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Today Ray Kurzweil announced the launch of the Abundance Book which promotes the simple message that "we're living during an incredible day and age" .. "the realization that the world is getting better at an accelerating rate". Having just watched Cool It by Bjørn Lomborg I'm totally up for the posi
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Děkuji Petr z Česká republika <Thank you to Petr from Czech Republic> for this article:
Petr & Jackson; liaison and community member
At the end of my stay in Nkiito in 2010, I promised that I would come back. Last year I made friend with Jackson. We were in contact almost every 2 weeks
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Pictures tell a thousand words - from Petr & Ingie, 2 of 5 volunteers that stayed with our maasai hosts in November/December 2011.
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The amazing Avis Mulhall has finally launched the incredible mmMule service.
Sign up & post some requests for your projects here for example:
deliveries needed around the world; clothing, food, books, technology, mosquito nets
help with finding volunteers
Avis has managed to partner with
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The extensive State of the Worlds Volunteerism Report, 2011, is now out. The full report can be found here.
Click the image for the full PRESS RELEASE
Some favourite quotes are :
"Volunteering is an expression of the individual’s involvement in their community. Participation, trust, solidarity and
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Diego just sent pictures of the finished ponte <bridge> at Viviane's house (on left). After visiting Combu Island with Amazonart in October Viviane and her mother 'Nena' incredibly accommodated us in their home on the river. There are many different memories from the trip but what stands out
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I just spoke to the volunteers, all huddled in a mud hut in the village waiting for the rains to stop. Twice a year the rains fall on the Amboseli plains of Kilimanjaro, literally bringing life. Within hours the "Savanna" - the semi-arid landscape made up of grassland, plains, kopjes, and marshes
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On the plains that roll out from the foothills of Kilimanjaro lies a remote maasai village called Enkito. Last year our volunteers Petr, Shiv and Emma spent the Summer there. Waking up to this.
In just over a week Petr returns with Lorraine (UK) and a couple of weeks later Caleb & Kort from t
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United Nations Volunteers have been working together with the internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter & UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo in a campaign to show the world why volunteering matters:
This years International Volunteer Day is 5 December - a critical moment not onl
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