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12 January 2005
Would you volunteer for you? by Susan Moscareillo
Volunteer management expert Susan Moscareillo asks, "have you ever stopped to give thought to your own past volunteer experiences and why you enjoyed them?"  It's really pretty incredible to think about how much you learned through volunteering without even realizing it.  Read article

From: Charity Channel
More about: United States  Advocacy
15 December 2004
Caught in the crossfire by Annie Kelly
For more than a century, the emblem of a red cross on a white background has saved the lives of people in war zones across the globe. But now the neutrality and independence of the Red Cross Red Crescent is fast becoming a casualty of a global war on terror that threatens to obliterate the capacity of humanitarian aid agencies to operate in areas of conflict. The "with us or against us" rhetoric of the US-led coalition in Iraq and Afghanistan leaves little space for neutral agencies.  Read article

From: The Guardian, UK
08 December 2004
Give a little time this year by Jill Papworth
Thousands of people are normally looking for volunteer work around Yuledite season. The Guardian's Jill Papworth presents numerous in-site and online volunteer work to keep us busy through this season.  Read article

From: The Guardian, UK
More about: United Kingdom  Advocacy
03 December 2004
Volunteers can change the world by Geof Brown
Kingston, Jamaica: The almost incredible volunteer services in the network of Ismaili Muslim communities in those cities, could, if imitated worldwide, literally transform the planet into a haven of amicable productivity.  Read article

From: The Jamaica Observer
More about: Jamaica  Policy
18 November 2004
Why Georgia struggles with volunteerism by Misha Kechaqmadze
Every citizen in Georgia should find his/her own role in promoting a free and democratic society.  And one of the avenues to achieve this is through volunteering.  But with such fragile democracy, volunteering would not be easy for Georgia's future volunteers.   Read article

From: The Messenger, Georgia
More about: Georgia  Infrastructure

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