This blog is open to all those interested in a more intimate look inside how VE Global works both as an organization and as a family of caring volunteers. Check back often for VE Global news and for current volunteers’ thoughts on every aspect of VE: from first impressions of their placement organization, to challenges and successes in running VE programs, to important moments in the lives of the children we serve. If you want more day-to-day information, follow us on social media.
We are so grateful to the Ministerio de Desarrollo Social in Santiago for their continued support of VE Global’s mission. This year we have received two grants from them: the Fondo Chile de Todas y Todos and the Fondo Mixto de Apoyo Social. We received the first grant in November, and these funds will […]
We are delighted to be partnering with music teaching organization Music Flow, through its founder and long-time VE Global supporter, Travis Palladino. Travis has been a generous donor to VE for many years now, and we are grateful that he is continuing to support our work from the other side of the continent! VE Global […]
By Katie Nykanen, VE Global Volunteer, January 2015 My last theatre production in college was about as close as you can get to creative, artistic bliss. Cast as Celia in As You Like It, I was a senior in an elite theatre department working with an award-winning director, surrounded and supported by a talented cast and […]
Paul Tough reminds us in his book, How Children Succeed that “…adolescence can be a time for a different kind of turning point, the profoundest sort of transformation: the moment when a young person manages to turn herself away from near-certain failure and begins to steer a course towards success.” VE Global is proud to […]
Magalie Gambazzi, from Bogis-Bossey, Switerland was featured in her local newspaper, which shared the story of her time with VE Global in Santiago, Chile! Read on below the original version of the Bogis-Bossey Gazette article here for a translation in English! Magalie, thank you for your hard work and dedication, both in volunteering and fundraising […]
A Big Move for VE Global! After two years in our office at Plaza de Armas, VE Global is moving! Fundación Colunga, a nonprofit foundation supporting education and poverty-reduction initiatives, has invited to join the HubColunga. Joining fellow civil society organizations América Solidaria, Red de Voluntarios, Fútbol Más, Nuestra Casa, Comunidad Mujer and a host […]
