In Lhasa we visited the Braille Without Borders school and we met Kyila who is starting up a kindergarte... Read more...

Stan Kimer, a longtime employee of IBM, traveled to Kenya last July on a Global Roots service trip to assist our local heroes: Rosina of Baraka Orphans and Chairman Leva of the Matangini community. Stan was so moved by his experience that he decided to offer a major gift of IBM stock to Global Roots. ... Read more...

Fundraising can be fun, it could also be a nightmare. Some are good at it and some never seem to get a dollar... why? It fundraising a science or is it art? Yet, our success as a non-profit organisation depends much on how we articulate our goals and projects, with such clarity and confidence that we get the trust of our donors. And how to we organize fundraising? With a cookie sale or a corporate event?... Read more...

Complete post here: http://www.globalroots.org/latest-news/ebay-grant San Jose, California, July 30th, 2010 eBay Foundation recently awarded a GIVE Team grant of $3,000 to Global Roots. The grant was made possible as a result of Hong Lam, an eBay Inc. employee, who recommended the organization for funding. Funds will support the Mtito-Andei proje... Read more...

The pilot project stared, see the story here!... Read more...

We are in Afghanistan again, visit our mission log to learn about the work we are doing with local heroes.... Read more...

Curious about Kenya? Tsavo National Park? Our missions in Kenya? This short presentation will give you some insight on amazing Kenya, and our work there. Click on the image to get started. ... Read more...

The Book Adventures project starts today and will run until May 31.  We are collecting children's books (in good condition) for a new library.  As part of the Kenya 2010 Mission, the Matulani community and Service Corps volunteers will team up to build bookshelves. With your help and generosity, we hope to fill the shelves with many many many books for the orphans of Bakara. Check it out!... Read more...

During his February mission in Afghanistan, Rick met Felicia "Cia" French, a Colonel in the medical corps, who has desperately been seeking for a NGO to help her launch a plan to protect Afghan children from an explosive domestic threat: Kerosine ovens. Global Roots recognizes the need to address the critical problems of child ... Read more...

We finally took time to organize photos of some of our missions and put them on this new site. See our new Kenya and Asia image galleries here.... Read more...

Hi,As our 2010 Kenya mission is brewing, I wanted to share our ... Read more...

Hi,We have recently revamped the Global Roots web site. This one month project was done by  Leak, a Khmer programmer who actually donated part of the proceeds to children.This development was done with minimum funds, and with the help of Global Roots volunteers Hong Lam, Travis Gearhart and Pat... Read more...