By Adrien Major Volunteer Geneva’s participation in the “Marche de l’Espoir” on 12 October has lead to a planned ongoing partnership for future events with Terre des Hommes (TdH). Indeed, both TdH and Volunteer Geneva were very happy to work together and we received very positive feedback on our first joint collaboration with TdH. After…
Despite the rainy weather, around 20 people attended Wednesday’s Guest Speaker event with Ms. Tania Gentet Ganose from the Geneva Red Cross Youth. Ms. Gentet Ganose began by presenting the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and its seven fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality. She focused specifically on impartiality and…
We have had an excellent response to the call for volunteers to help set-up for this weekend’s Marche de l’Espoir. We understood that many hands were needed and we promoted this event heavily through the website, our newsletter, Facebook and Glocals. As expected, our volunteers came through and signed up in numbers. No Credit Payday…
Donating blood. For some, the mere thought of doing so is enough to run a chill down the spine. payday loans east los angeles However, our own President now assures us that there is nothing to worry about, claiming that his first recent experience was “fun” and that he is looking forward to going back again….
A small group from Volunteer Geneva joined the YMCA World Challenge on Saturday. Check out their website for photos and details of activities that took place across the globe – http://challenge.ymca.int/ The weather was perfect and the day was loads and loads of fun, despite some of us finishing well down the leaders’ board of the Scavenger…
About thirty people joined us last night for an Information Evening with plenty of new faces gathering in the cosy basement of Café Gavroche. James, with help from Christina and Nadia, spoke about how the group has evolved over the past year, sometimes for better and other times for worse. There were several questions, comments,…
On Saturday night, a couple of us went to the Geneva Red Cross stocktaking activity at the Payot store on Chantepoulet. It was a great turn out overall for the Red Cross, with volunteers from the Geneva Red Cross and several other organisations coming to help. With tens of thousands of books to be scanned and counted, it helps…
The donated clothing, suitcases and bags that were collected over the past six weeks were finally shipped to St. Gallen on Sunday. Ulrike from the immigration reception centre (pictured above, left) was on hand to receive the donations and help pack and ship them by train to St. Gallen. Ulrike was overwhelmed by the response…
Twenty-eight people attended the fundraising evening on 7 December to enjoy a delicious fondue prepared by Henan and his team of helpers. With the combination of money paid by the attending guests and numerous donations, a total of 727 CHF was raised for the soup kitchen at Jardin de Montbrillant. Originally planned for 17 December,…
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Through the collaborative effort of the Geneva YMCA/YWCA, Y’s Men International and the World Alliance of YMCAs, a meeting was held on 17 November 2011 for young persons living in Geneva. This meeting was conceptualised with the intention to form a group of volunteers who would undertake various community-based projects in and around Geneva with…
