de volonteurope | ian 30, 2015 | Members news, News
Coração Amarelo’s (Yellow Heart Association) model of support to older people has recently been exported to South Africa. The initiative comes from Joana Pizarro Miranda, Portuguese ambassador in South Africa and member of the organisation Nova Vida (New Life). The...
de volonteurope | ian 29, 2015 | Network news, News
#ruralisolation Would you live in an area with no electricity? With no public transportation? With no broadband connection? Probably not, at least not if you had a choice. Yet, individuals in some of the most deprived rural communities in Europe need to cope with...
de volonteurope | ian 26, 2015 | News
#EUYouthAmbassadors Last Friday the European Commission held the EU Aid Volunteers Infoday in order to inform civil society about different aspects of the programme. The event, organised by DG ECHO (Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection) and the EACEA (Education,...
de volonteurope | ian 26, 2015 | Network news, News
Last week, I travelled to Paris to represent CSV and Volonteurope at the kick-off meeting of the ENGAGE project. An Erasmus+ funded initiative, ENGAGE aims to develop a European toolkit for citizenship education for 8-12 year olds. The project’s lead partner is...
de volonteurope | ian 12, 2015 | Comment & analysis, News
#commongoodEU At the end of 2014, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs launched an international appeal for $16.4 billion to finance humanitarian assistance in 2015. António Guterrez, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees...
