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.
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15 December 2004
Read articleRed 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
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10 December 2004
Read articleThe 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."
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08 December 2004
Read articleHis 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.
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02 December 2004
Read articleBuilding 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.
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