Next Generation Nepal: April Newsletter Update

By Kate | May 7th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Photo from NGN

The April 2007 Next Generation Nepal (NGN) newsletter is out and world-traveler-turned-volunteer-turned-kids’-charity-founder Conor has a lot to report:
This month’s newsletter features two happy stories of kids ... [Read this entry]

Around The Web On Volunteering: May 7

By Kate | May 7th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

U2 is in the news for yet another good will effort: donating instruments to raise money for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Johns Hopkins University is about to join in... [Read this entry]

Compulsory High School Volunteering Or Community Service?

By Kate | May 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Is “forcing” high school students to volunteer as a prerequisite for graduation a good thing? A recent article at World Volunteer Web, about required community service programs in some... [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]

Volunteer Alert - Concerns About Volunteer Organization IICD

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

Via the How To Live Your Dreams Of Volunteering Overseas site, I recently came across information and links in connection to a warning about the volunteer organization International Institute for... [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]

Two Uganda Events: Change The Truth Fund And Invisible Children

By Kate | April 30th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Invisible Children’s Displace Me event was held this weekend. The goal was to raise awareness generally about the war in Uganda, and more specifically about the plight of children... [Read this entry]

“Leave Your Campsite Cleaner Than You Found It”

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

One Brown university graduate will be spending two and a half years in Guatemala, involved in an English-language instruction program at a school run by women’s cooperative Unidas Para Vivir... [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]

Richard Gere And Shilpa Shetty In The News At AIDS Awareness Event

By Kate | April 28th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Richard Gere and Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty are now facing warrants for their arrest after Gere theatrically kissed Shetty – on the cheek but in a dramatic pose –... [Read this entry]