This report provides an overview of different volunteering models and their suitability for managing digital volunteer support for field teams working in disaster response situations.
Activities review 2018 of the Ukrainian Red Cross Volunteer and Youth Development Unit.
In 2018, for the first time in the history of Ukrainian Red Cross Society, a volunteer and youth development unit has been created. During the preceding year the unit team worked on a series of important tasks, united by a common overall objective: tha …
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT PILOT
Francesco Rocca, President of the IFRC, welcomed the 62 participants, from 33 National Societies, the IFRC, academia and other volunteer engaging organizations at the 2nd Global Volunteering Alliance meeting, hosted by the Spanish Red Cross in Madrid. …
The BDRCS National Youth Commission is the body that is responsible to support and advise on matters which are related to young volunteers and youth development and work closely with BDRCS Youth and Volunteers Department to promote the implementation of the policies and strategies related to Red Crescent Youth.
This study provides an analysis of the volunteering situation of National Societies of the Red Cross in the American Continent in order to improve our capacity to respond to emergencies in the local and regional levels. This allows us to obtain updated …
Volunteers work in many different environments and it is important for them to be aware of their local security situation in order to stay safe, by minimizing the risks they face and increasing their capacities to deliver humanitarian services at all t …
Local actors are always the first to respond. In Nepal, local volunteers and emergency workers were responding even as the dust from the earthquake still hung in the air. In West Africa, well before the world woke up to the true nature of the Ebola threat, local health workers and affected communities were treating and isolating the sick and burying the dead.
