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Volunteers, this is your moment. Celebrate International Volunteer Day 2009!

IVD offers an opportunity for volunteer organizations and individual volunteers to concretely show their contributions to peace and development. Over the years, rallies, parades, community volunteering projects, environmental awareness, free medical care and advocacy campaigns have all featured prominently on IVD.

Recognizing the crucial role volunteers play in addressing environmental issues, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is inviting everyone to join the 'Volunteering for our Planet' campaign. Together with the UN's 'Seal the Deal' movement, the campaign aims to gather the number of volunteering hours and report this at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (7-18 December) in Copenhagen.

Visit Volunteering for our Planet. Register your volunteer work and commit your volunteering hours.

Remember, every action makes a difference. Every hour counts.

Download promotional tools for IVD and Volunteering for our Planet.

Plan your IVD activities, and share your IVD ideas, events and resources.

Young professionals volunteer in Montreal

In the spirit of the United Nations International Volunteer Day, six associations have come together to organize a dynamic day of collective volunteering for young professionals. On 5 December, a dozen organizations supporting various members of the community will open their doors for volunteers to partake in a multitude of activities.

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International Volunteer Cooperation Organizations Conference 2009

The annual International Volunteer Cooperation Organizations Conference (IVCO) aims to bring together organizations involved in international volunteer cooperation to share ideas and challenge acquired thinking, to network, learn and build relationships.

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18 November 2009
Thousands 'Volunteering for our Planet'

Bonn, Germany:

Volunteers register 300,000 hours of climate work.

People around the world are volunteering hundreds of thousands of hours to tackle climate change and send a message to world leaders that everyone is part of the solution.

A new website, www.VolunteeringForOurPlanet.org has drawn thousands of visitors to register the time they have spent as environmental volunteers since World Environment Day, 5 June, and the time they will spend until International Volunteer Day, 5 December.

Since the website started, people have registered more than 300,000 hours of volunteer effort

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