Annalise Blum, who received a NetAid Global Action Award for her work to stop the genocide in Darfur, talks about doing tsunami relief in Thailand, teaching English in Guatemala and helping make a documentary in Cuba…all in one year.   Read article

Benjapad, Thailand: Thailand has mobilized about 750,000 volunteers to fight the spread of avian flu, a system that is today praised by international health officials.  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

Patpong, Thailand: Britons living on a Thai resort island that was damaged by the tsunami have joined an undercover team of volunteers to help trap sex tourists preying on youngsters.  Read article

Bangkok, Thailand: Thailand has assigned 900,000 volunteers to perform house-to-house checks for signs of the deadly avian influenza virus, Health Minister Suchai Charoenratanakul said Monday. The volunteer programme, which also involves bringing possibly infected subjects to nearby hospitals, is similar to a campaign launched in 2004.   Read article

Skilled international volunteers are supplementing local staff and volunteers in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand in tsunami recovery efforts in these countries. Volunteers bring not only skills, but sorely needed encouragement and energy as they build alongside local volunteers and homeowners.   Read article

It started with a handful of foreign longtime residents volunteering in January, a couple of weeks after the devastating tsunami struck the island of Hi Phi Phi in Thailand, a favorite budget destination. As word got out, volunteers began trickling in, by mid-May, around 2,000 volunteers were reconstructing the island.  Read article

Bonn: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, in coordination with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Offices and the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR), is deploying volunteers in several South Asian countries to help governments, NGOs and other UN agencies provide relief to thousands of people who have lost their homes and family members in the tsunamis of 26 December.  Read article

With over 20,000 dead and millions displaced and homeless due to the recent devastating earthquakes and tsunamis, volunteers are being deployed to help deliver relief and prevent crisis in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand and other neighbouring countries.  Read article

Bangkok: The Wild Animal Rescue Foundation of Thailand is looking for volunteers to assist in protecting sea turtle sanctuaries and raising environmental awareness of local communities in Ranong Province, Thailand.  Read article