Global Citizens Network

  • About Global Citizens Network
    Global Citizens Network works to promote peace, justice and respect through cross-cultural understanding and global cooperation. We are committed to enhancing quality of life around the world while preserving indigenous cultures, traditions and ecologies.

    Join us and volunteer around the world. Work side-by-side and build relationships with members of our indigenous partner communities in the U.S. and abroad.

TRIPS (3)

  1. Global Citizens Network
  2. Trips

Mestizo People of Chirapa, Peru

Chirapa, which means rainbow in the regional Quechua dialect, is a beautiful village tucked into the rolling hills. Most Chirapans work in the fields on individual farming plots and small coffee and cacao cooperatives. GCN’s collaboration with Chirapa is also supported by JIREH, a local non-profit that works on small-scale development projects in several villages in this community. Even though the regional dialect is Quechua, most Chirapans speak Spanish because of a historical attribution of inferiority to the Quechau dialect. Chirapa has invited GCN to assist the community with building projects at the local school.

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Luo People of Odienya, Kenya

 The Luo people are the third largest tribal group in Kenya. Together, the GCN team and the village people are building a much needed health center that will serve families in the vast rural area west of Odienya. From farmers who take a day off of from their work on their "shambas" or farms, to children who stop by after school, the community works side-by-side with GCN team members on the project. Along the way, they eat, laugh and talk together, sharing connections across the globe. The health center will serve an area of 4 km with a population of about 10,000 people. The center will be located on the side of the road that goes through the village, and is adjacent to a vocational school for AIDS orphans. The site has already been donated by the local governing council, and the community has donated 1,000 red clay bricks to get the project started.

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Program Events

 Global Citizens Network (GCN) hosts monthly conscientious conversations and film nights with a regional focus on Latin America. You can view our upcoming events here.

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