Beijing, China: China has strengthened its campaign encouraging volunteers to help out in community activities, e.g., taking care of the poor and elderly, and expects to increase number of people volunteering to eight percent in 2008, from the current three percent.   Read article

We are proud to announce that the World Volunteer Web has won this year’s Web4Dev Award for excellence in website design and development. The Web4Dev Award for 2006 is sponsored by the World Bank and was presented on 21 June at a ceremony in Washington D.C.  Read article

Glasgow, Scotland: More than 1,200 volunteers, charity workers and trade unionists from around the world are in Glasgow, Scotland for a major international conference to discuss issues affecting civil society.  Read article

London, UK: Business and management professionals are urged to share their skills and knowledge with people in poor countries while giving their long-term career prospects a boost, says VSO.  Read article

Tasmania, Australia : The Queen's Birthday holiday should be scrapped and replaced with something more uniquely Australian, says Tasmanian senator Guy Barnett, such as a national volunteers' day.  Read article

Jan Taylor fulfilled her long-time ambition to become a volunteer. She's in her mid-50s and  shocked to "see poverty" for the first time.  Read article

The Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program today released a new book of volunteer stories as part of a two-day series of events to mark more than 40 years of fighting poverty in America.  Read article

It took Joan Raiselis literally decades before she found the "perfect" volunteer work. It doesn't matter if it's only, as her son calls it, "weeding".  Read article

London, UK: "London Cares Day" attracted thousands of people to give services for free. Now in its second year, this private sector initiative will tackle 130 projects in 114 schools all over London.  Read article

Tim Brunero finds taking a shower a challenge. He isn't describing his time in the Australian "Big Brother" house last year, he's talking about volunteering in East Timor with Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA or the Australian People for Health, Education and Development Abroad.  Read article