GVN Media Centre

Video Centre

In these videos you can listen to fellow volunteers talking about their experiences, listen to partner organizations talking about their programs, and even more important: get to see for yourself where you will be going and who you will be working with so that you might have a better understanding and comprehension of what to expect when you start a program with GVN.
> GVN Video Centre

Eat So They Can

by Rachel Dickinson
Eat So They Can is an international campaign that will take place on Saturday 18th October. It invites people from all around the world to participate in what will collectively be one huge dinner party, where something as simple as sharing a meal with friends can help to stop child poverty. > More

New Zealand

by Rachel Dickinson
In this video you will hear from program leader Toby Malcolm as he tells you all about the environmental issues that New Zealand is currently facing and how the program aims to help, as well as hearing from recent volunteers, talking about their experiences on the program. > More

Press Centre

GVN's Media Team writes and places articles about volunteer experiences, socially-conscious travel, the issues that affect people in disadvantaged communities and the fight for a more just and equitable world.
> GVN Press Centre

Recently Added Articles

Discovering The Chinese Way

by Julie Thompson
"The ancient building is renovating. Excuse me for bringing trouble to you" read the apologetic sign on a building in the centre of Beijing. For Faith Withnell, aged 66, of GinGin, Western Australia, it was just yet another example of the gentle manner of the Chinese way. > More

Paper Into Pearls

by Erina Khanakwa
"My big idea was to help the women of Africa; to build them an online presence, GrassrootsUganda.com, from where they could sell their goods. This will help them to reach markets that have been traditionally well out of their reach." > More

PowerPoint Presentation

We have prepared a PowerPoint presentation about GVN that you can use to help you if you make a fundraising presentation - you may download it here (right click on the link and save as). The size of this file is 12MB. We ask that you don't modify the existing slides, although you may wish to add some extra slides about your own trip to the end of the presentation.

Screensaver

Download the GVN Screensaver here.