“Let’s Do It!” Bosnia and Herzegovina
“Let’s Do It!” is a project begun in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2012 to clean up illegal landfills and plant trees…
“The Green Brigade” in Burkina Faso
For 22 years, the “Green Brigade,” a group of 3,000 volunteer women, has committed to sweeping the streets of the city of Ouagadougou at least twice a week…
Education and Activism for Women
This year, faced with the impossibility of holding an in-person march, the volunteer-run organization Women’s March Ottawa in Canada took on a completely new format to champion the inclusion of all women into its movement…
Advocating for People with Disabilities
VSO Pakistan identified the rights of people with disabilities as a policy focus and helped to draft a Disability Act, known as the ‘Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Rights of Person with Disability Act,’ which would ensure the rights of people with disabilities through democratic, rights-based and inclusive legislation…
Volunteers Teaching Sign Language
In Rwanda, up to half a million people are estimated to be living with a disability, many of whom struggle to access health care services…
Improving the Health of Prisoners
Prison populations across Zimbabwe face prejudice, overcrowding, poor nutrition, and lack of essential medication, all barriers to prisoners fully realising their health rights…
Sign Language Covid-19 Messages
In Nepal, volunteers translated official messaging about the Covid-19 pandemic into sign language and worked with community volunteer mobilisers to ensure that the deaf community is able to access accurate public health messaging around the response, reaching over 300 children with disabilities across three districts…
Education and Activism for Women
This year, faced with the impossibility of holding an in-person march, the volunteer-run organization Women’s March Ottawa in Canada took on a completely new format to champion the inclusion of all women into its movement…
Nurturing Displaced Children in South Sudan
In Gumbo area, Juba, South Sudan, World Vision helps vulnerable children to overcome poverty and experience the fullness of life through the establishment of their child friendly space (CFS)…
Service Victims of Human Trafficking in Italy
In Palermo, the capital city of Sicily, Italy, a group called the Women of Benin City was founded in 2015 by Osas Egbon with other women who were victims of trafficking…
Technology Training for School Teachers
TATA Consultancy Services Canada was recently praised for its robust CSR strategy that empowered 50 percent of all Canadian employees to participate in more than 4,000 hours of volunteering…
Combating School Dropout Rates
Spain has the highest school dropout rate in the EU at 17.3 %, which is 7% higher than the EU average of 10.2%…
Helping Youth Secure Employment and Vocational Training
Research by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research shows education opportunities continue to be unevenly distributed with youth from immigrant backgrounds, low-income families, and rural areas less likely to move up the education ladder…
Mentoring Students About Decent Work
United Way of Baroda along with Koch Engineered Solutions India Pvt Ltd and other corporate partners host regular virtual mentorship, tutoring, and wellness sessions on Zoom for older adults and students pursuing higher education and fulfilling careers in India…
Working with Youth to Build a Life Plan
In collaboration with employee volunteers, United Way Brazil helps develop lifelong skills among dozens of young people aged 16-25 in Brazil…
Mentoring Women Entrepreneurs
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women’s flagship Mentoring Women in Business programme leverages the caring power of volunteers and technology to connect mentors to women entrepreneurs around the world over the course of a year…
Corporate Volunteers Training Young People
Worldwide there are 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24 – the largest-ever population of young people…
Financial Literacy Training
In Ecuador, the Bank of Guayaquil created the Compañeros de Banca, an initiative that engaged employee volunteers to improve the financial knowledge of 15,800 people…
Empowering Young People
Despite the stress and uncertainty of the COVID-19 crisis, young people in Jordan have stepped up to create positive change in their communities…
Helping Youth with Career Planning
United Way Brazil trained and paired corporate volunteer mentors from Lilly, Morgan Stanley and PwC with young people aged 16-25 seeking assistance in career planning…
Do you know of other successes?
We’d like to hear how an organization you know is advancing progress toward UN SDG’s.