Children
If you have any news, press releases, events, documents, links or other information resources related to this topic, send them to us at info@worldvolunteerweb.org and we will post them here. 14 April 2009
'Spring Goodwill Week' in Kazakhstan by Svetlana Gladisheva
Pavlodar, Kazakhstan: "By making good things, you add to the world’s goodwill box one important thing, two sincere smiles and endless belief in humanity."  Read article
08 March 2009
Abebech Gobena: A profile in compassion by Tewedros Ayele
Wollo, Ethiopia: Natural disasters and wars serve as a reminder that greed is killing us. It’s women like Abebech Gobena who will save us. Read article
13 February 2009
Supporting orphans in Blue Nile State
Damazine, Sudan: UNV volunteers in Damazine – Blue Nile State – Sudan, joined other colleagues worldwide to observe International Volunteer Day. A group of UNV volunteers organized a visit to an orphanage for children. Read article
13 February 2009
Volunteering to protect children in Thailand
Mae La camp, Tak Province, Thailand: Volunteers from a number of organizations teamed together to help vulnerable children in Thailand. Read article
03 February 2009
IVD with the underprivileged in Nepal
Kathmandu, Jhapa and Damak, Nepal: As well as a street cleaning campaign, UNV cooperated with UNESCO and local NGOs in Kathmandu to distribute books to orphan children. There were also events in the Bhutanese refugee camps of eastern Nepal. Read article
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More than 800 Ukrainians join Volunteers Weekend
Organizers decided to combine their efforts on 5 December into a grand two-day celebration all over Ukraine. In order not to limit the time or geographical scope of the celebration, the organizers invited NGOs to step in with their proposals for ways to celebrate International Volunteer Day. The campaign was entitled 'The Volunteer Weekend' and lasted from Saturday 5 December until Sunday 6 December. Twenty-two associations and 855 volunteers came together to organize 24 volunteer events all over Ukraine. Visit site
Healing Horses (CA, USA)
At Healing Horses Therapeutic Riding Center volunteers are needed to provide appropriate individualized services, support, therapy and information to help children with autism spectrum disorders grow, learn and flourish. Visit site
Teach India: Appealing to the spirit of volunteerism amongst citizens
Teach India was launched on 6 June 2008 in the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai as a social initiative of the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. in partnership with Times Foundation and the United Nations Volunteers programme. Basic education, support classes and story-telling volunteer programmes are part of the initiative. Visit site
16 July 2008, 05:45
A diploma for a rice cooker
In the Philippines, two Japanese volunteers help send young Ifugao people to school and, in the process, learn to cook rice without a rice cooker...
Jephonie Himmiwat is an Ifugao, one of the indigenous people in the northern Philippines. Her people and their land are inseparable, thus both are called by the same name, Ifugao.
In Japan, two women enjoyed a very different upbringing. Twenty-three-year-old Kiyoko Okamoto spent four years as staff at the Mister Donut chain while she was studying international economics in the city of Fukuoka. Thirty-year-old Kozue Kamijo worked part-time in a restaurant while attending a business school in the Japanese capital. Read entry
02 June 2008, 23:06
Earthquake Diary: 1 June
Sunday is International Children's Day, and this year people around China have one common concern: children in the earthquake-hit regions. We know that many children suffered in the devastating quake but there are still many of them who survived, and they are eager to get back to study and playing with their friends. Children are the most vulnerable group in our community and much attention needs to be paid on them. Read entry
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