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  • International Volunteer Day: Being a volunteer means being passionate...
    5 December 2011 - 9:12pm
    Every day, volunteers make an invaluable contribution to OCHA’s work helping people in crisis zones around the world. Today, their work is officially honoured and celebrated by the United Nations as part of International Volunteer Day. This year marks an important milestone: the tenth anniversary...
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  • The Broader View: Why communicating with disaster-struck communities...
    5 December 2011 - 12:48pm
    Internews’ Director of Humanitarian Media Jacobo Quintanilla explains why providing people with clear information during a crisis, and listening to their concerns, is as important as providing food, shelter and medicine. 17-year-old Suuban* endured 16-hours of child labour on the back of a truck...
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