The AllPeopleBeHappy Volunteer Service Award enables volunteers to do service projects in the developing world. These Volunteer Service Awards enable impassioned young people to give of their time and talents while expanding their understanding of people and communities living in poverty. There were five award winners in 2010.
Congratulations to the nine 2011 AllPeopleBeHappy Volunteer Service Award recipients:
In the winter of 2010/2011, Robert Fredrickson participated in an Amizade program to build a library 
and computer center in Ghana. He suggested that the addition of a digital projector, screen, and accompanying laptop would enhance training opportunities and could also be used to bring income to the center during non-business hours since there are no movie theaters in the area. He will return this summer to turn his idea into reality.
Nicole Kennerly will work with Ghana Act which runs a traveling eye clinic that visits local villages with little or no access to healthcare. On these trips, rural communities have free access to eye care, including general eye health, vision, and preventable blindness.
Alex Blake has been working in Uganda since March 2011 with Global Emergency Care Collaborative, establishing and piloting a training program that lays the groundwork for an informal system of pre-hospital emergency medical services in rural communities.
Molly Oshun, will be volunteering as a project leader for Global Student Embassy’s 6-week sustainable agriculture and youth leadership program in Ecuador.
Crissy Vicendese has been working as an intern with Indego Africa in New York for over a year. This summer she will spend ~ 3 months in Rwanda furthering the development of new products and quality control systems at partner cooperatives.
Clark Alves, Elaine Andres, Michelle Boros, and Nicole Vanessa Teran will be
volunteering with Support for International Change to support its mission to limit the impact of HIV/AIDS in underserved communities and to train future leaders in global health and development. These students have spent months preparing for this assignment, and will spend additional time in Tanzania, along with other international volunteers and Tanzanian college students undergoing intensive training before moving in with th
eir host families in rural communities near Arusha. During their time in their 
home villages they will teach about reproductive health and HIV/AIDS prevention in both formal and informal settings, encourage residents to participate in HIV/AIDS testing opportunities, and help reduce the stigma and enhance the acceptance of community members living with HIV/AIDS.