volunteering
![Clara Garcia - Font: Beartsy.org](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/claragarcia1.jpg?itok=D7gurWR5)
Clara Garcia Ortés is the voluntary president and project manager at Be Artsy, a non-profit association that develops creative projects for communities lacking access to provide training and experiences.
![Mario Cuevas. Source: NGO Voluntariado](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/mariocuenca.jpg?itok=MaVwmr7s)
Mario Cuenca from the NGO Voluntariado tells us about the need to raise awareness around the culture of volunteering in the context of our current society and the advantages of participating in an international volunteering experience.
English Catalan-based author Matthew Tree tells us about the main advantatges of linguistic volunteering in Catalonia.
![Francesca Pisano with a volunteer. Source: Aarhus 2018](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/volunteers_1.jpg?itok=LNAeI4RQ)
Francesca Pisano, member of Aarhus 2018, talks about the aims and benefits of hosting the European Volunteering Capital 2018.
![Sligo 2017](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/dtv836jxcaehj8l.jpg?itok=tHmmDMkK)
Ciara Herity, manager of the Sligo Volunteer Centre, talks about her experience as 2017 European Volunteering Capital.
![Kosice. Source: Kosice State Theatre](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/sligo1.jpg?itok=vPS6yBC2)
The Slovak city has been chosen, ahead of the other two finalists, Augsburg in Germany and Cascais in Portugal.
International Volunteer Day is held on December the 5th. It’s a day where our workforce becomes visible.
A volunteer, driven by an awareness that makes him or her sensitive to injustices, and driven by the resolve to role up their sleeves to transform their surroundings, is a person who goes to a non-profit organisation to collaborate.
![Laia Bernués, territorial delegate of AFEV Barcelona. Photo: AFEV Barcelona](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/img_20170324_105929.jpg?itok=Xr5r8SEJ)
The enTàndem project creates links between university volunteering and children at risk of social exclusion with the aim of encouraging children’s autonomy and self-esteem.
![Pathways to Rights: Empowering Young Europeans.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/pathways.jpg?itok=6gYpnWwR)
This is the title of the Volonteurope’s 26th Annual Conference which will take place in Brussels on 30-31 October.
![Sidi Si, at the center of the image. Photo: YAA](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/sidi.jpg?itok=xnEYFjB6)
Youth in Action Association is a non-profit established in the community of Kédougou, which works on projects relating to children, health and community development.
![A global day of secret Gigs. Source: Amnesty International](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/giveahome.jpg?itok=tZ0WSr_O)
Musicians, refugees and communities are coming together to recognise the things that unite them.