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New campaign website for International Volunteer Day 2004
The new campaign website for International Volunteer Day (IVD) 2004 is now online.In this sub-site of World Volunteer Web, you will find news about IVD events and celebrations fromall over the world. We also provide ideas and toolkits needed for organizing your own IVD event and contact details of the network members for you to get involved in the campaign.
Keep yourself abreast with news of the campaign by subscribing to our special IVD newsletter. Share your news and resources with others by contributing them to our site. You can also be part of the community by joining our online discussion forum, to be launched shortly. Visit the IVD campaign website for the details.
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do-it blog: Volunteering, community action and IT
The do-it blog is a new service from the people behind the volunteering website www.do-it.org.uk. To supplement news and features on its website, do-it has recently launched the blog (short for weblog), which is a website where news, views and links are posted on a given topic. And anyone reading it can add their own comments.
The do-it blog is aimed more at people working in the volunteering and community sectors than people wanting to volunteer. But it's open to all.
Part of the registered charity YouthNet.uk (www.youthnetuk.org), do-it is the first online national database of volunteering opportunities in the UK.
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NEWS
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27 August, 2004
World Volunteer Conference reminds volunteer community of challenges ahead
" How do we construct an inclusive society to help improve lives while respecting and preserving diversity?" the 18th World Volunteer Conference challenged the volunteer community as it concluded in Barcelona, Spain recently.
From: International Association of Volunteer Efforts
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20 August, 2004
Hommage à Sharon Capeling-Alakija
Cet après-midi, à l'occasion d'un mémorial en l'honneur de Sharon Capeling Alakija, de nombreuses personnalités se sont réunies dans l’Auditorium de Forum 2004. Parmi elles se trouvaient Liz Burns, la présidente d'IAVE, ou encore la directrice de la Fondation des Nations Unies Gillan Sorensen, parlant notamment au nom de Kofi Annan qui n'avait pu se rendre à la cérémonie.
From: IAVE News
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19 August, 2004
Taiwanese volunteer group forges partnership at World Volunteer Conference
The Taiwanese National Youth Commission is scheduled to sign an agreement with the International Association for Volunteer Effort today to bolster exchanges between Taiwan and major volunteer groups around the world.
From: Taipei Times
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18 August, 2004
World Volunteer Conference brings together 1,500 participants and 120 volunteers
The 18th World Volunteer Conference, being held Barcelona, Spain from 17-21 August 2004, brings together 1,500 participants and 120 volunteers from various sectors to discuss and make concrete proposals for promoting volunteerism worldwide.
From: IAVE News
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17 August, 2004
Volunteers give voice to slum children in India
In the slums of South Delhi in India, 20 street children were taught how to write news articles, analyze their communities’problems and to view the media with a critical eye by four student volunteers. The result was Udayachal, the children’s own newspaper highlighting the problems of urban poor communities and the views of children in issues such as violence on television.
From: OneWorld.net
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16 August, 2004
Former German national coach returns to the Olympics as a volunteer
Former German National Coach Ursula Klinger returns to the Olympic diving scene as a volunteer after beating life-threatening cancer.
From: Athens 2004
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13 August, 2004
Ad de Raad appointed Executive Coordinator of UNV Programme
Ad de Raad has been appointed Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme.
From: United Nations Volunteers
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9 August, 2004
Educating Brazilian youth on volunteering & MDGs
The United Nations Volunteers programme in Brazil recently launched the "8 Ways to Change the World" information kit aimed at educating students about volunteerism and the Millennium Development Goals.
From: United Nations Volunteers
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3 August, 2004
Neuer Bürgerpreis für ehrenamtliches Engagement verliehen
Unter dem Namen der Initiative "für mich, für uns, für Bonn" haben die Stadt Bonn, die Sparkasse Bonn, die Bürgerstiftung Bonn sowie die Bonner Bundestagsabgeordneten Guido Westerwelle und Ulrich Kelber erstmalig den Bürgerpreis für ehrenamtliches Engagement verliehen.
From: Bundesstadt Bonn
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FEATURES
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17 August, 2004
Young volunteers help restore historical village in Viet Nam
Volunteers from the Youth Union, together with the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme in Viet Nam, are working together to help preserve Hoi An, declared a heritage site by UNESCO in 1999.
From: UN Volunteers Viet Nam
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17 August, 2004
Applied Futurism: putting trends to work today
by Susan Ellis
Do you watch the national and world news and shake your head? Do you wonder if global and regional developments will end up affecting the volunteer programme you run? You should.
From: Energize, Inc.
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VIEWPOINTS
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3 August, 2004
Strategies for Involving multi-ethnic volunteers
by Andy Fryar & Peter Hayworth
We have often heard it said that outside of Israel, Australia has the most multicultural population on earth. That is, Australia has more people from different countries and cultures living in our fair shores than just about anywhere else on this planet!
From: OzVPM
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4 August, 2004
Youth volunteers - Agents for change in Georgia
by Misha Kechakmadze
In Georgia, there are now many organizations, ranging from cultural and ethnic groups to NGOs, where volunteers work full or part-time. Though there is an evident lack of professional volunteer management, many young people volunteer their time, energy and talents to the welfare of their communities.
From: OneWorld.net
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OPPORTUNITIES
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18 August, 2004
Cambodian university needs teachers, PR volunteers
The newly-established University of Cambodia needs volunteers to assist it in designing and implementing communication and fundraising strategies, and teaching English.
From: Idealist.org
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9 August, 2004
Volunteers needed to help conserve sea turtles in Thailand
The Wild Animal Rescue Foundation of Thailand is looking for volunteers to assist in protecting sea turtle sanctuaries and raising environmental awareness of local communities in Ranong Province, Thailand.
From: Wild Animal Rescue Foundation of Thailand
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RESOURCES
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Voluntariado del empleado: una alternativa de colaboración en la que todos ganan
El presente trabajo plantea los programas de voluntariado del empleado como una nueva alternativa de colaboración entre la empresa y las organizaciones sin fines de l ucro, que cubre en gran medida muchas de las necesidades surgidas de este cruce de circunstancias sociales; por Cecilia Juárez.
From: Inter-American Development Bank
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Fundraising with Online volunteer: What is possible, what is inappropriate
Many of online volunteering tasks posted to the Online Volunteering (OV) service relate in some way to fundraising. Through the OV service, online volunteers have engaged in activities that have sometimes led to donations of funding or resources, including computers and books to organizations serving the developing world.
From: Online Volunteering
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Donate and volunteer
Charitable people can now donate both their money and time to good causes at online donation fundraising service GiveNow.org. The website has added a new section that lets you search for volunteering opportunities across the UK.
From: Charities Aid Foundation
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UK’s black & minority groups untapped volunteer sources: Research
Black people who want to volunteer are being overlooked because volunteer organizations fail to reach out to black and ethnic minority communities in the UK, says a research published today in the national paper The Guardian.
From: The Guardian
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Internet company launches volunteer connection system
Cisco, a leading internet and network company, recently launched its Volunteer Connection System, which enables others to request Cisco employees as volunteers and mentors for in-person and virtual projects.
From: Cisco Systems, Inc.
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