Mirko Bagaric's "Volunteering for the Right Causes", provoked Russ Grayson to compare his own experience in managing volunteers and share his thoughts on volunteers' motivations.  Read article

Toronto, Canada: Now more than ever, we need to refresh the ranks of volunteers who will keep our community organizations thriving. Statistics Canada reports in its most recent national survey a decline in the number of Canadians who volunteer. To meet the gap, Canadians who offered volunteer services contributed more hours on average.  Read article

Sha Cordingley, CEO of Volunteering Australia, shares her thoughts on volunteering for the Commonwealth Games, arguing that volunteering isn't confined to helping the needy, it is about active citizenship and building social capital.  Read article

Jane, a young American volunteer and leader in the NetAid Global Citizen Corps, asks what if the United States devoted as much energy to fighting poverty as fighting terrorism? President Bush's govenment has failed to meet its commitment to double its aid to Africa, slashed its development budget and fell short on its contribution to HIV/Aids programmes. Along with other young leaders and volunteers, Jane wants to make sure her government upholds its promises.   Read article

He confessed that volunteering does not come easily for him. "Why do volunteering opportunities come at the most inopportune times, like, erm, when the weather's cold?" asks the author. Hats off to volunteers, he writes, they want to halt global warming and end world poverty. So, what makes volunteers give so much? They "think selfishly".  Read article