We are thrilled to announce the Maria Manetti Shrem Scholarship Fund, made possible through generous seed funding by Maria Manetti Shrem. This scholarship initiative is ground-breaking at Global Sojourns Giving Circle, building on our years of supporting mentoring programs that…

What gives more to GSGC and gives back to you? A donation of stock. Though doing so sounds complex, it’s really quite easy. According to Heidi Johnson Bixby, a financial planner and GSGC Board Member: “If a donor has appreciated...

One is in the verdant Pacific Northwest. Two are in bustling cities in South Africa. One is in the high desert of the American Southwest. And one is in a Canadian skyscraper city on the north shore of Lake Ontario. ...

Your concern and friendship were clearly evident on #GivingTuesday and in GSGC’s COVID-19 Response. On May 5, we exceeded our #GivingTuesday goal of $3,000, and two Washington state-based supporters matched the donations with another $3,000. With that total and what...

How to stay connected to Southern Africa when the pandemic keeps us apart, find movies, music and more. Movies Queen of Katwe (Uganda), DVD Queen Sono (So Africa), Netflix The Woman Who Loves Giraffes (So Africa) The DC Environmental Film...

For six days in January, Washington resident Lynn Findlay bent over her sewing machine and pulled off a miracle, souvenir tote bags for all attending the 2020 Mentor. “It was a labor of love,” she said. Years ago, Findlay, a...

Charitable giving was a cornerstone of Jerry Greenwald’s upbringing. Even when times were tough, he remembers his mother and her friends setting aside money for those less fortunate. As a youngster, the Arlington, Virginia resident became a supporter of CARE’s...

Ken Buck and his wife, Marybeth Buck, were Global Sojourns Giving Circle supporters long before Smokey Dube joined the nonprofit as its Program Director two years ago. Still, Ken and Smokey quickly bonded across the miles after they discovered a...

Seventh Grader Raising Funds to Create New Girls' Club Instead of gifts for her recent Bat Mitzvah, Emily Bronstein, a 7th grader from Atlanta, asked for gifts to start The Seraphine Project. Her goal is to encourage additional donations and...