Suva: Establishing an emergency management volunteer service will not be costly for the government, says Fiji Home Affairs Minister Josefa Vosanibola.  Read article

Massachusetts: Monster, one of the leading job matching online, today launched a new online volunteer centre, Monster Volunteer Channel in collaboration with Idealist.org and boardnetUSA.org.   Read article

Chennai: Dr. Priscilla and her husband Samuel were welcoming a relaxing day off at their residence, next to the Porayar hospital in Tamil Nadu, India, when 400 patients converged on the hospital suffering from shock, broken, torn and removed limbs, and open wounds.  Read article

Volunteer management expert Susan Moscareillo asks, "have you ever stopped to give thought to your own past volunteer experiences and why you enjoyed them?"  It's really pretty incredible to think about how much you learned through volunteering without even realizing it.  Read article

Some 80 volunteers in Canada, India and South Africa have created a ground-breaking "behaviour changing" programme, "The Three Amigos," to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS.  Read article

Sao Paolo: Desde 1998, em algumas faculdades e universidades brasileiras, o tradicional "trote" dado pelos alunos veteranos aos recém-chegados mudou.  Read article

Chennai: Increase people's awareness on volunteering in India, says a report recently presented by Sampradaan Indian Centre for Philanthropy (SICP) in Chennai.  Read article

London: Home Secretary Charles Clarke and Chancellor Gordon Brown today launched Year of the Volunteer 2005, year-long campaign to both praise the work of volunteers across the country and encourage more people to get involved.  Read article

London: A unique website which aims to boost volunteering throughout the UK by allowing individuals to register free time online has been named one of the top 10 websites of 2004, it emerged today.  Read article

Beijing: The Nanjing Bridge over the Yangtze has become a national symbol since its completion in 1968, but it has also become associated with lost hope and despair.  Read article