Cairo, Egypt: The Junior Handball World Championship will be held in Egypt in August 2009, and the Egyptian Handball Federation needs volunteers (males and females between the age of 17 and 30 years) with proficiency in English, French or German plus Arabic to escort the participating teams during their stay in Egypt.  View event

Cairo, Egypt: UNV is organizing a 'Clean the Nile Day' and a football match, in collaboration with Al Ahly Sporting Club, in order to raise awareness about the MDGs and volunteerism.  View event

Lalitpur, Nepal: The National Youth Service of Youth Initiative Nepal is organizing a concert to celebrate International Volunteer Day 2008. Kutumba will be performing live.  View event

This national seminar will bring together the world of sport and volunteering to examine volunteering in sport from national policy to local good practice with speakers from volunteering, the voluntary sector, leisure and sport.  On 18 October 2006 Baroness Julia Neuberger, Chair of the Commission on the Future of Volunteering will be kicking off the day. Sport England and Volunteering England will jointly present and take questions about their sport volunteering work.  Amoung the other speakers are local Volunteer Centres and independent experts from sports development.   View event

Tapping into the energy surrounding the Olympics, including the presence of thousands of volunteers, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme has teamed up with the Non-profit coordination for Torino 2006 and Idea Solidale to host a forum on 25 February discussing volunteerism and the promotion of human rights.   View event

A four-day arts exhibition on the roles of women and youth in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), titled "Women and Youth as MDG-nizers" will be launched on 26 October 2005 in Paranaque, the Philippines.  View event

The project is devoted to creating peace among religions by having Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Bahai and other volunteers living and working together in harmony.  View event