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30 August 2007
Travelling abroad for volunteering vs. ethical issues by Jen Marsden
New Consumer, a UK-based online magazine for "ethical lifestyle, has asked key leaders in the traveling and volunteering industries for their opinion on the ethical issues vs. travelling abroad for overseas volunteering and holidays.  Read article
13 August 2007
Can volunteering cancel our green guilt? by Sally Brown
What's more important: helping a community abroad or going green at home? Today's volunteers are being pulled in two directions at the same time, says Sally Broom  Read article

From: The Guardian, UK
More about: Environment
03 August 2007
Youth gear themselves for voluntary work by Stephen Odoi-Larbi
Accra, Ghana: The out-gone-Minister for Manpower, Youth and Employment, Honourable Abubakar Saddique Boniface, has indicated that, Youth who avail themselves for Voluntary Programmes, contribute tremendously to Nation Development.  Read article

From: allAfrica.com
More about: Ghana  Young volunteers
16 July 2007
Mandated volunteerism by Carly Bickley
Call me old-fashioned, but community service used to mean something. Charitable work, an important tradition in American culture, once grew out of a family's genuine concern for a cause or from long-standing relationships to houses of worship. And it was based on a shared belief in the value of good deeds. Sadly, it seems we baby boomers took this good and pure idea of service and turned it into its own unique kind of monster.  Read article
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14 June 2007
Do volunteers strengthen NGO accountability?  by Karena Cronin
Karena Cronin, a UNV volunteer working for CIVICUS, reflects on volunteers' role in strengthening civil society organizations' accountability, as discussed at the recent CIVICUS World Assembly in Glasgow, Scotland.   Read article

From: Civicus

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