Team members gain several benefits:

Immersion in the local community: language, culture and traditions

First-hand experience of local living conditions and daily activities

Insight of local hosts, consultants, community leaders and citizens

Fully tax-deductible program-related costs (for U.S. taxpayers) : airfare, food and lodging

Global Volunteers has been featured on CNN, "Oprah," CBS’ “The Early Show, NBC's "Today Show” and "Nightly News,” ABC's "World News Tonight,” PRI’s “Savvy Traveler” and the Travel Channel. Global Volunteers is listed in Arthur Frommer’s New World of Travel, Volunteer Vacations, Smart Vacations, Travel Unlimited: Uncommon Adventures for the Mature Traveler, Time Out, Educational Travel Planner, Work/Study Abroad, The Back Door Guide to Short-Term Job Adventures and other travel books. Feature stories and mentions of Global Volunteers have appeared in People, Travel & Leisure, Travel Holiday, Caribbean Travel & Life, Destination Vietnam, Woman’s Day, Christian Science Monitor, Newsday, Newsweek, Time, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Wall Street Journal and Modern Maturity.

Travel expert Arthur Frommer hailed Global Volunteers as “one of the most exciting alternative travel options in America today.” NBC Travel Editor and syndicated travel columnist Peter Greenberg calls Global Volunteers “one of my favorites.” Michael Landes, author of "Back Door Guide to Short-Term Job Adventures" describes Global Volunteers as "one of the best and most heartfelt programs I profile in my guide." Global Volunteers’ website was noted in Access Magazine as one of the Best of 2000 on Dec. 31, 2000.

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