Caring for Stray Dogs in Sri Lanka
In the Northeast of Sri Lanka, an organization called Underdogs Sri Lanka is devoted to improving the lives of street and beach dogs…
Improving Agriculture in Cameroon
In Bafut, Cameroon, Better World Cameroon develops local regenerative agricultural strategies and promotes local government action that drives innovative development of resilient food and water systems…
Supporting Women Farmers in Botswana
In Botswana, Unitech Farming provides training and support to youth and female farmers, most of whom are smallholders operating on a couple of acres or less…
Preserving Natural Ecosystems in Comoros
In the region of Moya, Comoros, on the island Ndzuani, a subdivision of UNDP (United Nations Development Program) Comoros called the National Network of Protected Areas (RNAP) seeks to preserve and maintain environmental protection of natural ecosystems in the face of tourism…
Preserving Kazakh Aboriginal Shepherd Dogs
In Kazakhstan, Bauyrzhan has been working independently to help preserve Kazakh aboriginal shepherd dogs, which are important economically, culturally, and environmentally for Kazakhstan…
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…
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