Gadugi Education Corps: Volunteers and/or National Service Participants to provide short term supplemental education in the form of academic camps to Cherokee Nation Communities with demonstrated educational gaps. Gadugi Corps also provides Cherokee Nation Scholarship Recipients opportunities to volunteer, fulfilling their volunteer requirements to help fellow Cherokees. We also connect at-large citizens virtually to students on the reservation with our zoom mentorship project. We value our relationships with schools and universities and strive to collaborate and assist anyway we can with the help of Cherokee volunteers.
Gadugi Community Service Corps: Volunteers and /or National Service Participants to engage in short term community-based projects, to address local needs such as serving an elder and/or working on community capital projects.
Gadugi Mentorship Corps: A network of volunteers and /or National Service Participants who provide educational and career mentorships for Cherokee Nation youth and young adults through safe and controlled interactions and experiences.
Gadugi Disaster/ Emergency Response Corps: Cherokee Nation citizens have the opportunity to join our database to be contacted in time of need. Cherokees helping Cherokees. Gadugi Corps currently helps with disasters and emergencies big and small. Training opportunities will be offered for communities that can sustain a Gadugi Corps Disaster/Emergency Response Team.
Gadugi At-Large Corps: Volunteers and /or National Service Participants specifically form relationships with the At-Large Community and Cultural Outreach participating organizations in special short-term community service projects with On-reservation "Sister" communities.
“It is in the interest of the Cherokee Nation to promote and support volunteerism and opportunities for
national service. The Cherokee concept of “Gadugi”- working together for the common good- is deeply
ingrained in Cherokee culture and traditions. An increase in volunteerism and participation in national
service programs has the potential to support local problem solving, grassroots community organization
and stronger national identity among Cherokee citizens. Therefore, perpetuating the time-honored
concept of “Gadugi.” Achieving goals relating to volunteerism and national service requires an
assessment of existing volunteer and paid service programs, the coordination of such efforts to
maximize impact and efficiency and a determination of opportunities to apply more resources to bolster
volunteerism and national service and reducing or eliminating bureaucratic barriers”.
-Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.