Spriggs-Payne Airfield, Monrovia, Liberia: I chose to be a volunteer because the only way to close the gap is through volunteerism. Read

Khartoum, Sudan: I realized I was making a big difference in my job. Read

Buchanan, Liberia: I am constantly approached by both state prosecutors and defence counsel for advice... and I am always on the move, speaking to rape victims and their families to come to court to help the state to prosecute alleged rapists. Read

Months spent as volunteers in a refugee camp for Liberians provided a quick immersion into the eye-opening contradictions of modern Africa for two young Canadian women. Read

Bongo district, Ghana: Gilbert Azagsa, one of 400 Ghana Red Cross Society volunteers who is helping to register the needs of people affected by the rains and flooding in Ghana is talking to Aduko Akolbire, a widow from Soe community. Aduko tells him that she is mostly worried about the lack of food and money. Read