Bangkok, Thailand: After a teenager died and more birds infected, Thailand's public health officials are mobilizing some 7,500 volunteers to look for humans and poultry infected with the deadly bird flu virus in the capital Bangkok.  Read article

Geneva, Switzerland: Some 50 million young Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers and members across the world will bring a message of hope and peace to millions of young people on 12 August, International Youth Day.  Read article

London, UK: Research finds that people with mental health problems help themselves by helping others, writes Mark Oliver of The Guardian.  Read article

Monrovia, Liberia: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf launched University of Liberia's Public Policy Forum and recognized over 30 UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) staff members who are volunteering as professors.   Read article

Santiago, Chile: En la antesala de la celebración del mes de la solidaridad, el Estudio Nacional de Voluntariado 2006, realizado por Fundación Trascender junto a Collect Investigaciones de Mercado, arrojó sorprendentes resultados sobre la práctica del voluntariado en el país.   Read article

Next week's Australian census will for the first time feature a question on volunteering. Recent research found that one in every three Australians is spending an average of 132 hours a year volunteering.  Read article

Beirut, Lebanon: Volunteers and aid workers helping displaced people in Lebanon say that media is not showing the "depths of humanitarian crisis" resulting from the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict.  Read article

Syrians are opening their houses, shops and restaurants to refugees of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. Restaurants are giving food to shelters, individuals have turned up with food and mattresses, hairdressers are giving free haircuts and shaves, and more than 7,000 Syrian families have offered to take refugees into their homes.  Read article

San Francisco, USA: San Francisco city Mayor Gavin Newsom is asking all city residents to spend a day volunteering, whether it's working with the homeless or helping plant trees.   Read article

Kibbutz Maabarot, Israel: The wave of refugees in Israel – from the attack by Hezbollah based in Lebanon – has inspired a nationwide outpouring of assistance. Israelis in towns in the central region are offering their homes to shelter those displaced from the north of the country.   Read article