Young Pinoys joined the rest of the world in celebrating volunteerism and the altruism of youth during the annual Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City last week.   Read article

Islamabad, Pakistan: Volunteers who served during the rescue and relief operations after the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan were honoured and awarded at a ceremony held here on Monday. Chairman of the country’s National Volunteer Movement (NVM), Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani, gave away prizes and certificates.  Read article

Accra, Ghana: Freelance journalist Madison Gray revisits his Ghanaian roots while working as a volunteer for Cross-Cultural Solutions. It's a month-long sojourn where he found kinship and the "ginning" of a new journey.  Read article

Washington, D.C., USA: The Initiative on Social Capital, Ethics and Development (SDS) of the IDB and the Andean Corporation for Development (ACD) have announced the eight winners of the I Volunteer and Service Learning Contest for Andean Countries.   Read article

Jane, a young American volunteer and leader in the NetAid Global Citizen Corps, asks what if the United States devoted as much energy to fighting poverty as fighting terrorism? President Bush's govenment has failed to meet its commitment to double its aid to Africa, slashed its development budget and fell short on its contribution to HIV/Aids programmes. Along with other young leaders and volunteers, Jane wants to make sure her government upholds its promises.   Read article

He confessed that volunteering does not come easily for him. "Why do volunteering opportunities come at the most inopportune times, like, erm, when the weather's cold?" asks the author. Hats off to volunteers, he writes, they want to halt global warming and end world poverty. So, what makes volunteers give so much? They "think selfishly".  Read article

More than 20,000 supposedly time-pressed Australians applied to spend upwards of 100 hours volunteering to help run a third rate sporting event while non-profit social services can’t get enough volunteers to assist people who are homeless, elderly and  infirm. "Is this the right cause?" asks writer Mirko Bagaric.  Read article

Taiwan, ROC: One woman in Tainan City in southern Taiwan who contracted cancer, Hsieh Wen-ling, uses optimism and volunteering to fight the disease. She said that she welcomes the challenge to face the disease head on. Hsieh's story and experiences provide a wonderful example for those who are facing similar difficulties.

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YouthNet aims to create a socially inclusive environment where young people living in the UK are engaged, informed and inspired to achieve their ambitions and dreams. Their blog provides an insight into youth issues, volunteering trends, charity life. The organization manages two websites: TheSite.org, a guide to life for 16-25 year-olds; and do-it.org.uk, home of the UK's only national volunteering database.  Visit site

YouthNet aims to create a socially inclusive environment where young people living in the UK are engaged, informed and inspired to achieve their ambitions and dreams. Their blog provides an insight into youth issues, volunteering trends, charity life. The organization manages two websites: TheSite.org, a guide to life for 16-25 year-olds; and do-it.org.uk, home of the UK's only national volunteering database.  Visit site