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Wikipedia's future in doubt? 49,000 volunteers leave site

" Wikipedia’s future has been put in doubt as 49,000 volunteer editors left the site in the space of three months. By comparison, only 4,900 volunteers left the site last year in the same period of time. The...

10 Things Seniors Can Do to Help End Slavery

" Human trafficking may sometimes seem like the issue dejour for students and young people, but retired people and seniors have a tremendous capacity for contributing to the abolitionist cause. Activism can help...

Indian Floods: Seva Bharati saving lives

Floods have devastated Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and bordering districts of Maharashtra. With millions losing their homes and families many government and non-government organizations have...

Tough Times? Save the Planet.

We are drowning. And not just in credit card bills and tuition payments. We are drowning in false choices. We are told that we must choose between making money and making a difference, that it is not possible to...

Volunteer Brings D.C. Students Face-to-Face with Kenyan Poverty

June 26, 2009, Washington, DC: "You are sick and it is the weekend. You have a fever and you're sweating and vomiting so you fear you have malaria. You need medical attention. All the money you have is what is in your pocket, a total of $3.59. You never went to school so you...

Filipinos urged to take local action to help Clean Up the World

Climate change has been described as the "defining challenge of our age" by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.Mr. Roald Romualdez Arcangel, Chairman of Clean Up the Philippines Movement, Inc. today urged...

Volunteer Abroad Tanzania Dar Es Salaam Arusha Children Orphans

http://www.abroaderview.org Our programs allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Tanzania. Volunteering in Tanzania is a way to...

Poll: 73 Percent Say Congress Should Return AIG Cash

As President Barack Obama and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) continue to point fingers over which one of them is to blame for the stimulus bill's "Dodd Amendment," which specifically excludes bonuses from caps on executive...

Volunteer Abroad Zambia Orphanages Volunteering abroaderview.org

Our programs in Lusaka and the surrounding towns allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Zambia. Volunteering in Zambia is a way to...

Health, education, and water in Nagaland, India

The Indian state of Nagaland spreads over an area of 16,527 square kilometers, bordered by Assam, to the west and north, and Burma, to the east.  Its population resides mainly in rural areas. Kohima, its...

Zaragoza Project to provide health care in rural El Salvador

In June of 2008, I spent five weeks in El Salvador and was fortunate to have the opportunity to volunteer in a local health care clinic. The Zaragosa Clinic is just shy of an hour’s bus ride inland from the...

Ted Haggard & Oprah Interview VIDEO

Disgraced ex-church pastor Ted Haggard, along with his wife Gayle, took to the Oprah Winfrey show today to promote the new HBO documentary about his fall, "The Trials of Ted Haggard," and discuss his life-long...

Last One Standing!

(Anytown USA) -- Unless you live in a large urban area, or highly populated suburban community, chances are that you, your family and possessions are protected by volunteer firefighters and rescue personnel. In fact, current statistics show that of this nation’s 1,000,000...

9-year-old rock climber's act of kindness

This is a piece of news which, as a non-profit organization, really means a lot to us. Timmy Dolan, a 9-year-old from Boulder, CO, found The Mountain Fund in an internet search.  Timmy is a competitor in the...

Salvation Army Red Kettles Yields Odd Treasures

A Salvation Army volunteer emptying kettles in southwest Florida recently glanced something that stood out from the piles of spare change and crumpled bills:  a 1911 Liberty Eagle gold coin worth about...

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