International Volunteer Day Activities

On December 5, the International Volunteer Day, the "Volunteering and Community Development Forum and Photo Exhibition" was successfully held in Sichuan University . Over 100 participants from 50 organizations were present in the activities. They had a hot discussion on the theme of volunteering work and community development.

This forum was initiated by United Nations Volunteers (UNV), Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), Beijing Huizeren Social Service Centre, Sichuan Provincial Women's Federation and Heifer International China Office. It is aimed at recognizing and promoting participation of people at grassroots level in volunteering to contribute to the development of their communities and achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

13 volunteers from Heifer International China Office served on the forum. They were uniformed and provided professional and ebullient service to the participants. We believe this is also a good opportunity for them to communicate with those NGOs from different fields. Wu Yan, one of the volunteers said, "I am so lucky that I can do such a work here. People here are so professional and friendly. From this forum, I learned a lot. I think I will be glad to do more volunteering work in the future."