Where We Work
Global Partners has been involved in relief work in more than 20 countries across the world and has continuing development projects in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Iran, and China. We focus our resources and efforts on the places with the greatest needs, where we can make a difference:
Afghanistan
Global Partners has been engaging Afghanistan in relief and development work since 1993. Projects there include: emergency refugee relief, food for work projects, building wells and irrigation systems, agricultural development, skills development projects, education projects, medical assistance, community health education, curing patients of Tuberculosis through Community DOTS (in over 1,000 villages), training medical professionals, and involvement in other community development projects.
Partnering for Education in SarePul
How do we change a nation? The real answer is that the world can’t do it. It has to start with the people of Afghanistan first. That’s why Global Partners Afghanistan is proud to partner with the local culture organization, Chiroghi Hedayat, in starting the first private school of SarePul City Center in SarePul Province. [...]
Saving Lives in Chaghcharan
“As I turned to leave the house, an old man stood up and stopped me,” Dr. Jim recalls. “‘Thank you,’ he said, ‘before you came, I was the one who made coffins for the people of Chaghcharan (chog-cha-ron) who had tuberculosis.” Dr. Jim’s cowboy boots clack against the cold floor as he hurries about the [...]
Tajikistan
Global Partners has been engaging Tajikistan in relief and development work since 1998. Our offices are in Dushanbe, Gharm, Panjikent and Khorog but we work in villages throughout the country, helping with water projects, disaster management, community development, business development, and sports projects.
Tajikistan Water Projects
In Tajikistan, many people now have access to clean drinking water as a result of Global Partners’ work in their country. “The 2010 well-digging project in Shartuz District created six clean drinking water wells and is an ongoing project,” one GP worker said. “The project has benefited over 1,000 people so far. We will continue [...]
Tajikistan Disaster Management
Global Partners Tajikistan began responding to natural and some manmade disasters in 1998. Since that time we have been involved in responses to fourteen major disasters in Tajikistan and have responded to three events in Northern Afghanistan. In 2002 we began a team for disaster preparedness and response. In 2004, Disaster Management Training was added [...]
Iran
Global Partners Iran primarily focuses on the refugees of Afghanistan. Its goal is to equip a war damaged generation to be useful members of society who can contribute to the rebuilding of a country on their return. Our primary current activity is in running Skills Training Centres with a total of about 500 students, but we are also involved in improving the lives of refugees through sports projects (involving more than 2,000 refugees) and training in academics, the arts, and basic health education.
GP in Iran
They come to the Nematabad Training Center from many different directions and in all shapes and sizes. On that particular morning, the project manager was pleasantly surprised to find two little ones walking about the center like they belonged there. They may be too small to be participating in the center’s language and computer classes, [...]
Nematabad Training Center
In September 2009 the Nematabad Training Center was opened with English and computer classes for Afghan refugees and Iranian poor. The first year of this project has shown that there is a great need for these kinds of classes. From the first term, due to demand, many people have been placed on a waiting list. [...]
China
Global Partners in China focuses on health, education and community development. In 2010, Global Partners hosted optometrists to provide free eye exams and glasses to local children. Global Partners also provided health and parenting seminars in the villages of western China.
Cultural Exchange Programs in China
Global Partners invited and hosted English speaking teams that taught English and sports at middle schools and colleges. Hundreds of Chinese students had opportunities to improve their spoken English while learning about world cultures or improving their skills in basketball.
Eye glasses clinics in China
This year GP invited an eye doctor and went to ten elementary schools and one tutoring center in two counties. More than 1,700 children were tested using eye charts. Our volunteer doctor examined roughly 10% of all the students and prescribed eye glasses for about 5%. Global Partners bought and gave prescription glasses to 90 [...]