Update for the Casa Hogar Trisker Medical Clinic Project

I wanted to take a moment to personally THANK Bob & Pat Moyle (Amigos de Ninos de Hogar Trisker) for their tireless efforts & support of the Medical Clinic Project for Casa Hogar Trisker. The Moyles have been working diligently to acquire the final construction permits so that this project can become a reality.  Concurrently, [...]

Fond Farewells & Muchas Gracias

So, this past weekend the time that I hate came around again, the time when we have to say goodbye to volunteers as they return home or carry on with the next step of their journeys.  And what amazing volunteers these 3 ladies were. I can’t believe they were only here for a little over a week.  But it goes to [...]

2011 has been a year to remember, & it’s only March!

With the start of the new year, has come the start of an incredible journey. 2011 has been an incredible year for GHA, our volunteers, our partnering organizations, & the communities in which we have been working. Since the beginning of January, GHA has had the pleasure of working with@ 60 new volunteers! To start [...]

Children’s Medical Clinic, In Memory of E. Lee Robinson

The Casa Hogar Selma & Herbert Trisker Children’s Home of Boquete, Panama I first met Randy Robinson on a dock in Maui.  He had hired the boat I was crewing for a whale watching tour, he was wearing a pink shirt, a straw hat, and had @ 10 of his staff members with him.  This [...]

Clean water, Muddy trails, & Island tales – “Blame it on the rain…”

Since I moved to Panama full-time over a year & half ago, I’ve had many goals for GHA, many dreams, & many focus’.  It is without a doubt that I recently experienced ALL of these in one collaborative project between GHA, the Rotary Club of Boquete, the Shasta Valley Rotary Club, Contextual Solutions,the Students Without [...]

Solidarity, Collaboration, & Teamwork

Solidarity: n. A union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; fellowship of responsibilities and interests.  (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_in_solidarity_mean) I met Sebastián Zulueta about a year ago, the Executive Director for America Solidaria, an organization based out of Santiago, Chile.  It was he who truly helped me understand the meaning of the word. GHA [...]

“They changed our lives, we want to come back & help…”

Students were recently quoted after volunteering with GHA.  The Students without Borders Academy focused their time with GHA working with a smokeless stove project from Contextual Solutions, rain catchment systems for the indigenous community of Salt Creek in the Bocas del Toro Islands, and supporting a medical clinic being constructed for the Casa Hogar Trisker [...]

GHA makes the News!

Check out our lastest adventures in Bocas del Toro http://www.thebocasbreeze.com/current-issue/february-febrero-2011-vol.shtml DONATE NOW! (click here) REGISTER NOW! (click here) For More Information, please contact us at:  info@VolunteerIsland.org

Muddy feet, English lessons, airplanes & baby chickens…

What do these all have in common?  Well, they are pieces of one of Global Humanitarian Adventures‘ projects, “Tread 4 Knowledge”. A little background is needed, I know.  There is an indigenous village on Isla Colon in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago of Panama.  The island is highly developed as a whole, but a visit to [...]