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| eVolunteer.co.uk | 29/11/2000 | Our First Century! Let Us Know What You Think. | Today we crossed the 100 Orgs mark. Please email us and let us know what you think is good and not so good about the site to help us improve for the future. Just click this link to email: max@evolunteer.co.uk. |
| United Nations | 28/11/2000 | UN Secretary-General urges states to promote volunteerism at start of International Year of Volunteers | BONN/NEW YORK, 28 November 2000 -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday opened the
International Year of Volunteers 2001 by urging governments and institutions worldwide to recognize
and celebrate the vital contributions of volunteers. |
| United Nations | 28/11/2000 | PEACE CORPS REACHES HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS SINCE 1974 | Washington, D.C., November 28, 2000 - Peace Corps Director Mark L. Schneider announced there are more than 7,300 volunteers and trainees serving around the world, the highest level in 26 years. This historic level comes at a time when the Peace Corps also has the most diverse body of volunteers in more than a decade. Schneider made this announcement today at the opening ceremony of the International Year of the Volunteers held at the United Nations in New York City. |
| United Nations | 28/11/2000 | In the International Year of Volunteers, The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts urges organizations to provide youth-friendly opportunities for volunteering | The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) will celebrate the UN International Year of Volunteers by promoting young people as volunteers – and urging all organizations to provide young people with suitable opportunities to gain invaluable experience through volunteering. |
| The Guardian | 16/11/2000 | Brown's £450m aid for young | Gordon Brown yesterday challenged the business community to join forces with local councils and the voluntary sector to help rescue the most vulnerable children from poverty, ignorance and crime... |
| The Guardian | 15/11/2000 | Mutual friends | Experts call on charities to group themselves under umbrellas according to the cause they work for... |
| The BBC | 07/11/2000 | Not the retiring kind? | After 25 years building the Body Shop empire, Anita Roddick is set to exit the business world. But like many of her contemporaries, she is planning an active retirement. |
