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Sign up for our IYV+26 Global Dialogues

In advance of the United Nations’ International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development (IYV) in 2026, IAVE is hosting a series of Global Dialogues to...
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IAVE’s 27th World Volunteer Conference is right around the corner!

Together with hundreds of volunteer leaders from corporate, NGO, academic and government sectors around the world, we are taking on the theme PEOPLE POWER: CREATING...
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Global companies highlight corporate volunteering as key to sustainable development

Global companies committed to corporate volunteering will join leaders from nonprofit, government, and academic volunteer programs at the 27th IAVE World Volunteer Conference in Busan,...
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Help find a host for the 2026 World Volunteer Conference

IAVE—the International Association for Volunteer Effort—is now accepting bids from interested organizations, communities and countries to host the 2026 IAVE World Volunteer Conference! 
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Standing with immigrants

My grandfather had a hard start, coming to the United States at age 14 in 1912, fleeing poverty, disease and war with only two silver...
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Leaders to highlight volunteering as key to sustainable development at global conference

As the world grapples with major, interconnected crises, “People Power: Creating a Sustainable Future through Volunteering” will call attention to the powerful ways volunteers are...
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Welcome to Eva Halper

IAVE is excited to announce that Eva Halper is joining Lorrie Foster as a director of Global Corporate Volunteer Council (GCVC), IAVE’s leadership network for...
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