Bogotá, Colombia: El alcalde de Bogotá, Luis Eduardo Garzón, propuso que Bogotá debía tener un Día del Voluntariado, en el que todos pusieran de su parte: "el voluntariado deberíamos practicarlo todos", afirmó el alcalde Garzón.  Read article

Guangdong, China: Guangdong Province, on the southern part of China, has started recruiting volunteers to assist neighbouring country Myanmar in its agricultural and sports projects.  The first batch of volunteers will leave on International Volunteer Day, 5 December, for their 6-month stint.   Read article

We have started the preparation of the IVD 2005. We had a meeting on Monday, 31 October 2005 with volunteer organisations in Cameroon.  Read entry

We have had several ideas for the IVD activities this year, but we have now agreed with the group that we will organise a semi-official launching of the VIB calendar and a photo exhibition, based on the pictures from the photo competition.  Read entry

We currently are planning a 'V-Expo' in the capital Bishkek, with as many local volunteer involving organizations represented as possible.  Read entry

We have started preparations since last month for this year's IVD celebration in Cambodia.   Read entry

Since some days our Team is working on the IVD activities. It started with a meeting of Volunteers (IUNV and NUNV), to get their idea/feedback on what would be some activities of interest for this Day.   Read entry

This year for IV Day we are encouraging a lot of local activity and with the assistance of the Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector (a Government agency) an electronic toolkit has been produced to assist organisations with their promotional programmes.   Read entry

Ottawa, Canada: Volunteer Canada is launching a media campaign to celebrate International Volunteer Day, 5 December 2005. The focus for this United Nations-sanctioned day of recognition for volunteers worldwide is ordinary Canadians who give of themselves in extraordinary ways.   Read article