Plastic-Free July

"Something is better than nothing. Let's give our contribution to making plastic-free July."

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Volunteer action counts: Reimagining volunteering in the Decade of Action

This is the fourth in a series of articles featured by United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Programme in Sri Lanka in the context of International Volunteer Day 2020. 

5 January 2021

Sharmalee Jayasinghe, UNV Country Coordinator in Sri Lanka

Every day, millions of individuals across the planet engage in volunteer actions supporting development initiatives in order to improve conditions for others and for themselves, their families and communities. However, the full picture of volunteering is complex and often hidden as most volunteering is spontaneous, often times it is individual actions in response to a need which are hard to capture with a tendency to focus on formal and full-time volunteers.