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On our Global Action Platform, there's an action submitted by a small women's organization in Tchonvi village, Benin. The work: a one-day gathering on menstrual hygiene that doubled as a peace dialogue during the election period. About a hundred women and girls turned up. The objective initially was twenty-eight. There's also a national policy review underway in Kenya that 4,000 volunteers helped shape, opening the door for government departments to allocate budget to volunteerism for the first time. And in between: bird strike prevention in South Korea. A women's center being built in Senegal. A bicycle program in Chungcheongnam-do linking carbon neutrality to community recovery. A first-aid brigade trained along a dangerous stretch of highway in Bassila, Benin. A humanitarian concert in Kolašin to help pay for a student named Lana's treatment. This is what IVY 2026 actually looks like. The platform is our attempt to make that visible – not as a showcase, but as a record. If you're working on something this year, anywhere on the spectrum from a single workshop to a national policy review, we'd like it on the map. Get started today at action.iave.org #IVY2026 #Volunteering #CivilSociety #SocialImpact #GlobalDevelopment #FutureofVolunteering Pictured below: Volunteers from National Forum for Advocacy Nepal (NAFAN)

Force for Good. Last week, I joined the Youth Futures Forum hosted by Discovery, LTD in Johannesburg, bringing together models from ABSA, IBM and others that are building pathways for youth entrepreneurship, empowerment and skills. Discovery Limited Absa Group IBM IAVE Andronica Mabuya Jane Jamieson Zintle Raziya (MPHIL)

So great to have Nichole in Johannesburg this week for Discovery’s Corporate Social Impact event. This is exactly the kind of partnership that reminds us why corporate volunteering matters and why we love the work we get to do alongside companies like Discovery. #corporatevolunteering #CSR #SouthAfrica Discovery Limited Nichole Cirillo, MA Andronica Mabuya

Grateful to the incredible team at Tata Consultancy Services and Tata Engage for bringing the IAVE Global Action Platform to life! Through ProEngage, TCS volunteers contributed their skills and expertise to build something truly meaningful – a global hub for action, collaboration, and impact in support of IVY 2026. This is what skills-based volunteering looks like at its best! 💯💯💯 Explore what we built together at action.iave.org #skillsbasedvolunteering #corporatepartners #gcvc #futureofvolunteering #mapyourimpact Carolyn Cavicchio Shrirang Dhavale Gauri Rajadhyaksha

Last Tuesday, IAVE launched the Global Action Mapping Platform, a new global map that brings the world's volunteering efforts together in one place, aligned to the commitments of the Call to Action for the Future of Volunteering: Recognition, Support, and Safeguarding. The Call to Action was shaped by this global community, and the platform is how we track our collective progress against it. Our shared goal is one million data points by 2030. Join a live demo this week to see the platform in action and add your work to the map. Tuesday, May 19, 7:00 AM EDT → bit.ly/ctademo1 Wednesday, May 20, 7:00 PM EDT → bit.ly/ctademo2 Thursday, May 21, 12:00 PM EDT → bit.ly/ctademo3 action.iave.org #FutureOfVolunteering #IYV2026 #ActionMapping #MapYourImpact

There is an enormous amount of work happening globally to recognize, support, and safeguard volunteers. Most of it goes unseen. The Call to Action Global Mapping Platform was developed to change that. It's a living, public map of what organizations worldwide are actually doing in response to the Call to Action for the Future of Volunteering. The goal is simple: make the invisible visible, and show just how much is already happening around the world. Add your organization's action today at action.iave.org #IVY2026 #Volunteers #CallToAction #ActionMapping #FutureofVolunteering

The Global Action Platform is live at action.iave.org. It's a public, searchable map of what organizations, governments, companies, and individuals are actually doing to support, recognize, and safeguard volunteers — organized around the three areas of the IAVE Call to Action for the Future of Volunteering. Not pledges, but ACTIONS. If your organization is taking steps that supports, recognizes or safeguards volunteers, adding your commitment to the map takes about 10 minutes. IVY 2026 is the moment volunteering gets the global attention it deserves. This platform is how we show what that looks like in practice. Get started at action.iave.org Missed today's webinar? Link to the webinar recording available in the comments. Want a guided walkthrough? We're hosting three live demo sessions next week, May 19-21. Links to register are also in the comments! A special thank you to Tata Sustainability Group for their generous support in bringing this platform to life! #FutureofVolunteering #CalltoAction #GlobalMapping #ImpactMapping #Volunteering

We are delighted to share that Wendy Osborne, IAVE's Senior Consultant, and Sanda Rakocevic, Europe Regional Representative on the IAVE Board, will be presenting at an upcoming webinar, "From Insight to Action: Shaping the Future of Volunteering Worldwide", co-hosted by Points of Light and IAVE. As the world marks the United Nations International Volunteer Year in 2026, this session will explore what the future of volunteering requires and how leaders across sectors can help shape it. The conversation draws on our Call to Action for the Future of Volunteering to examine key global trends and practical strategies for building more resilient, inclusive, and sustainable volunteer ecosystems. Register here to join us on May 14th at 10am ET: https://lnkd.in/e6JUTwNi #IAVE #PointsOfLight #FutureOfVolunteering #IVY2026 #CallToAction ADP-Zid