Washington DC, USA: Millions of young people from Cambodia to Peru, from Pakistan to Liberia, from Mexico to Mongolia, are implementing community service projects during the 20th Annual Global Youth Service Day (GYSD).

Young volunteers will address important community needs through service and service-learning projects addressing climate change, literacy, poverty, human rights and many other issues.

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Panama City, Panama: Over 220 young people from 22 countries are gathered in Las Cumbres outside Panama City for a three-day event to share ideas on volunteering, solidarity and equity.  Read article

Kabul, Afghanistan: The IVD 2007 celebrations in Afghanistan were focused on involving the Afghan Youth to volunteer. In cooperation with numerous UN agencies and Local Youth Councils, UNV programme (UNDP and UNAMA) organized the Local Youth Councils and Youth Parliament to come up with project proposals within the framework of the MDGs.   Read article

The International Center for Excellence in Youth Development [ICEYD], one of the divisions of RGNIYD, celebrated International Volunteer Day,  5 December on Saturday, 8 December. Over 150 volunteers from various institutions, including  international volunteers from Student Partnerships Worldwide [SPW], Vellore, were present.    Read article

Geneva, Switzerland: 350 students from both public and private schools in Geneva took part in the Youth Debate on Fuels for the Future organized on 4 December 2007 at the Geneva International Conference Centre. In addition to the discussion on energies, young people also prepared a message for the International Volunteer Day.  Read article