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It's your day volunteers!
Volunteers, International Volunteer Day is your day! Celebrate your work and contribution to society by organizing IVD events and sharing with us your IVD stories and photos.
In our revamped IVD section, you will find background materials about the day, ideas on how to celebrate and news of what’s happening on IVD in your countries. You can also download promotional materials such as the IVD emblem, posters and fact sheet.
Let us know what you’re doing on IVD this year. Send us your news, stories and photos: let the world know how proud you are to be volunteers!
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News
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UK leader calls for millions of volunteers
London, UK: UK Chancellor Gordon Brown will call on employers and employees to work in their communities to provide a million new volunteers by 2012.
From: The Guardian, UK
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Pakistan honours earthquake volunteers
Islamabad, Pakistan: The United Nations (UN) in Pakistan yesterday awarded four volunteers who contributed to last year's earthquake relief operations, a disaster that left over 73,000 dead and three million displaced people.
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Volunteering on the rise in Poland
Warsaw, Poland: The Polish-American Freedom Foundation launched a volunteer programme for students who would like to help underprivileged schoolchildren in rural areas improve their learning skills. Programmes like these have been attracting a growing number of young Poles every year.
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Package carrier employees to volunteer 100,000 hours in 50 countries
Atlanta, USA: Employees of the international package carrier, UPS, will volunteer some 100,000 hours in 50 countries to undertake various community activities.
From: WebWire, USA
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School girls learn how to give more
Doha, Qatar: Young girls at a Qatari school are learning the importance of charity work by getting actively engaged in the design and implementation of charitable projects. School administrators say that the students’ hands-on involvement in charity helps enhance their awareness of social issues.
From: The Peninsula, Qatar From: Evansville Courier & Press, USA
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Kidnapped American volunteer freed unharmed in West Bank
West Bank, Occ. Palestinian Territory: An American volunteer teacher was freed unharmed after being held for a day by Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus in a bizarre kidnapping.
From: International Herald Tribune, France
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London signs up 100,000 volunteers for 2012 games
London, UK: London Olympic organizers have 100,000 volunteers interested in helping out at the 2012 games — 30,000 more than needed.
From: International Herald Tribune, France
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100,000 volunteers clean over 1,000 public parks by Chuck Squatriglia
San Francisco, USA: More than 100,000 volunteers cleaned 1,100 parks -- from the smallest urban tot-lot to the Grand Canyon -- during National Public Lands Day in the United States.
From: San Francisco Chronicle, USA
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Viewpoints
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Do Chinese people volunteer?
Do Chinese people volunteer? Is there a culture of volunteerism in China? Richard Brubaker, CSR expert, says that not only is there a culture of volunteering in China, there is a long and proud history of it.
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Test of a company's social pledges: Helping employees volunteer
California, USA: What's the best way to learn if a company truly embraces its ballyhooed social mission day-to-day? Employee volunteerism, says Peter Asmus. He writes that levels of volunteer activity show how much social concerns really figure into company culture.
From: Christian Science Monitor
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Stand up to wake up
As protests go, "Stand Up Against Poverty" must be among the most comfortable: People will simply stand up at many places around the world to show their commitment to fighting poverty. Simple as it may sound, the author argues that this action will test the credibility of civil society and its ability to muster people around the world for a common cause.
From: Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS)
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Volunteer Stories
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Empowering communities to protect children
Through volunteers' help, a project in South Africa's coastal Western Cape Province is trying to empower communities to protect their children from violence and substance abuse.
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Resources
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College volunteering in the US rises sharply
Some call them lazy, more interested in partying hard than helping out. But a new study shows college students volunteer at a rate that's grown sharply over the last few years.
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Upcoming Events
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National Volunteer Week
15 April 2007 - 21 April 2007 Worldwide
This event is for volunteer administrators, especially targeted to recognize volunteers in programs for youth. It provides guides, ideas, and materials to recognize volunteers and to promote volunteerism during National Volunteer Week and throughout the year.
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