Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy books

Aims to challenge the received accounts of the welfare state by highlighting the complex web of relationships that...  Read More >>

This study dramatically opens the door to viewing philanthropy in terms of who gives, the nature of those gifts,...  Read More >>

In the the first comprehensive empirical study of US activist class cultures, Betsy Leondar-Wright looks at class...  Read More >>

Launched at a kitchen table in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, Mano a Mano began collecting and shipping medical supplies...  Read More >>

In the the first comprehensive empirical study of US activist class cultures, Betsy Leondar-Wright looks at class...  Read More >>

This collection describes service-learning programs in teacher education for literacy, secondary English, and elementary...  Read More >>

There are three major linguistic families in Uganda and about 50 distinct languagesdivided among them. Languages...  Read More >>

History and Future of Peace Corps Programming in ZambiaRural Aquaculture Promotion (RAP) ProjectVolunteers are helping...  Read More >>

Since 1962, more than 3,000 Volunteers have served in the Dominican Republic. These Volunteers have contributed...  Read More >>

Times have changed since the First Lady Dona Alejandrina Bermudez de Villeda Morales accompanied the first training...  Read More >>

For much of its post-contact history, Guatemala was a colonial state, in which kingdoms and the church were the...  Read More >>

Training is an essential and ongoing part of your Peace Corps service. Pre-service training will give you enough...  Read More >>

The Peace Corps was invited to El Salvador and sent its first Volunteers in 1962. During the next 15 years, more...  Read More >>

American philanthropy today expands knowledge, champions social movements, defines active citizenship, influences...  Read More >>

Since 1963, more than 3,000 Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) have served in Costa Rica in a variety of projects in...  Read More >>

The Peace Corps entered Cameroon in 1962 with 20 Volunteers who served as math and science teachers. Peace Corps/Cameroon's...  Read More >>

"Your brakes fail and your car plunges from a pier into a February-frigid...  Read More >>

Influential banker and patron of the arts Otto Kahn (1867-1934) played a leading role in reorganizing the U.S. railroad...  Read More >>

The Peace Corps/Honduras program has six primary projects: business development, child survival and HIV/AIDS prevention,...  Read More >>

History of the Peace Corps in Burkina FasoThe Peace Corps entered Burkina Faso, then called Upper Volta, in 1966....  Read More >>

Scholars and policy makers have long recognized entrepreneurship as a powerful engine of economic growth. It will...  Read More >>

The history of Tanzania begins with the dawn of our species. Most experts agree that the earliest humans originated...  Read More >>

Ethiopia is home to more than 80 ethnic and linguistic communities. Proud to be an African state that was never...  Read More >>

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Neither government programs nor massive charitable efforts responded adequately to the human crisis that was Hurricane...  Read More >>