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RELEASE – Partnership With CloudCone

Posted on August 13, 2017 BY Antoinette Jerom

RELEASE – IVolunteer International is thrilled to announce our partnership with Cloudcone. We thank them for deciding to stand by us as we continue to connect more and more volunteers…

Social Inclusion and Social Integration in Sri Lanka

Posted on August 12, 2017 BY Anuradhi Perera

“We move in a world which we do not control, but which controls us, which is not directed toward us and adapted to us, but toward which we must direct…

Youth – Pathfinders of a Nation!

Posted on August 12, 2017August 12, 2017 BY Darrshini Parthepan

“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt It is the youth who bring laurels to…

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Posted on August 8, 2017August 12, 2017 BY Kasun Pathirage

“We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism.”…

The Ageing of Sri Lanka

Posted on August 1, 2017 BY Darrshini Parthepan

Sri Lanka is significant for having a meteorically ageing population. Today the Asia-Pacific region is home to about 60% of the world’s elderly population. Statistics connote that the population pyramid…

Free Your Mind: Importance of Mental Health

Posted on July 30, 2017July 31, 2017 BY Ashanee Kottage

On the 15th of July I attended an event recommended by a friend. The message was brief and didn’t include much information. The words “walked 550km” caught my attention. The…

Butterfly Effect – A Full Stop to Suicide

Posted on July 18, 2017 BY Darrshini Parthepan

“Suicide” – a painful result of a hasty decision. Suicide is the climax of extended mental and emotional suffering. It is incidental rather than mindful-incidental to the desire to escape…

Why Volunteer?

Posted on July 11, 2017 BY Chathu Alahakoon

Volunteering is trending these days. Have you ever wonder what it really means? In simple words, it means “Freely offering to do something”. But, let’s find out more about what…

Robin Hood Army on a Mission to Eliminate Hunger

Posted on July 11, 2017 BY Ashanee Kottage

IVolunteer International recently partnered with Robin Hood Army Sri Lanka – a volunteer-based organization that works to get surplus food from restaurants across to the less fortunate people. Their vision is to eliminate…

Ramadan Fast

Posted on June 26, 2017 BY Ashanee Kottage

Ramadan and its activities ensues a religious observance by almost 2 billion people. The month of utmost endurance and discipline began on Friday, May 26th. It ended on Saturday, June…

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