Amman: The United Nations Volunteer (UNV) programme celebrated International Volunteer Day (IVD) by inaugurating an information technology community centre at the Al Moqarieyh Community Association, Showback in Jordan on 5 December.  Read article

Individuals and communities from across the Middle East are uniting with a common goal to combat polluted waterways, declining water quality and the growing amount of waste as part of Clean Up the World 2003.  Read article

Williamsburg: The widow of Jordan’s King Hussein, Queen Noor, said that she had earlier planned to become a Peace Corps volunteer before joining the royal family.  Read article

Amman, Jordan: Jordan’s Princess Basma Bint Talal, the sister of the late King Hussein, today presented the first Volunteer of the Year award to Al Tayeb Ahmad Al Zuwairi, a retired head teacher from the southern village of Al Maqar'iyah near Shobak where he runs the local Society for Social Development.  Read article

The basic principles underlying volunteerism are at the very core of the United Nations concern to meet people's needs, protect their rights, and help give them a voice (Support for volunteering, Report of the Secretary General, title 52, 2001).  Read article