08 January 2009
One million volunteers: An online book
First published in 1968, Arthur Gillette's comprehensive history of voluntary youth service is now available online. The author shows how service has affected volunteers and the peoples with whom they work, and draws guidelines for the future of international voluntary work.
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Le 5 décembre, la journée mondiale du volontariat plongée au cœur de l’univers «non profit».
Il y aurait 140 millions de personnes en moins sur la planète, l'économie mondiale perdrait 400 millions de dollars, le PIB diminuerait de 3 à 7 % et des millions d'employés du secteur tertiaire perdraient leur travail… Les bénévoles : le 5 décembre, ont fêté leur journée mondiale.Ce serait probablement un monde plus triste où le chacun pour soi et le règne de l'argent primerait sur tout. Bien qu'étant un phénomène social économique et humain très important, le volontariat est souvent peu considéré par le public et les politiciens.
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'Building bridges' on IVD
United States: To mark International Volunteer Day, the Building Bridges Coalition calls for anyone having participated in an international volunteer programme to help raise awareness by writing about their experience.
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06 October 2008
Volunteerism and FGM in Sudan by Dr. Nafisa Mohamed A. Bedri
Alexandria, Egypt: In 2006, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, along with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Ahfad University for Women in Sudan implemented an innovative program to encourage volunteerism and to mobilize local communities to combat female genital mutilation (FGM) in Sudan. The project aimed to combat FGM by drawing on volunteerism and local community action. It has attempted to utilize a combination of new and existing approaches to bring about change in its target area, Abu Saeed in Omdurman, Sudan.
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28 July 2008
US volunteers contribute 8.1 billion hours in 2007
Washington DC, USA: What the originators call "the most comprehensive research on US volunteering ever assembled" shows volunteering in America is strong and poised for growth. Nearly 61 million Americans volunteered in their communities in 2007 giving 8.1 billion hours of service worth more than $158 billion to America's communities, according to the Volunteering in America report released on 28 July by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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