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A two-day training for Ghanaian volunteers for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games has concluded in Accra ahead of the multi-sport event in July and August this year.

A two-day training for Ghanaian volunteers for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games has concluded in Accra ahead of the multi-sport event in July and August this year.

A two-day training for Ghanaian volunteers for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games has concluded in Accra ahead of the multi-sport event in July and August this year.

ILKLEY and District Good Neighbours is celebrating an award recognising the charity’s standards and good practice in its volunteer programme,…

19 August is World Humanitarian Day. As the world’s largest humanitarian network, World Humanitarian Day is an important moment for the IFRC to reflect on the lifesaving, life-changing work of our more than 16 million volunteers and staff. In every corner of the globe, you’ll find a Red Cross or Red Crescent volunteer doing incredible things for their local community. Whether they’re performing first aid or providing emergency medical services to people after disaster strikes. Offering a f...

ON Y VA! organized the maiden edition of its French Spelling Bee competition (Spellaberate) on Friday, June 9 at the GECC Auditorium (GIMPA). Thirty-four st ...

Visitors to Danby Lodge National Park Centre are challenged to find and identify as many species as possible in the grounds, as North York Moors National Park hosts its first-ever family BioBlitz event on Thursday June 1.

Henry caring for the wounded in Solferino, Hilda helping hurricane victims in Port Vila, Mohamed monitoring the nutritional condition of the inmates in Baidoa prison, Yulima teaching first aid to people with disabilities in Maracay, and Luna rescuing migrants on the shore of Ceuta – they, like many Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers around the world, offer care, a hand of compassion and a life-changing breath of humanity to those who are most vulnerable. #FromTheHeart

Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers are everywhere. You’ll find them in your street, in your local community, in every corner of the world. You may even be one of them.  Every day, our millions of volunteers bring kindness to those who need it—no matter who or where they are.   Whether it’s by offering a hot drink or food,  Listening to someone and supporting their mental wellbeing,  Delivering essential supplies or cash to remote communities,  Giving or teaching lifesaving first...

A truly unique art installation was unveiled in Kilkenny Volunteer Centre last Friday as part of National Volunteering Week celebrations. The installation, crea...