On December 5 every year people celebrate International Volunteer Day, to pay special tribute to volunteers working to serve others.
#InternationalVolunteersDay - Many used social media to thank volunteers for their selfless work.
UNDP South Africa: “It is International #VolunteerDay. ‘I extend my deepest gratitude to the more than 6,700 United Nations Volunteers, 12,000 United Nations Online Volunteers and the one billion community volunteers worldwide. You are all instrumental to the future of people and the planet. Your commitment and passion can act as inspiration to us all.’ — UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. 2016 Theme: Global Applause – give volunteers a hand.”
MYCorps: ‘“Volunteers are not paid - - not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless.’ Happy International Volunteer Day. Go out there and make a difference for the lives of others. Do it not because you have to, but do it because you want to. #MYCorpsCambodia2 #FUNraise4Cambodia #internationalvolunteer #malaysia #cambodia #MalaysiaBoleh #MyCorpschanginglives #MYCorpsFamily #MYCorps
Aftab Ahmad: “International Volunteer Day My salute and tribute to all the volunteers across the world especially to volunteers of National Academy of Young Scientists (NAYS), Pakistan who are working day and night to promote education, awareness, science and technology in Pakistan. May God bless best reward to all the volunteers.”
Tilottam Paudel: “Happy International Volunteer Day to all the volunteers out there.” Muhammad Haroon: “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others... Happy International Volunteer’s Day to all volunteers.”
Graham Morris: “On International Volunteer Day, we’d like to thank all of our volunteers, for all of their fantastic effort throughout the year 2016.”
Birendra Poudel: “I love volunteering and serving the children and community. My special day at Narayani public high school.”
Grace Magek: “As we mark International Day for Volunteers, #Volunteerism has been key in disseminating information and creating awareness on how we can #EndGenderBasedViolence which will be the key to achieving #GenderEquality in Kenya, Africa and the world at large. We undertook several actions and activities during the #16daysofActivism. Eeryday is a new activity. We have spent our #time with #Schoolgirls to discuss #GirlChildEducation and why it is important for girls to be educated regardless of #challenges they face as ongoing school girls to eliminate all forms of violence #EndFGM #EndChildMarriage #TheFutureisFemale #LadiesLead #Sisterhood
#GenderEquality in Progress.” Lauren Walsh: “Hats off to all the Volunteers out there keeping organizations, events and programs going. There are so many programs out there to get involved in.”
