Village Volunteers works in collaboration with rural non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to implement sustainable solutions for community survival, education, and growth. Village Volunteers brings together self-sacrificing and passionate community leaders who empower local people, rely on indigenous resources, and build upon their existing cultural and economic context.
Village Volunteers acknowledges that there are many innovative villagers who know how to solve their rural communities' problems, but do not have access to the necessary resources and support. Rather than hindering village growth by creating a dependency on the management of Western staff members, the Village Volunteers model is based on self-empowerment: all village projects are initiated, executed, and managed by locals.
Village Volunteers supports local community efforts by providing grant writing assistance, developing income generating projects, and mobilizing the resources of volunteers worldwide. The skills and mandatory hospitality fees of Village Volunteers' cadre of international participants directly support sustainable development programs in their host village.
