Global Service Program Fellowship Act: Philanthropic Travel

The United States Senate seeks to enhance U.S. efforts to be a global leader in people to people engagement: Global Service Program Fellowship Act.

"People to people engagement is one of the United States' most effective public diplomacy tools and, today more than ever, we need to be investing in every opportunity to improve the perception of the U.S. overseas ...some of the greatest threats to our national security are based on, or feed upon, a false impression of who the American people are and what we care about. To reverse these erroneous impressions we need to share and make clear the qualities of empathy and kindness that are central to our heritage. American volunteerism abroad is ...one of our best resources to create greater, more meaningful interaction and common points of reference, and to build strong relationships throughout the world." -US Senator Russell Feingold"

"Individual thoughts, opinions, and feelings are changed most powerfully and lastingly through shared experience; through looking at another human being in the eye and shaking their hand; through having a well-known face and name to go with what one sees and hears about a country; through working together to overcome a community's challenges..." Jake Brewer -Huffington Post

The Global Service Program Fellowship Act would provide up to $2,500 per person in government money for short volunteer trips that last fewer than 90 days.

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