Employee volunteering programs
Invest in Change
GVI CA is able to work with each organization to design a unique international or domestic volunteer program specifically for that organization, engaging all relevant stakeholders in education initiatives, teaching, climate change, and poverty reduction, as well as wildlife and conservation, among others.
Organizations are increasingly seeing the value of volunteer programs, coupled with a greater need for international global communication, reach and scope. GVI CA is able to liaise with each organization to develop volunteer programs that seeks to engage stakeholders around the world and aid communication and best practices. The programs additionally build staff and consumer engagement and help to build the brand, linking it to one or more of its 150 sustainable projects in over 40 countries around the world.
With the combined knowledge and experience in the field, GVI CA has a network of partners and knowledgeable staff to design, implement and manage unique, tailor-made volunteer programs with strict health and safety procedures and high levels of quantifiable impact.
Current global partners include Whole Foods Market, in which GVI CA serves as a collaborating partner in Costa Rica and Guatemala, managing its 4 week corporate volunteer program to include highlights and employee involvement in education, local environment initiatives, microfinance, and specific company visits to local in-country partners.
GVI CA works consistently to address, monitor and report overall program impact, to continue the long-term sustainability and viability of in-country projects and strengthen the link between each organization’s many stakeholders and the organization’s activities through use of newsletters, blogs, formal reports, DVDs and continued updates.
Benefits of an Employee Volunteer Program:
- Cost Effective PR, CSR, HR initiatives
- Employee retention
- Performance incentive
- Encourages team work and leadership
- Improved job satisfaction, attitude, and morale
- Stakeholder engagement
- Quantifiable social and environmental impact
CSR traineeships and internship opportunities are also available. GVI CA is able to host eligible participants and work to engage each participant in company CSR initiatives, while facilitating greater training opportunities, visits to company operation sites, and strengthening the international exposure of each staff and eligible personnel.
Philip Sansone
President and Executive Director - Whole Planet Foundation
"The Whole Planet Foundation's mission is to create economic partnerships with the poor in those developing-world communities that supply our stores with product. Global Vision International is contributing to this mission, ensuring that the local community benefit not only economically, but also from the opportunities providing through our volunteer program to make a lasting impact on sustainable development, conservation, and other economic development programs."
