Volunteers, locals struggle with language by Slamet Susanto
Java, Indonesia: Volunteers for the Indonesian earthquake are trying to communicate with victims through sign language and volunteer interpreters.
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Read articleCanadians are generous: Study
Toronto, Canada: In 2004, Canadians donated $8.9 billion and two billion volunteer hours — the equivalent of a million full-time jobs — according to the latest Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating done by Statistics Canada in partnership with government agencies and volunteer organizations.
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31 May 2006
Read articleUN, Red Cross mobilize huge relief operation in Java by Lisa Schlein
Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations agencies, plus some 400 volunteers from the Indonesian Red Cross, have quickly mobilized relief operations for the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the devastating earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Java on 27 May.
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31 May 2006
Read articleWidows helping others by Marilyn Gardner
Massachusetts, USA : Stirred by the plight of the estimated one million widows in Afghanistan, Retik and Quigley, who both lost their husbands on 11 September, established the Beyond the 11th foundation to help women in conflict-ridden countries.
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Read articleVolunteer disaster team heads to Indonesia
Oregon, USA: US-based Northwest Medical Teams is sending highly trained medical volunteers to the island of Java on Tuesday to help care for thousands of survivors of Saturday's massive earthquake centered near the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta.
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30 May 2006
Read articleMore Singaporean medical personnel, volunteers leave for quake-hit Yogyakarta
Singapore City, Singapore: Forty medical personnel and volunteers from Alexandra Hospital, the Singapore Red Cross and Mercy Relief left for Yogyakarta on Tuesday morning to help quake victims there.
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29 May 2006
Read articleIn Indonesian village, help begins to trickle in by Ellen Nakashima
Sraten, Indonesia: Volunteers started arriving in small numbers in this hard-to-reach village of 300 people. Villagers are not expecting volunteers like Tuti Winarti, a medical student, to travel from Central Java together with her father and 13 paramedics to help. They were relieved just the same.
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29 May 2006
Read articleAmateur radio volunteers respond following Indonesian earthquake
Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Volunteer-run amateur radio operators in Indonesia are providing emergency communication for relief operations in the wake of a 6.3 magnitude earthquake Saturday affecting Yogyakarta and surrounding area.
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25 May 2006
Read articleCost of volunteering becoming prohibitive by Rohan Wade
Tasmania, Australia: Australian senator Guy Barnett proposed greater government assistance for volunteers who are facing rising costs while doing unpaid work.
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24 May 2006
Read articleIn Iraq, small acts of altruism by Sabrina Tavernise
Baghdad, Iraq: Even as violence and sectarian hatred tear Iraq's mixed cities apart, a growing number of Iraqis are trying to bring them together. Some 5,000 organizations, including charities, human rights groups and medical assistance agencies are trying to provide Iraqi people with basic necessities.
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