Tete, Mozambique: In this remote corner of Tete, near the border with Zambia, cash-strapped parents often treat school as a luxury that is impractical and unaffordable. But last year, volunteers from the Mozambique Red Cross have been campaigning in several communities in Tete to convince parents and guardians that school is worth the sacrifice.  Read article

Knysna, South Africa: Community members in the crime-ridden areas near Knysna, South Africa have declared war on lawlessness. Through Bambanani (sticking together), a volunteer group, Knysna residents attempt to stop criminal activities illegal drinking establishments and drug dealing by continuously patrolling their community.  Read article

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.  Read article

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Some 700,000 volunteers will deliver polio vaccinations to about 24 million children on in an effort to eliminate the disease in Bangladesh.   Read article

Arusha, Tanzania: Volunteer Network Africa was launched to send volunteers to schools, colleges, hospitals, church organizations and community development projects.  Read article

Oregon, USA: The U.S. Agency for International Development will recognize nearly 400 volunteers who have "inspired their fellow citizens with selfless dedication of time, talents and energy to help those in need around the world."  Read article

London, UK: Immigrants should do community work to help them settle before being granted UK citizenship, Chancellor Gordon Brown has said.  Read article

Foster parents in New Zealand may soon be paid a fee for their services - changing a long tradition of volunteering.  Read article

Kampala, Uganda: When many people think of aid to Africa, they imagine sacks of grain for the starving or blankets for the homeless. But in Uganda, one volunteer-involving charity is offering something different: swimming lessons.  Read article

In Swaziland in southern Africa one in 10 households is run by a child. Society has been hollowed out by HIV and Aids. Orphans are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. Some men infected by HIV believe they can be cured by having sex with a child. But now Unicef has set up a unique scheme to protect them.   Read article