no comment Activist calls Senegal trash problem 'ecological bomb' Armed with rakes, sacks and gloves, volunteers cleaned up trash littering a beach on Senegal's usually pristine coastline. Dozens of mainly young people and even children picked up garbage from the sandy beach in Bargny, a city located 35km from the capital Dakar. 19/09/2021
Hungary Volunteers restore one of the world's largest Jewish cemeteries Nature has taken over much of the 130-year-old site. 27/07/2021
Green News Myanmar volunteers built a library for orphans from plastic waste Volunteers made eco-bricks by filling discarded bottles with other plastic waste 30/05/2021
Denmark Denmark offers AstraZeneca and J&J COVID-19 vaccines to volunteers Denmark has opened an optional scheme to volunteers who would like to receive the unwanted COVID-19 vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson. 20/05/2021
Europe News Red cross sees surge in volunteers globally due to pandemic, but drop There has been a massive surge in Red Cross volunteer numbers worldwide in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but in Belgium the amount has dropped. 24/12/2020
Green News Can a network of 7000 walking routes transform the way we travel? Hundreds of volunteers have been working to connect footpaths in the UK, but the project could soon be international. 30/09/2020
no comment Lebanese student plays piano for volunteers in Beirut hospital Lebanese student Chadi Haddad went to the nearby Saint George hospital in Beirut. Amidst volunteers clearing up the rubble, he started playing the hospital’s piano. 08/08/2020
United Kingdom 'Families are really struggling': London food bank sees fivefold surge "This kind of thing, a crisis like this, it impacts the poorest people the hardest, it always does," said the founder of a London food bank. "And it’s just not right, it’s not fair." 27/04/2020
Green News Volunteers turn recycled plastic into face shields around the world Living rooms are being turned into makeshift workshops to create protective equipment for medical personnel. 17/04/2020
Germany Berlin Airport wants 20,000 volunteers for dress rehearsals CEO Lütke Daldrup says "the trial operation is an internationally established standard that will help us to open BER as smoothly as possible". 28/01/2020
Green News Patagonia opens environmental activism cafe to connect Londoners The outdoor brand has launched a cafe in line with its 'Action Works' initiative to bring together like-minded individuals on the theme of climate change. 26/09/2019
world news Images on EU Parliament protest criminalisation of humanitarian work "We all have the responsibility to ensure that everyone’s human rights are respected" says Secretary General of Caritas Europa 21/06/2019
Green News Trend report: eco tourism in 2019 What to look for and when booking conscious holidays this year 08/01/2019
Green News Rescuing baby turtles in Canberra Watch how these volunteers in Australia are protecting baby turtles from predators. 19/11/2018
Australia Watch: This is the preservation process of whale skeleton South Australian Museum staff remove most of the flesh by hand, before allowing the skeleton to undergo maceration in tanks to remove remaining meat which may take several months. 17/09/2018
world news Volunteers translate English letters for imprisoned filmmaker Sentsov "Do not think that you are forgotten." This letter from Canadian writer Yann Martel to Oleg Sentsov is one of many translated from English into Russian by activists and volunteers. 21/08/2018
Greece Greece: Search for 25 missing people continues It's after 59 bodies were found, 28 are still yet to be identified and four people are still in hospital. Firemen and volunteers walk for hours, with the hope of finding traces of human presence after the wildfires devestated parts of Greece 29/07/2018
Romania Romanian #Europeanheroes who rescue people for free Mihai Tuhari is an IT-programmer by day, but transforms into a 4x4 rescuer when needed. His platform, which offers help to motorists in distress, costs him 3 euros per rescue to run, but he insists that helping out is its own reward. 02/07/2018
world news Celebrating #Europeanheroes, without whom a continent would cease to f We take them for granted, and yet without them Europe would cease to function. Euronews tells the stories of ordinary #Europeanheroes as they go about their daily lives. 12/06/2018
Romania 'I had this idea to try to help, so I offered them my car" Alex Bobes runs a free taxi service in Romania. He says he wants to set an example to show that even with a full time job, and a family, everyone can offer something to their communities. 05/06/2018
Malta Volunteer pilots ready for take-off to help save migrants in the Med ‘Pilotes Volontaires’: two Frenchmen used their savings to buy a light plane, aiming to search the sea off the Libyan coast and help NGOs save migrants in distress. 03/05/2018
Italy Como bans begging in the city centre during Christmas The mayor of the Italian town signed a decree banning begging and camping out in the city centre during the festive period. However many volunteer groups are challenging the regulation. 21/12/2017
Mexico Mexicans collectively rise to the earthquake challenge Mexico's people have mobilised to deal with the latest earthquake to hit their country. 21/09/2017
Living What do homeless people eat? Depends who is cooking With three Michelin stars under his belt, the last place you’d expect to find top chef Massimo Bottura hard at work is in a soup kitchen. But then this is no ordinary soup kitchen. 26/07/2017
Cameroon RENATA's 'aunties' tackle sexual abuse in Cameroon A long-standing volunteer army raises awareness and wants more government action to fight an endemic problem in the central African country. 12/07/2017
