A volunteer for the long haul by Sarah Campbell
Teaching in Uganda with the Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO) set the television journalist Jon Snow off on a life of volunteering. Here he talks about the effects of that life-changing experience. 
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The battle continues: Volunteer gets food to quake victims in Pakistan
Bonn, Germany: At age 27, Adham Effendi has seen more than his fair share of tragedy and despair, from the plight of refugees in his native Pakistan to starving children in Eritrea. Now as a United Nations Volunteer with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Pakistan, Effendi is trying to prevent a tragic event from getting worse. Read article
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Kashmir diary by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Bissian, Pakistan: After the immediate shock of the earthquake that hit the Kashmir regions of Pakistan and India, killing nearly 75,000, the approach of winter poses a second deadly threat to the survivors. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, a volunteer translator, sends a diary full of tragedy, despair and heroism from a Cuban medical camp in the mountains. Read article
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