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TOP STORY
Retiree shares decade of knowledge online
Rui Oliveira, a retired IT specialist from Portugal supporting the Ghanaian organization NGO News Africa, is featured in a video produced by the Portuguese television channel RTF.
TIPS AND RESOURCES
After the Libya crisis broke, UN OCHA joined forces with the Standby Task Force to create the Libya Crisis map, which was maintained by hundreds of online volunteers.
THIS MONTH
Online Volunteering Award 2011
On 5 December, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme announced the winners of the Online Volunteering Award 2011.





