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- International Volunteer Day, 2008
- President Bush Discusses World AIDS Day
- Mrs. Bush's Remarks at the ServiceNation Summit
- President Bush Calls on Congress to Make International Service Program Permanent
- President Bush Discusses Volunteerism
- Initial Results Point to Success for VFPServ Partnership
- VFP Service Opportunity
- Relief and Recovery: Tropical Cyclone Nargis
- President Bush Discusses National Volunteer Week
- USA Freedom Corps Update: National Volunteer Week, April 27-May 3 "Volunteer to Change the World"
- Office of Volunteers for Prosperity Launches New Volunteer Grant Program
- USAID Administrator Announces New Volunteer Partnership
 Volunteers for Prosperity Report Highlights Gains in International Service
The Office of Volunteers for Prosperity (VfP Office) at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today released its latest Annual Report summarizing progress achieved through September 30, 2007, noting significant gains in international voluntary service and highlighting the service projects of skilled Americans supporting those in need throughout the world. Learn more...- Volunteers for Prosperity Celebrates 4th Anniversary
- President Bush Names Henry C. Lozano to be Director of USA Freedom Corps
- President Encourages Americans to Honor 9/11 by Volunteering
- Message on Disaster Relief for Peru from the Office of Volunteers for Prosperity, US Agency for International Development
The most effective way for the American public to assist relief efforts is by making cash contributions to humanitarian organizations that are conducting relief operations. Information on identifying humanitarian organizations that are accepting cash donations for their efforts in Peru is available by calling the Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI) at (703) 276-1914 or visiting http://www.cidi.org. For the latest information on the US government's relief efforts in Peru through the US Agency for International Development, please visit http://www.usaid.gov/locations/latin_america_caribbean/perueq/.
- A Legacy Worth Leaving
Stricken with cancer, Tom Ingram, a volunteer with VfP partner Medical Teams International, wishes to return to Moldova for his eighth volunteer trip in order to help orphans and burn victims. Learn more...
- Volunteers for Prosperity Launches Public Service Announcement
- White House Conference On The Americas
On July 9, 2007, President and Mrs. Bush hosted a Conference On The Americas to highlight United States engagement and discuss more effective ways to deliver aid and strengthen civil society. Attendees included representatives from the private sector, non-governmental organizations, faith-based groups and volunteer associations. Learn more...
- The Volunteer Voice E-newsletter - July Edition
- Establishment of New Office Highlights Agency's Commitment to American Volunteers
- VfP Volunteer Receives the President's Volunteer Service Award
President George W. Bush presented Kay Hiramine with the President's Volunteer Service Award at a ceremony honoring Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Mr. Hiramine is the CEO of Humanitarian International Services Group (HISG), a US-based nonprofit aid organization, that is a partner with Volunteers for Prosperity. Learn more...
- Malaria Awareness Day, 2007
- National Volunteer Week, 2007
- ANNOUNCEMENT: The VfP Office has added a new feature to its website, "Partners Corner", an information exchange forum for VfP partners. This on-line forum provides VfP partners periodic opportunities to share with others in the VfP partner network insights and perspectives on managing volunteer programs. Learn more...
- The Volunteer Voice E-newsletter - March Edition
- Medical Teams International Volunteers Receive Presidential Award
- Remarks by President George W. Bush After Meeting on Volunteerism
- Factsheet: Five Years of USA Freedom Corps - Celebrating American Service
- African Diaspora Medical Group Partners with Volunteers for Prosperity
- Fifth Anniversary of USA Freedom Corps, 2007
- Millennium Promise Partners with Volunteers for Prosperity
- ANNOUNCEMENT: The VfP Office has added a search engine to its website that links to a database of announcements for specific international voluntary opportunities (see USA Freedom Corps Volunteer Network Find an International Volunteer Opportunity.) The search engine makes it easier for skilled Americans to volunteer overseas. Just select an interest category and click "Find Opportunities Now". VfP partners interested in listing their international voluntary opportunities with the USA Freedom Corps Volunteer Network should contact the VfP Office for further information at volunteersforprosperity@usaid.gov
- Volunteers for Prosperity (VfP) Supports the President's Malaria Initiative
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