Bonn: A group of United Nations Volunteers (UNV) yesterday received the Peacemaker Award for their groundbreaking work during the October 2004 presidential elections in Afghanistan.  Read article

Tirana: Volunteerism and its role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were recently highlighted in Albania’s National Human Development Report.  Read article

I joined the United Nations Volunteers by accident. When I visited the United Nations Development Programme’s website, I discovered that UN Volunteers in Viet Nam was looking for a volunteer associate working with the Youth Volunteers in Cultural Heritage Preservation project. A four month-long true volunteering opportunity without any financial compensation!  Read article

“2005 is the 40th anniversary of New Zealand’s Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) development partnership with the people of Vanuatu.” The New Zealand High Commissioner Mr Paul Willis said during the signing ceremony.   Read article

Among the many changes kibbutzim have undergone in recent years is the disappearance of one of its best-known institutions: volunteers.  Read article

London, UK: Peace Brigades International (PBI), a human rights organization, is recruiting international volunteers to work in Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Indonesia to help protect organizations and individuals threatened by political violence.  Read article

London: A new coalition of volunteering organizations was launched today to urge UK's non-profit sector to tap the volunteering potential of a million older people by removing a host of "needless barriers".   Read article

Washington, D.C.: Doctors from the United States and Britain have volunteered to surgically treat more than 500 Nigerian women living with a devastating pregnancy-related injury known as fistula.  Read article

Volunteers in Liverpool are set to walk down the red carpet as the city rewards them with an Oscar-style ceremony.  Read article

London: Global Xchange will bring young people from the UK, Africa and Asia together to live alongside each other and work as volunteers in areas such as hospices, disability, education and museum projects, women’s refuges and multicultural centres.   Read article