Cohousing around the world: from Denmark to Catalonia
The global movement of collective housing is a model based on communities of individuals living together in a cooperative way.
#GirlsCount Campaign is looking for 130 million voices for the education of girls
130 million girls won’t go to school today. Not because they do not want to, but because they do not have the opportunity. The campaign seeks to sound an alarm, urging all state governments to mobilize resources to get all girls to attend school.
5 best practices for nonprofit organisations on the social media
Many nonprofit organisations are on the social media and use new tools and strategies to improve communication. Live streaming of Catalan human towers on Facebook Live, hashtags that become a trending topic… here we bring to you just a few of them!
The Free Listening Day: volunteers listening to people’s problems
Urban Confessional organises an event to be hosted in cities around the US and abroad. At the moment they already have 2000 US-based volunteers.
Monitoring the reception of refugees to improve European integration policies
The NIEM project aims to improve the integration outcomes of beneficiaries of international protection.
Doctors Without Borders reports that Eritrean refugees are dying en route to Europe
The humanitarian organisation has claimed that the EU collaborates with the government of Eritrea and other countries to stop them from reaching Europe.
5 platforms for worldwide digital volunteering
Online volunteering puts NGOs and communities in contact to carry out tasks thanks to one vital tool: an internet connection.
Tapper-app against food waste now launched in Catalonia
It has been created by an association from Cornellà de Llobregat and its main purpose is to reduce food waste and promote the utilisation of daily surplus generated by small businesses and restaurants.
How to find and encourage volunteers through social media
For nonprofit organisations, social media can be a space to catch citizens’ attention, connect with the social bases and build up a community. Here we offer you some key elements to secure the commitment from volunteers, using the social media.
CEV Conference to develop European volunteering strategies
The Capacity Building Conference will take place on 6-7 April 2017 in London at the City Hall.
The 17NTC, the hub for non-profit professionals
The Non-Profit Technology Conference assembles over 2,000 of the best and brightest professionals from around the world.
Save the Children warns that child poverty has increased by 8.4% in the last decade
The "Underprivileged" report examines five key areas in which it noted inequalities in the development of children: work, social security, housing, education and health.