United Nations Volunteers' photostream

The International Volunteer Day (IVD) is celebrated around the world every 5 December. Governments, the UN system and civil society organizations have successfully joined volunteers around the world to celebrate the Day since 1985.

IVD offers an opportunity for volunteer organizations and individual volunteers to make visible their contributions - at local, national and international levels - to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

Over the years, rallies, parades, community volunteering projects, environmental awareness, free medical care and advocay campaigns have all featured prominently on IVD.

The World Volunteer Web has set up this page to create a gallery of photos of the events being organized around the world.

If you have photos to share from your own IVD events, send them to us by email and we'll post them here.