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A schoolgirl in Congo presents a sculpture commemorating International Volunteer Day to one of the United Nations volunteers. The International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development (5 December), more commonly referred to as International Volunteer Day (IVD), is an international observance mandated by the UN General Assembly in 1985. [1]
The annual Volunteer Ireland Awards, established 2007, aim to recognise and celebrate volunteers on a national stage. This all-Ireland awards campaign is held on International Volunteer Day each December 5. President of Ireland Michael Higgins is the patron of the Volunteer Ireland Awards.
The International Year of Volunteers was designated for 2001 by the United Nations General Assembly.The initiative aimed at increased recognition, facilitation, networking and promotion of volunteering, to highlight the achievements of the millions of volunteers worldwide who devote their time to serving others, and to encourage more people globally to engage in volunteering.
Never-before-seen colourised photographs of British Red Cross volunteers caring for D-Day troops and other soldiers during the Second World War have been released to mark the 80th anniversary of ...
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is a United Nations organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide.. Volunteerism is a powerful means of engaging people in tackling development challenges, and it can transform the pace and nature of development.
These featured pictures, as scheduled below, appeared as the picture of the day (POTD) on the English Wikipedia's Main Page in December 2008. Individual sections for each day on this page can be linked to with the day number as the anchor name (e.g. [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2008#1]] for December 1).
In Pictures: Veterans and royals in poignant commemoration of D-Day 80 years on. PA. June 6, 2024 at 8:28 AM. ... The King speaks to D-Day veteran Arnie Salter, 98, from Warwickshire, during a ...
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