77. Ethical Volunteering with Kimberly Haley-Coleman - Building Bridges Through Community Led Service

 "It's amazing how enduring humans can be with their willingness to look for good." Kimberly Haley-Coleman is the founder and executive director of GlobeAware, a nonprofit building ethical, community-led volunteer service programmes across more than 25 countries. With a background spanning international business, nonprofit leadership, and global partnership building, Kimberly has spent years thinking deeply about how service, cultural exchange, and shared work can bring people together with dignity, curiosity, and compassion.Topics we cover✔︎ What ethical volunteering actually looks like — and why locally led, community-designed programmes are so different from voluntourism ✔︎ How shared work breaks down assumptions faster than almost anything else — and what that means for building genuine cross-cultural empathy ✔︎ How GlobeAware's programmes are responding to sweeping foreign aid cuts and what resilience looks like on the ground in 2026Connect with Kimberly and Globe AwareWebsite www.globeaware.orgFacebook https://www.facebook.com/globeawareLinkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyglobeaware/Podcasts https://open.spotify.com/show/6n9cfb4QIVb2aqUD6XSttEInstagram https://www.instagram.com/globeaware/Youtube: https://youtube.com/@globeawareX Twitter: https://twitter.com/GlobeAwareLinkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/globe-aware/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@globe_awareWikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_AwareBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/globeaware.bksy.socialPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/globeaware/Send us Fan MailSupport the showSupport Humanism Now & Join Our Community!Follow @HumanismNowPod | YouTube | TikTok | Instagram | Facebook | Threads | X.com | BlueSkyHumanism Now is produced by Humanise Live a podcast production agency based in London, serving charities, companies, and individuals across the globe.Contact us to get starting in podcasting today at humanise.live or [email protected]: Blossom by Light PrismPodcast transcripts are AI-generated and may contain errors or omissions. They are provided to make our content more accessible, but should not be considered a fully accurate record of the conversation.