The International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development is observed annually on December 5 by the United Nations (UN). International Volunteer Day (IVD) is a day on which volunteers can collaborate on projects and campaigns to promote their contributions to economic and social development on a local, national, and international scale.
The purpose of this day is to raise public and government awareness of voluntary contributions. Additionally, it focuses on encouraging individuals to volunteer at home and abroad. Throughout the long term, legislatures, organizations, charitable associations, and people contribute the Global Worker Day through different exercises including:
- Community service projects.
- rallies, marches, and parades
- Celebrations of volunteers who have made significant contributions to their communities that include awards.
- Campaigns known as “time donations” involve volunteers pledging hours of their time to specific projects.
- Organizations sending off deliberate projects as a component of their corporate obligation.
- Competitions for volunteers
The day’s activities and events help spread the word about volunteering and the UN’s Millennium Development Goals by encouraging people to:
- aid in the end of poverty.
- Obtain primary education for all.
- Ensure gender parity and women’s empowerment.
- lowering infant mortality rates and enhancing maternal health
- Stop the spread of major diseases like malaria and HIV/AIDS.
- Contribute to the sustainability of the environment.
The World Volunteer Web, which is operated by the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) in collaboration with various organizations, attracts a large number of participants to many of these events.
Governments are encouraged to observe the International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development on December 5 each year. Governments, the United Nations, civil society organizations, and volunteers from all over the world collaborate to celebrate the Day on December 5 each year as a result of the resolution from December 17, 1985.
During the International Year of Volunteering in 2001, the Assembly endorsed a set of suggestions for how governments and the United Nations could encourage volunteering and requested that these suggestions be widely disseminated. The International Year of Volunteers aimed to advocate for, recognize, facilitate, network, and promote voluntary action as well as stimulate national and international policy debate. The year made me much more aware of the power of volunteering in all its guises and the ways to help it.
Edu world emphasizes that policymakers must give domestic resource mobilization the “driver’s seat” in order to achieve sustainable financing, as opposed to equating development with the business of poverty management and relying on external financing for poverty reduction.
