Perfect match: Volunteering & good fun by Sara Dominoni
I joined the UNV Programme as an intern few weeks ago. And I wouldn’t miss the chance to experience a real event “on the field”. And 11,000 volunteers apparently were thinking the same.
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22 August 2005
Read articleWhy volunteer? by Surah Huxley
Five years ago I sat on a rock scouring the vista of the Kali Gandaki gorge when a short skinny villager with a pair of tattered shorts appeared like a hobbit from behind a tree.
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03 August 2005
Read articleHelping crime victims 'is best reward' by Anna Browning
For nearly 10 years, Renee Gallop has given her time to the Lambeth branch of the charity Victim Support, in south-east London. She has helped thousands overcome the trauma of crime - everything from pickpocketings to murder - and all for free.
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03 August 2005
Read articleVolunteers provide economic advice all over the world by Kate Wright
William Gollan has travelled the world, but he wouldn't consider his adventures much of a pleasure cruise. Gollan is part of the Canadian Executive Service Organization, a volunteer-based organization that provides experts to Canadians and other countries.
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05 July 2005
Read articleDirt, disease and malnutrition
Djibouti City, Djibouti: Doctor Robert Thiel, an American volunteer from the Red Sea Mission, runs a government-owned clinic in Arhiba, a filthy slum in the port city of Djibouti. The clinic treats several hundred patients a day, despite having no budget and no running water.
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