Fighting Coastal Erosion in Senegal
AVENIR, a two-year project funded by the European Commission through its EU Aid Volunteers facility, has allowed France Volontaires and partners in Togo, Guinea and Senegal to deploy about 30 couples of volunteers (each made of 1 international and 1 national volunteer)…
Preserving Marine Biodiversity
Emirates NBD, a leading banking group and a pioneer in private sector volunteering in the UAE runs Exchanger as an integral part of the bank’s CSR strategy and commitment to advance the sustainable impact agenda through volunteering…
Conserving the Coast in Kenya
With a background in marine science, UN Volunteer Mohamed Ahmed Hussein serves with UNEP to conserve costal coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrasses in his home country of Kenya, helping protect its ocean and livelihoods…
Changing Attitudes
MY World Mexico has been able to mobilize more than 100,000 volunteer actions in Mexico as a result of their annual campaigns focused on raising awareness on the SDGs…
Making Climate Information Accessible
On visiting family in Iran, volunteer Sophia Kianni was surprised to learn about the lack of information about climate change in Farsi…
Climate Change Resilience
Volunteers are also addressing climate change before a disaster or shock occurs…
Disaster Response Volunteers
Volunteers in vulnerable communities are on the front lines facing the impact of climate change and the devastation that so often accompanies storms of increasing strength…
Disaster Emergency Relief in Mozambique
Volunteers play a critical role in both disaster relief efforts and in supporting communities to become more resilient to the shocks and impact of natural disasters…
Youth Disaster Response in Nepal
In Nepal, 10,600 youth volunteers were mobilized in the devastating earthquake affected areas for rescue, relief, and rehabilitation work…
Fighting Impact of Climate Change in São Tomé and Príncipe
In São Tomé and Príncipe, West Africa Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project aims to strengthen the resilience of coastal communities and targeted areas in Western Africa, and scale-up knowledge, finance, and dialogue…
Building Climate Resilience in Comoros
The island state of Comoros is a small, not-well-known cluster of 4 islands that have been battered by more frequent climate disasters in recent years…
Reforesting Gambia
In the Republic of the Gambia, GreenUp Gambia has initiated a mission to promote eco-consciousness and climate awareness in rural areas, as well as replanting degraded and deforested land in the country…
Sustainable Hospitality in Cambodia
The Cardamom Tented Camp won the 2022 Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) Sustainable Hotel Award for Climate Action…
Global Recycling Foundation #RecyclingHeroes
Rien Voets is a symbol of the many people who voluntarily work to reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling, and reuse every day…
Strengthening Agriculture
In Uganda, volunteers support nomadic pastoralists to strengthen access to water and health care for livestock, while introducing diversified crops…
Not Wasting Food
In Oman, due to the fact that many students get rid of their leftover food after the daily school break, a project was launched to cover the ‘Responsible Consumption and Production’ sustainable development goal, with the purpose of developing the Cubs’ and Brownies’ social side, instilling Islamic values and principles, and raising students’ awareness of the importance of not wasting food…
Supporting Older Adults through the Pandemic
A growing number of cities and communities worldwide are striving to meet the needs and preferences of their older residents, build more inclusive communities and help seniors stay independent in their homes…
Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Response
Rescue 1122 was established under the 2006 Punjab Emergency Service Act to provide management and prevention of emergencies across the Punjab, as prior to 2004 this service did not exist in Pakistan…
Delivering Affordable Housing and Basic Services
The United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy for Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake, will deliver the opening remarks during the “Youth from Home for Homes” virtual conference, the peak of the 2021 Habitat for Humanity Young Leaders Build campaign…
Creating Sustainability in Comoros
In Comoros, a project funded by the UNDP (United Nationals Development Program) called DRR, or Resilience to the Risks of Climate Disasters, has made it its goal to build resilience in the Comoros population and improve their disaster response systems at the individual and community level…
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