-learning projects. We invite you to serve this economically poor, isolated area. You'll find the tropical vistas of the travel brochures, certainly. But more, you'll discover resilient villagers who'll captivate you with their optimistic outlook and surprising resourcefulness. Discover the real Jamaica in her people.

Essential Services in Jamaica

Global Volunteers has worked with Blue Mountain community leaders since 1984 to provide volunteer assistance on labor projects to improve health and educational facilities, and by supporting efforts to eradicate disease and hunger. As an essential link in a long chain of volunteers, you can help deliver essential services to local people in a number of ways:

• improving classrooms and school recreation areas
  
• repairing heath care facilities and roads
  
• assisting local healthcare professionals with public health outreach
  
• demonstrating effective hand washing
  
• promoting girls' education