Forum 3:  23^rd September – Topic: Tolerance and Inclusion – Volunteering Enabling Community Cohesion and Embracing Diversity

Volunteering is vitally important to providing a sense of belonging to one’s community, it is a practical way to showcase resilience by including everyone in helping themselves and others to overcome problems whether they are, for example, economic, social, humanitarian or environmental. Volunteers are working across divisions and between cultures showcasing in practical ways the respect for others that builds more tolerant societies. Organizations that involve volunteers also need to be committed to the value of inclusion, showcasing tolerance and embracing diversity in their involvement of volunteers.

Key Presenter: Christopher Millora, (Philippines) Doctoral researcher with the UNESCO Chair in Adult Literacy and Learning for Social Transformation at the University of East Anglia (UK)