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Global Volunteer Network NewsUpdates by EmailEnter your Email to receive GVN's blog updates automatically! Latest NewsVietnam Fee ReductionThe Vietnam (Orphanage) program fee has been reduced, and the change will be effective immediately for volunteers paying their application fee from now. The new fees are as follows: Cost for 1 month - US $897 . Teach French in Vietnam23 April 2008 5:09pm
Filed under: Vietnam The Vietnam teaching program has just added a new option due to a great need of French speaking volunteers to teach French Speaking, Writing, Listening and Cultural Studies at the university. . GVN Foundation - Recent Grants, 15 April 200815 April 2008 4:18pm
Filed under: GVN The GVN Foundation has recently sent the following grants: - $2,500 to Uganda for a lunch feeding program and to build part of a school. . Eat So They CanHave you ever wondered how you could help fight poverty? Do you like getting together with your friends and family and enjoying a meal together? Have you ever wanted to travel to Africa to do aid work? Well now GVN is giving you the opportunity to do all of these things! How? By joining ‘Eat So They Can’ - our international fundraiser that invites citizens of the world to participate in what is collectively one huge dinner party! Simply eat a meal, raise money, help stop child poverty and you could win the grand prize trip to Africa! Anyone who raises $500 or more from their event will be entered into our drawing to help distribute funds raised! The United Nations’ #1 Millennium Development Goal is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by 2015. But here we find ourselves past the midway point and there are still over 900 million people living on less than USD $1 a day! We cannot fight global hunger alone. We need you! Costa Rica Program Fee IncreaseDue to rising costs of accommodation, the Costa Rica turtle conservation program has increased its fees. These new prices will apply to anyone paying the Application Fee from 14 April 2008 onwards. Cost for 2 weeks - US $815 . GVN Foundation - Recent Grants, April 2008GVN Foundation has just sent the following grants to our partners around the world: To assist with the running costs associated with schools, orphanages and community based programs: To our partner in Kenya to help feed, clothe and provide medical care to the refugees of the recent political unrest: US $5,000. To our partner in Nepal to assist the running costs of one of their orphanages: US $3622. . March 2008 Newsletter27 March 2008 12:14pm
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. Vietnam Program FeeDue to the high level of inflation in Vietnam, with the price of food and fuel increasing dramatically, our partner organisation in Vietnam has increased their program fees. These new prices will apply to volunteers who pay their application fee from 3 April 2008 onwards.
. GVN Foundation - Kenya GrantLast week GVN Foundation sent $1,500 to refugees in Kenya who are still displaced from their homes due to the political unrest in Kenya. . South Africa (Reserve) Program FeesDue to the increased costs of running this program our partner in South Africa has deemed it necessary to slightly increase their rates. This new program fee will apply to all volunteers who pay their application fee from 26 March 2008 onwards:
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