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Dans de nombreuses communautés africaines, les crises économiques, sociales et environnementales rendent la vie quotidienne de plus en plus précaire. Pourtant, dans ces contextes fragiles, une force silencieuse, souvent sous-estimée, s’active au cœur des dynamiques locales : celle du volontariat porté par les jeunes et les femmes.
Au Cameroun, cette énergie se manifeste de manière éclatante. Loin d’être de simples bénévoles, ces acteurs volontaires s’imposent comme des piliers de la résilience communautaire, en répondant de manière innovante et engagée aux défis locaux. Qu’il s’agisse de santé, d’environnement, de justice sociale ou de participation citoyenne, leurs actions contribuent à la transformation des territoires.
In our latest interview we met with Rithyra Liv, Country Director at France Volontaires in the Kingdom of Cambodia. France Volontaires has been working in Cambodia since 2002 and opened the first Asian Volunteering Centre in Phnom Penh in 2011.
In 1862, Henri Dunant, deeply moved by the suffering he witnessed in 1859 at the Battle of Solferino, asked a transformative question in his book A Memory of Solferino: could communities create relief groups in times of peace, ready to serve the wounded in times of war? His idea, rooted in compassion and neutrality, led to the creation of the Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) Movement, now the world’s largest humanitarian network.
Continuing our series of interviews with influential Forum leaders and IVCO delegates, this week we met with Tariku Negash, Project Manager at Serve Global, a civil society organisation dedicated to promoting structured volunteering services for peace and development.
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This latest think piece by Dr. Qiang (Braven) Zhang explores whether volunteering – humanity’s oldest form of unpriced cooperation – can shape AI.
We begin this think piece with a personal reflection from Willoughby Niki on how the onset of COVID-19 abruptly rewrote and ultimately expanded his volunteering engagement as a way of life. He goes on to explore how technology can deepen human connections in international development.
As we work towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and better lives for communities around the world, trust is central to our ability to cooperate with stakeholders and further these goals. Yet trust is also becoming a challenge, as cooperation unfolds against a backdrop of geopolitical fragmentation, and seemingly transactional relationships.
19-23 October 2026 | Paris, France
Registration is now LIVE for the 2026 Global Volunteering Forum!
Join us in Paris, as we celebrate the UN’s International Volunteer Year.
We’re again bringing together leaders from across the globe to help tackle the biggest shifts in volunteering, partnerships, impact and innovation.
