After the storm, one town finds 1,000 ways to give by Peter Kilborn
Louisiana, USA: Help sprang up everywhere in the small town of Louisiana, USA after thousands of people were left homeless by Hurricane Katrina last 29 August. Residents, all 1,700 of them, opened their doors to hundreds of homeless people, raised funds to feed them and even washed their clothes. 
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Aceh: Empowering tsunami victims to rebuild their lives by Deborah Tomasowa
Aceh, Indonesia: Deborah Tomasowa of Mercy Corps was in Banda Aceh with other volunteers, days after last December's tsunami struck, helping deliver aid and return a sense of normalcy to those affected. Nine months later, they now focus on long-term recovery and sustainable development. Read article
11 November 2005 Read articleMeet Flora, the face of the future in Sudan by Rosemarie North
Khartoum, Sudan: Flora Hussien has been working for nine years as a Red Crescent volunteer, doing health education in south Sudan. She is one of the 5,000 unpaid volunteers who are internally displaced and working within their own communities of displaced people in Sudan. Read article
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'Ser voluntario es alejarse del lujo' by Daizen Oda
San Pablo es una comunidad de secoyas y cofanes que está a tres horas de Sucumbíos en esos barquitos pequeños a través del río. Ahí llegué en junio del 2000 como uno de los 130 voluntarios de las Naciones Unidas en el Ecuador. Read article
21 October 2005 Read articleWhy I love being a volunteer by Laura Gibb
The overriding feeling I get from volunteering is that it's just great fun. I never feel like I'm working because I'm doing something I really enjoy. Helping others makes you feel good, and I know that I end up benefiting from volunteering just as much as the people I'm supposed to be helping. Read article
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