Australian Volunteers International Celebrates 60 Years of volunteering
16 June 2011 marks the occasion of Australia’s first official international volunteer, Herb Feith, setting sail from Port Melbourne to start his volunteer assignment in Indonesia. ...more
Peace Corps Celebrates 50 Years
In 2011, the Peace Corps will commemorate 50 years of promoting peace and friendship around the world. Peace Corps invites you to support their mission and legacy of service and to join in Peace Corps celebrations and activities throughout 2011. For more information http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=about.fiftieth ...more
Message from FORUM at the UN Special Session on 5th December 2011, to commemorate The International Year of the Volunteer + 10 and launch of the first State of the Volunteer Report
The International FORUM on Development Service (known as ‘FORUM’) would like to take this opportunity to congratulate civil society bodies, decision makers and individual volunteers all over the world for your fabulous achievements and work throughout the year. We would also like to acknowledge this momentous IYV+10 event here at the UN. It has been a collective effort, led by UNV, to have volunteering recognised as a vital way of achieving positive and sustainable development outcomes. ...more