London, UK: The Queen welcomed today 300 volunteers from across the United Kingdom to the Buckingham Palace as part of the crowning event to mark the country's Year of the Volunteer campaign.  Read article

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: "Sixty experiences on path to development" (60 Experiencias Camino al Desarrollo), a book "filled with hope", vividly illustrates the involvement of various sectors and individuals -- including volunteers -- towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals objectives was launched yesterday in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.   Read article

Glasgow, Scotland: Volunteer Development Scotland (VDS) has recently launched the new MV Awards to celebrate the contribution made to volunteering by young people in Scotland. Delivered locally by the Volunteer Centre Network, the awards are open to all volunteers aged between 16 – 25 years.  Read article

The overriding feeling I get from volunteering is that it's just great fun. I never feel like I'm working because I'm doing something I really enjoy. Helping others makes you feel good, and I know that I end up benefiting from volunteering just as much as the people I'm supposed to be helping.   Read article

Toronto, Canada: Imagine Canada has announced the publication of the Voluntary Sector Awareness Project's (VSAP) discussion paper, Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts (in PDF). The project’s partners – eight national organizations of Canada – invite you to read the document (available in English and French) and to provide your feedback to the project staff via telephone, fax or mail, or by using its online feedback form.    Read article

Ottawa, Canada: Volunteer Canada is launching a media campaign to celebrate International Volunteer Day, 5 December 2005. The focus for this United Nations-sanctioned day of recognition for volunteers worldwide is ordinary Canadians who give of themselves in extraordinary ways.   Read article

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme in Ethiopia is organizing a two-day annual workshop in Bahirdar, the capital of the Amhara State, beginning 7 October 2005 on the theme "Volunteerism for Development”, according to a press release issued by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which administers UNV.   Read article

New York, USA: NetAid has announced the honorees of the 2005 NetAid Global Action Awards. The awardees are high school students from the United States who have taken outstanding efforts to fight poverty.  Read article

I joined the UNV Programme as an intern few weeks ago. And I wouldn’t miss the chance to experience a real event “on the field”. And 11,000 volunteers apparently were thinking the same.   Read article

Damascus, Syria: More than 10,000 volunteers recently helped clean up Syria’s coastline as part of a national campaign to protect the country’s coasts and promote volunteerism.  Read article