Freelance journalist Alex Klaushofer blogs about "voluntourism", specifically the growing trend for young, affluent western Europeans to volunteer in developing countries. By doing good, honestly, do they make a difference?  Read entry

The IVD celebrations were held in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, with activities including country wide tree plantation, bicycle race,  and clean-up drives.  Read entry

Saturday, the 2nd of December, the members of YSI and three other volunteers, Patrick, Harun and Abraham, collected goodies at the homes in Utrecht. With those goodies, we wanted to fill up Thank you-baskets for various volunteer organizations in Utrecht, to thank them for their efforts.   Read entry

The UN Volunteers programme, in collaboration with the UNDP Civic Dialogue Project, the Kingston & St. Andrew Action Forum and the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO hosted a youth rally at the YWCA on Saturday, 22 April.  Betty-Anne Blaine, founder of Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Hear the Children Cry, addressed the rally on the theme “Investing in our young people for a better Jamaica”.  Read entry

My name is Jennifer Ward and I am 11 years old, I am also writing a book called "Through Our Eyes". My biggest goal for this book is to build a school in Ethiopia with clean water and healthy meals run by volunteers.   Read entry

I have just returned from a wonderful Shramdaan (Volunteer effort) organized on  the banks of the Yamuna where we had a symbolic cleanup of the river.   Read entry