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Searching for bodies with other rescue volunteers in Brunei.
(Source: Brunei Direct).
21 January 2005
Moved by human suffering  by Sonia
Banda Aceh, Indonesia: The moment Uncle Jax arrived, the destruction he saw was beyond his imagination. Even after hearing the news and watching the pictures on TV before he arrived did not prepare him for what he had gone through the past week. As he walked around of Aceh, he realised what a natural disaster can do to the mankind. Never in his life did he ever imagine he would be playing a role in aiding the relief effort.   Read article

From: Brunei Direct, Brunei Darussalam
15 December 2004
Red Cross volunteer shares hurricane experience by Karla Redditte
“You know you go on one of these things as often as I do and you see so much destruction. People without insurance. People that have lost their homes, and they’re just destitute you know and then you just realize how lucky you are," said American Red Cross volunteer Pete Peterson  Read article

From: WLOX-TV, USA
10 December 2004
The Fridge Factor by Bonnie Black
This is the latest lesson I'm learning here at my new post: how to live without a fridge, or, as one might put it in the lingua franca of this francophone Central African Country, "sans frigo."  Read article

From: Peace Corps, USA
More about: Gabon
08 December 2004
His work speaks for itself by Amelia Makutu
Mr Naicker is one of the many volunteers in Fiji who have over the years shared their time, resources and skills for the benefit of others without any expectation of financial gain. And the work they have done has created positive impact and results in the many societies in which they have worked.  Read article

From: Fiji Times Online
More about: Fiji  Advocacy
02 December 2004
Building communities through online volunteering by Ian Bromage
Former UN Volunteer Ian Bromage continued to work as an online volunteer, helping a non-profit organization improve lives of women in Cameroon.   Read article

From: UB Post, Mongolia

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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.