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Germany launches new volunteer programme for foreign aid projects
German capital, Germany: Federal Republic of Germany launched yesterday a government-funded program aimed at encouraging up to 10,000 young people a year to work as military volunteer in development countries.The undertaking â€" titled "weltwaerts,&q Mar 3 2008
Getting creative: volunteer artists bring new thinking to central american communities
Last week I wrote about military volunteer opportunities for doctors and other wellness care professional person. But checkup expertise is not the only professional person skill in demand by charities around the world. ArtCorps, "volunteer creative p Mar 3 2008
Getting the word out
Kyoto, Japan: Staying informed during a catastrophe can be a substance of life and death. Unluckily, for foreign residents with limited Japanese proficiency can sometimes feel left out of the loop. To computer address this state of affairs, 79.7 MHz Kyoto Mar 3 2008
Giving back: volunteering in the himalayas
TOP PICKS Amigos de las AmericasWhat are you doing this summertime? AMIGOS offering 5-8 week programme in whichstudents immerse themselves in a Latin American community. Participants willstrengthen their Spanish skills and collaborate Mar 3 2008
Giving children a break from el salvador’s markets
Lauren McElroy Edward Teach working kid in El El Salvador as a military volunteer with the Angeles Descalzos ('fallen angels') program. (Photo: Courtesy Global military volunteer Network)The Lonely Planet describes El El Salvador as “a state of beautifu Mar 3 2008
Global assembly on measuring civil society and volunteering starts
Group photo of the participants of the Global Assembly on measurement Civil Society and Volunteering. (Photo: UNV)Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany: The “Global Assembly on measurement Civil Society and Volunteering”, convened by the Johns Mark Hopkin Mar 3 2008
Government of guyana recognizes volunteer work
Georgetown: “Guyana is fortunate to benefit from the services of more than one 100 and ten international volunteers,” says Clement Rohee, curate of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation at a press conference today.The press conference focused on Mar 3 2008
Greek volunteers replant fire-ravaged forest
Greek lookout plant trees in Penteli suburb (Jan 2008, AFP)Athinai, Greece: Four calendar month after a fire devastated one of the last wood on the fringe of Athinai, Greek military volunteer on Lord's Day planted about 2,000 pine saplings in an enterpris Mar 3 2008
Grub: the olive harvest
to pick olives in the Tuscan countryside, Susan Van Allen learns that manual labor never tasted so good.I knew by the ring of the Christian church bells it was time for lunch, but I was in no rush to climb down from the olive tree. The view f Mar 3 2008
Guinea: literacy programme aims to raise women from poverty
Some 30,000 Guinean women are set to benefit from a three-year literacy political campaign launched during celebrations to mark Guinean Women's Day on 27 Aug.Minister for Women, Child and sociable Welfare Hadja Mariama Aribot launched the political campai Mar 3 2008 |