DR Congo volunteers help give back to nature
Lubumbashi, DR Congo : Elections stole the headlines in 2006, but volunteers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are quietly giving back to nature what it had been stripped of in the years before.
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Al Gore training volunteers to spread global warming message
Nashville, Tennessee: Former United States Vice President Al Gore, the star of a documentary derived from his slide show on global warming, is about to begin training 1,000 "Climate Project" volunteers to help spread his environmental message around the globe.
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From: International Herald Tribune, France
20 February 2006International volunteers help protect China's environment
Beijing, China: The Global Village of Beijing (GVB) is trying to raise awareness among Chinese people on how to dispose e-waste properly with help from international volunteers.
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From: Xinhua News
24 August 2005More about: China Environment
Thousands of volunteers clean up Syria’s 175-km coast
Damascus, Syria: More than 10,000 volunteers recently helped clean up Syria’s coastline as part of a national campaign to protect the country’s coasts and promote volunteerism.
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From: UN Volunteers Syria
22 July 2005Indian newspaper gathers 155,000 volunteers for clean-up act by Ramesh Menon
Jaipur, India: Shortage of water has been a tale of woe in India's Rajasthan state for decades. But this year, the state's largest circulated Hindi daily, Rajasthan Patrika, has motivated around 155,000 volunteers to clean up 388 discarded traditional ponds and wells.
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From: OneWorld.net
02 March 2005Creating a neighbourhood out of nothing by Raúl Pierri
Montevideo, Uruguay: Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo, is home to half the country’s population. Many of the city’s residents live in shanty towns with little access to public services and often do not possess land titles for their homes. Because of this dire situation, people started to organized themselves and volunteered their skills and experience to create a more favourable neighbourhood.
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From: GlobalInfo
15 December 2004More about: Uruguay
Australia’s oldest environmental agency thanks its 1,200 volunteers
Melbourne: More than 1200 volunteers were recognized by Trust for Nature, an environmental non-profit organization for International Volunteer Day on 5 December in Melbourne, Australia.
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From: Trust for Nature, Australia
25 November 2004More about: Australia Environment
Winners of Cities with a Heart award announced
Bonn, Germany: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, the Inter-American Development Bank’s Inter-American Initiative on Social Capital, Ethics and Development and the UN-Habitat will launch “Cities with Heart” on International Volunteer Day, 5 December.
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24 May 2004
Read articleA girl with a volunteer heart
When Pham Hong Nhung was in secondary school, her simple wish was to take part in the activities organized by her local youth union. Months later, Pham became one of UNV's most active volunteers in preserving Viet Nam's fragile mangrove areas.
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From: UN Volunteers Viet Nam
18 February 2004African wildlife beckons adventurous volunteers
Oxford: Earthwatch, the international environmental organization, is calling for volunteers to take part in its new "Namibian Black Rhino project" to help save this species from extinction.
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From: Earthwatch Institute
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