ICVolunteers in South c/o Volunteer Center Western Cape, Somerset Hospital Helen Bowden Residence or Private Bag Green Point 8051

Contact Volunteers linking Tel.: +27 21 418 1116/7 knowledge with needs Fax: +27 27 418 3707 Email: [email protected] www.icvolunteers.org/za ICVolunteers www.cybervolunteers.info 05/06 09.2005 in South Africa WHO WE ARE? OUR PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS

ICVolunteers is an international non-govern- ICVolunteers creates opportunities covering a wide mental organization that recruits, trains and variety of interests that benefit both volunteers and coordinates volunteers for non-profit confer- public or private entities, non-governmental organi- ences, events and projects. We also offer zations and international institutions. experienced organizational and management services to event and project coordinators. Conferences During Conferences we provide assistance in wel- ICVolunteers is in particular active in three come and logistical services, translation and interpre- areas: conference support, cybervolunteerism tation, writing and editing articles or conference reports. and language services. AIDS 2000, held in Durban in 2000, was the first World AIDS Volunteer Exchange Programme With its headquarters in , , Conference happening on the ICVolunteers has continued to expand and African continent. ICVolunteers • Long terme: with projects in Southern Africa and now has offices and permanent representa- took care of the international vol- elsewhere in the world (Switzerland, Canada, tion in a number of countries, including , unteer team working at the event, Mali...): project coordination, translation of docu- Uganda and . including Emmanuel, originally ments, online reserach, fundraising, interpreta- from Congo and now living in tion... ICVolunteers, in partnership with Volunteer , here helping with French Centre, founded the ICVolunteers South • Short term: in collaboration with our associate interpretation. Africa Desk in Cape Town. members, in particular for event-related projects both at the local and international levels…

CyberVolunteers ICVolunteers works with a network of 1,500 active volunteers We offer through the CyberVolunteering programme internship opportunities rang- from age 16 to over 80, coming from some 100 countries. ing from a few weeks to a few months, to new technology experts. Volunteers under- take field projects related to the work, network administration or to the development ICVolunteers from Past to Present of software applications. For more information about the programme please visit: http://cyber.icvolunteers.org. Current project in Southern Africa: Africa@home, Uganda Bwindi National Park Telecentre, ICT training program for volunteer organi- 1997 Viola Krebs, Director, 2004 A meeting of the zations. recruited our first volunteers, International Civil Society for the 12th World AIDS Bureau (CSB) of the World Conference. Summit on the Information Society in Cape Town 1999 Success of these initial efforts led Krebs and others to found 2005 ICVolunteers obtains ICVolunteers. consultative status with the Econonic and Social Council 2000 ICVolunteers has mobilized in of the South Africa volunteers for a number of events, including 2006 ICVolunteers South Africa the XIII International Desk Officially Launched on 2 AIDS Conference in Durban International Volunteers Day. 3