Peterborough, USA: Barbara Barr, a pensioner is bringing comfort to hundreds of children around the world by knitting teddy bears in front of the TV. She has already knitted 200 "trauma teds" that are shipped to countries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.    Read article

Islamabad, Pakistan: Volunteers who served during the rescue and relief operations after the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan were honoured and awarded at a ceremony held here on Monday. Chairman of the country’s National Volunteer Movement (NVM), Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani, gave away prizes and certificates.  Read article

Lahore, Pakistan: Danish non-governmental organizations and volunteers engaged in relief activities in earthquake-hit areas have started wrapping up their projects after the angry Pakistani reaction to caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, a United Nations official told the newspaper Daily Times.  Read article

Bonn, Germany: At age 27, Adham Effendi has seen more than his fair share of tragedy and despair, from the plight of refugees in his native Pakistan to starving children in Eritrea. Now as a United Nations Volunteer with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Pakistan, Effendi is trying to prevent a tragic event from getting worse.   Read article

Bissian, Pakistan: After the immediate shock of the earthquake that hit the Kashmir regions of Pakistan and India, killing nearly 75,000, the approach of winter poses a second deadly threat to the survivors. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, a volunteer translator, sends a diary full of tragedy, despair and heroism from a Cuban medical camp in the mountains.  Read article

Billerica, USA: Neelam Wali is from the Indian-controlled area of the mountainous region of Kashmir. Her friend, Neelum Dad, is from the part of Kashmir under Pakistani jurisdiction. They are joining forces to help the victims of the 8 October earthquake that struck the Himalayas, leaving devastation that cut across the border between both countries.  Read article

Islamabad, Pakistan: President General Pervez Musharraf today sends off the first batch of volunteers to reconstruct quake-affected areas. The National Volunteer Movement was launched by President Musharraf last 1 November to help speed up earthquake relief activities.   Read article

Battal, Pakistan: No one knows exactly how many Americans are volunteering in the earthquake relief, since neither the US Embassy nor Pakistan's Foreign Ministry is keeping track. But their presence is widely felt throughout the affected areas, from tent hospitals to mountainside villages where volunteers are building shelters before the winter arrives.  Read article

Islamabad/Bonn: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme are committed to supporting Pakistan in implementing its National Volunteer Movement (NVM), an initiative launched on 1 November to respond to the massive relief and reconstruction effort in quake-devastated areas of Pakistan.  Read article

Garhi Dupatta, Pakistan : When a devastating earthquake hit Pakistan a month ago, the response from its citizens was overwhelming. What the country witnessed -- thousands of local volunteers sharing skills and giving money to those affected -- was the renewal of a civic spirit it has not seen in four decades.  Read article