New Jersey, USA: Jeremy Stadlin fled Safed, a town in northern Israel, with a college tour group he was leading in July after rocket attacks began from Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. But he decided to return two weeks ago to do what he can to help the community there.   Read article

Syrians are opening their houses, shops and restaurants to refugees of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. Restaurants are giving food to shelters, individuals have turned up with food and mattresses, hairdressers are giving free haircuts and shaves, and more than 7,000 Syrian families have offered to take refugees into their homes.  Read article

Kibbutz Maabarot, Israel: The wave of refugees in Israel – from the attack by Hezbollah based in Lebanon – has inspired a nationwide outpouring of assistance. Israelis in towns in the central region are offering their homes to shelter those displaced from the north of the country.   Read article

Haifa, Israel: Hundreds of volunteers have been steadily streaming towards north of Jerusalem since the daily shelling between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah group started two weeks ago. Volunteers are leaving their jobs, studies and families to help beleaguered residents of Nahariya, Safed and Kiryat Shmona.  Read article

The Lebanese Red Cross has mobilized 2,400 emergency rescue and first aid volunteers, as well as some 200 ambulances to evacuate and provide emergency relief to people wounded or displaced in the bombings by Israeli army.  Read article

Service For Peace (SFP) held IVD activities in 10 countries involving more than 4,600 volunteers and participants worldwide. Here are summaries of the celebrations.  Read article

Among the many changes kibbutzim have undergone in recent years is the disappearance of one of its best-known institutions: volunteers.  Read article

Um dos muitos voluntários de Santa Catarina, o médico Zulmar Antonio Accioli de Vasconcellos, Professor do Curso de Medicina da UFSC e doutor em Ciências Médicas pela Université René Descartes de Paris, segue em outubro para a Faixa de Gaza, conhecida zona de conflito do Oriente Médio.  Read article

The city of Jerusalem is creating a joint umbrella for many of the capital's volunteer associations. The objective is to pool resources and increase the circle of volunteers by sharing across sectoral and geographic lines, and by bringing together religious and secular Jerusalemites in one organization.  Read article

Jubara, West Bank: Even before Israel's controversial separation barrier came under heightened international scrutiny this week, Adi Dagan was on the lookout at one of its gates in the West Bank, scribbling incessantly.  Read article