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Meridian Swift

Meridian Swift is a pen name. She has managed volunteers for 20 years, is the author of The Volunteer Shelf Life, blogs on volunteerplaintalk, has written for Energize Inc., Canadian Journal of Volunteer Resources Management, and Engaging Volunteers. She has held the CVA since 2005, and has presented on the state and national levels on volunteer management topics.

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A new initiative finds a new life for unused electronic appliances and devices for social organisations and educational centres.

Jaume Vidal

Since Health Action International (HAI) was founded over 40 years ago,  the role of civil society in Global Health has dramatically...

Cèlia Mallafré

We move around towns and cities either on foot, on a bike, using public transport or our cars, and in many other ways, and yet we do so...