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New for IVD 2008: the redesigned UNV Online Volunteering service website - now in English, French and Spanish!

5 December was International Volunteer Day 2008!

Follow the links below to find out more about International Volunteer Day (IVD).

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Join our IVD 2008 YouTube group and upload your videos.

For more information on International Volunteer Day, go to the IVD section of the website where you can read the background behind IVD and access a number of resources.

05 January 2009
A journey from within by Rosie Williams

MSF's Camp in Your City tours major cities so that the public can learn directly from MSF fieldworkers how life works in a refugee camp. (R. Williams)

Adelaide, Australia: What makes your average lab technician pack it all in to volunteer in Africa? An interview with Olivia Yacoub, a volunteer with MSF.

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More about: Australia Liberia Malawi Health

11 December 2008
Volunteer collaboration: are we ready to harness the power of the people?

The present crisis challenges us to new ways of using our resources; hopefully, wiser. One of the most abundant and underused natural resources is volunteer collaboration power. Let’s broaden our minds and rethink volunteerism as something embedded in every aspect of our lives.

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From: Civicus

More about: Advocacy

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23 December 2008
Celebración única del voluntariado

Bouake, Côte d’Ivoire: El 5 de diciembre se celebra el Día Internacional de los Voluntarios y ofrece a las comunidades la oportunidad de dar visibilidad a las contribuciones del voluntariado. Este año un voluntario del programa VNU ha elegido una forma única de celebrar el espíritu del voluntariado.

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More about: Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire

Other languages: in English en français

22 December 2008
Une manière unique de célébrer le volontariat

Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire : Cette année, un membre des VNU a trouvé une manière tout à fait exceptionnelle de célébrer le volontariat : pour fêter la naissance de leur petite fille, le 5 décembre 2008, Charles Nkobo Mbibi et sa femme n’ont pas imaginé meilleur moyen que de prénommer le ravissant bébé « Caira Volontario ».

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More about: Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire

Other languages: in English en español

22 December 2008
Uniquely celebrating volunteerism

Bouake, Côte d’Ivoire: International Volunteer Day (IVD) is celebrated on 5 December and offers communities an opportunity to make visible the contributions made by volunteers. This year, one UNV volunteer found a truly unique way to celebrate the spirit of volunteerism.

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More about: Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire

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05 December 2008
Volunteering and Social Activism: Pathways for participation in human development

CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme commissioned a study in 2007/8 to explore how both volunteering and social activism are important strategies for fostering people’s participation in social change and human development.

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05 January 2009
Not enough volunteers in Barbados, says Inniss

Bridgetown, Barbados: A call has gone out for Barbadians to embrace the spirit of volunteerism. It has come from Minister of Health Donville Inniss who observed that volunteers were becoming a "rarity".

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From: The Nation (Barbados)

More about: Barbados Civil society