We are pleased to announce that Flic Jeyes is the new Program Director at VE Global. Flic first began working with VE as a volunteer at Domingo Savio in 2013 and ended up volunteering with the children for six months after extending her stay. After returning to the UK, she came back to Santiago in […]
Over six years ago, Tandem Santiago Language School and VE Global formed a partnership which is still going strong today! For every student who enrolls in classes at Tandem, $2.500 pesos ($US 5) is donated to VE in order to help us continue our work with children at social risk in Santiago. Tandem also offers VE […]
With our new January volunteers now settling into their work in our partner organizations, it’s the perfect time to reflect on their 10 days of orientation and what it means for the volunteers and their work with the children we support. We welcomed the volunteers to our office at the beginning of January and […]
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 […]
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 […]
For several years VE has been working in Chile, impacting in a positive way the lives of hundreds of children every day. We are a passionate group of people that truly believe in our mission: to foster the positive development of children at social risk in Chile. Our volunteers represent VE’s most valuable resource. They […]
More than $ 1000 USD was raised after the successful wine tasting event organized by VE Global last Wednesday, May 22nd at El Will & Jo Restaurant in Santiago, Chile. The donations will be of great help for the continuous financing of the organization’s initiatives that are focused on advocating for social justice and equal […]
