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Two volunteers, Paola Toniolo and Maria Paola Profumo from Italy, were in Niger to help develop a study on sustainable small businesses for women entrepreneurs. The volunteers from Seniores Italia, a volunteer organization whose members are retired professionals from private companies and public institutions, were identified through the corporate/private sector (CPS) programme managed by the United Nations Volunteers programme.
20 October 2007
Appunti su esperienze di volontariato con donne del Niger e del Togo by Paola Toniolo Piva e Maria Paola Profumo
Abbiamo fornito la consulenza al progetto UNIFEM in quanto socie di Seniores Italia, associazione di volontariato, che dedica particolare attenzione al rafforzamento delle donne in campo economico, senza dimenticare gli aspetti politici e sociali.   Read article

More about: Italy  Senior volunteers
17 October 2007
Volunteering for equality 
Volunteers at Dream A Dream strive to create an equal society by empowering children from the lower strata of society, writes L Subramani of the Deccan Herald.  Read article

More about: India  Children  MDG 1
A caregiver encouraging a child with intellectual disability to indulge in some exercise at the Dong Li Feng Mei Kang Jian School in the Xuhui district of Shanghai. Voluntary bodies visit the school regularly to shower this community with love and care. (Photo: The Star Online)
02 October 2007
Youth and the spirit of volunteering by Chow How Ban
Shanghai, China: The overwhelming response towards voluntary work among Shanghai youth, communities and all levels of society is one of the reasons why Shanghai can develop into a sustainable economy. For a population of 18 million, the city of Shanghai has more than a million volunteers. They are involved in all types of social work and many will be called into action at the Special Olympics World Summer Games starting next week and the 2010 World Expo.    Read article

From: The Star Online, Malaysia
More about: China  Young volunteers  Youth
16 August 2007
Volunteering and youth activism at CIVICUS  by Nthabeleng Kgamphe, Youth Volunteer at CIVICUS and Youth Delegate to the 2007 CIVICUS Youth Assembly
In May 2007, CIVICUS organised its first ever Youth Assembly in Glasgow to engage youth on topics pertaining to Accountability to Future Generations. Along with four other South African youth delegates, Nthabeleng Kgamphe participated in the Youth Assembly with youth representing 90 countries around the world.  Read article

09 August 2007
Volunteer Diary: Being a team leader 
Beijing, China: I was chosen to be one of the team leaders for the volunteers in cycling events for "Good Luck Beijing". The organizers gave us a series of training courses on how to lead a team and how to be a good leader in order to complete the work well. The training courses were really hard. We had to get up at six in the morning and begin our training class. After all, there is so much we need to learn that we should get familiar with the job as soon as possible.  Read article

From: China Daily, China
More about: China  Culture & sports

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The people you'll meet on these pages are not famous, yet they have touched millions of people's lives through their committment, compassion and courage. They've been baptized as  "trailblazers", "shakers and movers", "disaster responders", among others.  Whatever names they've been called, they have one thing in common -- they've made a difference.