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You can make a difference to the life of others by signing up to be a volunteer.
Volunteer Opportunities Portugal
Teach natives conversational skills with varying English abilities in classrooms, offices, and community centers. Help choose assignments in public elementary and secondary schools, or with young adults in technical or trade schools.
Peru
Volunteers with a medical background can choose to spend their time working at medical centers. Others can spend their time practicing conversational English with local students.
Tanzania
Support a community?s quest for development through food and nutrition, health and education projects. Work in the greenhouse nurturing seedlings (幼苗) for seasonal plantings. Nepal
Teach business management, help repair living and learning spaces, provide support and training for disadvantaged women, and nurture poor children.
Cuba
Build bridges of friendship through conversational English classes. Work alongside local women sewing and knitting baby clothes, aprons, crafts, etc, which are sold to benefit the women?s cooperative interests.
About Global Volunteers
Established in 1984 by Bud Phibrook and Michele Gran, Global Volunteers is an international nonprofit organization assisting worldwide community development programs by organizing short-term volunteers on local work programs, as well as providing project funding and child sponsorships. Since 1984, Global Volunteers has helped partner communities deliver most of these services to local people worldwide, and been trusted by more than 34,000 volunteers.
1. If you major in medicine, which country will you most probably choose to be a volunteer?
A. Tanzania. B. Nepal. C. Peru. D. Cuba.
2. What service do all the listed countries have in common?
A. Teaching conversational English. B. Caring for at-risk children.
C. Giving training to women. D. Providing education support.
3. What do we know about Global Volunteers?
A. It is a community organization. B. It helps develop communities globally.
C. It is targeted at material rewards. D. It mainly provides funding help.
