Wildlife Direct Volunteer Staff And Park Rangers Urgently Need Help To Protect Endangered Gorillas

By Kate | July 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Wildlife Direct provides an innovative response to critical conservation issues in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The non-profit organization facilitates the donation of funds directly to those working... [Read this entry]

How Far Is Too Far? A Hoax To Inspire Organ Donation

By Kate | June 2nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Read the USA Today article to find out more about the reality show which turned out to be a hoax in the Netherlands. All of the “contestants” were in... [Read this entry]

Amnesty International: Profile And Events

By Kate | May 4th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Amnesty International (AI) is one of the highest profile human rights organizations, and one that incorporates meetings of volunteer members. The AI UK website describes the organization as “a... [Read this entry]

Human Rights Watch Update: Campaign Against The Use Of Child Soldiers

By Kate | May 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Human Rights Watch is highlighting its work this month on the campaign against the use of child soldiers. It has produced a short video and supports the recently proposed... [Read this entry]

Around The Web On Volunteering: April 29

By Kate | April 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

See what’s going on with a program in Spain which works with former child soldiers
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Sing along as American Idol continues to raise money and awareness for charities.

Take another look... [Read this entry]

Global Cool and Bollywood Star Link Up

By Kate | April 6th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

CNN recently reported on another celebrity-cause “marriage”: Global Cool with Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan.
Global Cool is an organization dedicated to spreading the word about reducing the causes of global... [Read this entry]

Invisible Children

By Kate | February 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Three young Americans – one of them turning 20 during the trip – traveled in Uganda in 2003. They made and have promoted the documentary entitled Invisible Children to... [Read this entry]

Long Before Brangelina…

By Kate | February 4th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

…there were celebrities doing all sorts of things for charity:
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In case you didn’t catch that, Walter Payton said, “we’re not doin’... [Read this entry]