Volunteers News
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By AFP
Ouagadougou -
To some, they are doughty fighters who with meagre resources put their lives on the line.To others, they are an undisciplined band -- a "death squad," according to one -- that has carried out summary justice and inflamed ethnic tensions.
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By AFP
London -
Around 170,000 people signed up within hours of a British government call for volunteers to help those stuck at home due to the coronavirus outbreak, the health minister said Wednesday.
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By AFP
Wuhan -
Citizens of China's virus-stricken city of Wuhan have been told to stay indoors, avoid strangers and keep their cars off the road, but locals like Zhang Lin are refusing to sit by and watch their hometown suffer.
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By AFP
Clarence -
After six exhausting weeks battling massive bushfires that are ripping through rural Australia, volunteer firefighter Andrew Moyle wishes for just two things: rest and rain.
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By AFP
Clarence -
After six exhausting weeks battling massive bushfires that are ripping through rural Australia, volunteer firefighter Andrew Moyle wishes for just two things: rest and rain.
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By AFP
Bangkok -
In baby-blue caps and yellow scout scarves, an army of royal volunteers is sprucing up Thailand before this weekend's coronation -- a projection of unity and loyalty to the unassailable crown in a divided kingdom that remains locked in political crisis...
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Mars One, the company that promised to put humanity on the red planet has met an unfortunate, and what many say is an wholly-expected, end. Mars One Ventures, the for-profit arm of the Mars One mission, was declared bankrupt back in January.
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New York -
Multi-platinum recording group 98 Degrees chatted with Digital Journal about their favorite songs from their new holiday album. They also surprised Red Cross volunteers in New York City with Masterpass by Mastercard.
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San Juan -
On September 20, powerful Category 4 Hurricane Maria made a direct landfall on the U.S. island territory of Puerto Rico. Two weeks later, 90 percent of the island is without power and few have clean drinking water. But the world is responding with help.
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By AFP
Pessegueiro -
Claudia Borges unloads boxes of water and cereal bars from a removal truck at a fire operations centre on a mountaintop in Portugal, black smoke rising in the background.
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By AFP
Saint Petersburg -
Filled with patriotic bravado and a thirst for adventure, Yevgeny Pavlenko and his friend Yevgeny Markin volunteered with dozens others to leave their home in Russia to go and fight in eastern Ukraine. But only one of the two would survive.
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Bangalore -
The Ugly Indians (TUI), a group of anonymous volunteers, have been getting together to clean up the city of Bangalore, India, and give it a good scrubbing.
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By AFP
Lviv -
Young men and women in the nationalist heartland of western Ukraine are signing up to defend their country from what they call "Russian aggressors" who have taken over Crimea."I'm a high-ranking Judoka and can shoot well," said Tetiana Turtshina as she...
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By Reuters
As a volunteer at the Sochi Olympics, Anna Kostareva's main role is to marshal journalists at the foot of the Rosa Khutor ski slope, but she finds it hard to stop herself dancing on the job...
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Port Huron -
This is a story about of small community's effort to provide relief to victims of Hurricane Sandy by gathering goods and raising funds to deliver those goods to the affected areas.
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Fort Pierce -
Despite the best efforts of volunteers and officials only 5 whales survived after a pod of 22 pilot whales beached themselves on the South Florida coast this weekend.
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Manchester -
A UK-based Muslim charity which provides a free and confidential emotional support service to young Muslims is establishing volunteer teams nationally for the first time in its 10-year history.
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Rome -
The authorities in Rome, concerened with the thousands of pieces of chewing gum discarded onto the streets and stuck onto buildings, have launched a volunteer-based drive to clean up the city and remove the unsightly, sticky blobs.
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Edinburgh -
As a city, Edinburgh has many attractions both old and new and many that are designed specifically to draw in the tourists. However, there are a few that are more well known to locals and this article is about one of them.
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Fayetteville -
Volunteers at the student run Full Circle Campus Food Pantry located at the University of Arkansas received the “Student Volunteer of the Month Award" for their service to the community.
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Clunes -
An annual community event run entirely by volunteers, Booktown Australia -- rivaling similar festivals worldwide -- attracts thousands of book-lovers to a town of fewer than 1,000.
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Word is leaking out of Knoxville, Tennessee that the University of Tennessee has fired Men's Basketball Coach Bruce Pearl. The University and Pearl are embattled in an NCAA investigation.
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Thames Valley Police have announced that they are to begin a trial in an effort to reduce cyber bullying. The scheme will run in the Reading area and will last for three months.
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Volunteers gathered together yesterday to lay thousands of wreaths on the memorials and graves of veterans in the United States.
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An Animal Relief fundraiser could be an enormous benefit to animals in need of help, say those campaigning the BBC to hold such an event.
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Samaritan's Purse Canada is sending an appeal for help in combating the cholera outbreak in Haiti. Almost 600 people have died and more than 9,000 have been hospitalized.
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Birmingham -
Country star Garth Brooks was one of hundreds of volunteers who took part in this year's 27th Habitat for Humanity Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project.
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Grand Isle -
Did BP hire beach cleanup workers in preparation for President Barack Obama's visit to Louisiana? Jefferson Parish Councilman say so in what he called a dog and pony show staged for the press and the visiting President.
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With Lane Kiffin and half of his staff heading to coach at the University of Southern California, the Volunteers are looking to fill their vacancy fast.
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The #15 Tennessee Volunteers used a solid day of shooting around the court to topple the #1 ranked Kansas Jayhawks 76-68.
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Volunteer workers of Habitat for Humanity at work. Norman Currie
We have our armed forces members volunteer in some places such as this nursing home. Could the VA use more of this treatment as well? John Westbay
Volunteers and staff of Helping Hands. Bentonville, Ark. April 30, 2011
Woodburn Proud Volunteers support their community Courtesy of Woodburn Proud, Inc.
All festivals are well served by teams of volunteers as they organize for the day ahead.
Winter survival kits are distributed to Toronto homeless Engage and Change
Workers from Toronto area lawn services offered free services to put park back into condition
Sandra Meyer is a SAIF (Seniors Against Investment Fraud) volunteer. She spoke to the members of SHARP (Sunset Heights Association of Responsible People) on April 30. She noted that since the recession more scams of all types have been increasing.
St. James park gets a free facelift
Volunteer organisations march past the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. Janet Szabo, used with permission.
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