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VFPServ General Fund

Summary

The Volunteers for Prosperity Service Incentive Program (VFPServ) is a public-private partnership of the US government to make short-term volunteering abroad by skilled Americans more affordable.


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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

By making funds available to cover at least a portion of the major costs involved with service assignments abroad for American professionals, VFPServ will help to ensure greater numbers of volunteers, thereby extending the reach of Volunteers for Prosperity (VFP), an initiative established by President Bush on September 25, 2003 to encourage skilled Americans to serve others in need around the world and support the nation’s global health and health prosperity agenda.

Activities

VFPServ provides grants to partner organizations to assist skilled Americans who wish to volunteer abroad. VFPServ grants (ranging from $500 to $1000) are individual, non-renewable and are designated to offset travel, insurance and local living costs

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £190,700
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £12,925
Total Funding Goal: £203,625

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

More American professionals will have the ability to go overseas to volunteer.

Project Message

GlobalGiving is happy to be working with Volunteers for Prosperity to enable American volunteers to go abroad more easily.
- John Hecklinger, Director, Business Development

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Britt Lake,

1023 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
202.232.5784
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organisation

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202.232.5784
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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in United States and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about United States, read the Human Development Report on United States or the Wikipedia entry for United States.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 16, 2007.

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