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A 40-year project has helped save little terns, a marine bird species threatened by high tides and beachgoers, through volunteer efforts.

Authorities in Bangladesh's Rohingya refugee camps are relocating people from risky areas after a landslide killed at least 5 children. The relocation efforts use loudspeakers, volunteers, and community leaders to ensure safety.

Camp Rainbow is a summer camp for kids with disabilities, supported by volunteers highlighted in the 'My Hero' series. The article features compassionate volunteers who create a magical experience for campers.

Volunteers are monitoring Rocky, a Hawaiian monk seal, and her new pup at Nimitz Beach in Kalaeloa to ensure their safety and undisturbed bonding during a seven-week period.

Volunteers collected 15,626 signatures for a measure to reopen the Great Highway on weekdays and maintain weekend park access. The measure is set to qualify for the November ballot.

Families in Venezuela are demanding assistance to recover victims of an earthquake. Rescuers and volunteers are working at the site of a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira state.

Volunteers will execute eight prisoners using Idaho's new $1 million killing chamber, which can cause prolonged and agonizing deaths. The method involves a lethal injection process administered by unpaid participants.

Volunteers and emergency workers are searching for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in Caraballeda, Venezuela, following an earthquake. The article highlights a tradition of mutual aid among people in the aftermath of the disaster.

A report by the Comptroller highlights significant failures in the evacuation and rehabilitation of individuals injured on October 7, citing a lack of policy, coordination, data, funding, and poor synchronization between government, volunteers, and donors.

Venezuelans express anger toward the government as residents and volunteers work urgently to rescue survivors from rubble. The government is perceived as abandoning efforts to save lives during the crisis.

Austria, which once denied its Nazi past, now sends young volunteers abroad to work with nonprofits preserving Holocaust memory. These volunteers replace military service with international efforts to honor Holocaust victims.

A volunteer rescue team from Britain assisting in Venezuela's earthquake response was stranded at the airport for over 24 hours as the disaster's death toll exceeded 1,400.

Scammers are targeting Merrillville residents recovering from a tornado with fake cleanup bills, as fraudsters solicit payments for work done by volunteers, according to police warnings.

Volunteers used a sledgehammer and shovel to rescue passengers after a business jet crashed on a dark Texas highway, knocking down light poles and trailing sparks.

Governor Okpebholo accused local people of recruiting criminals from other states to commit crimes in Edo. Volunteers are now stationed in forests to prevent criminals from settling in the state.

The Virginia Aquarium's Volunteer League awarded approximately $25,000 in scholarships to seven volunteers through the Virginia Aquarium Foundation. The scholarships were given to recent 2026 high school graduates selected via an application process requiring around 125 aquarium volunteer hours.

Volunteers are using remote CCTV monitoring to help protect red squirrels. The project enables remote participation in defending the species through footage analysis.

Volunteers are working to revive scarce bog insect numbers. The project's long-term goal is to reintroduce the wetland insect to more sites.

Volunteers in the Cotswolds recorded high phosphate and nitrate levels in a river, raising concerns about pollution. They have urged the Environment Agency to investigate the issue.

James 'Weston' Higginbotham, an Auburn student, was found dead in a mountainous area near Kyoto by volunteers. His mother confirmed his death in a Facebook post.

Rural primary health centers (PHCs) in Adamawa's Girei LGA rely on volunteers due to staffing shortages, with health workers forced to handle multiple roles such as antenatal care, deliveries, and emergency response simultaneously.

The surge in AI-generated code submissions is overwhelming open-source software volunteers, leading to burnout and some developers quitting. The volunteers maintain critical open-source software, but the increased workload from reviewing and fixing AI-written code is straining their capacity.

Volunteers in Congo are providing cooked meals to support the Ebola outbreak response, aided by the U.N. food agency. The initiative aims to assist patients and health workers during the crisis.

Volunteers in Scotland use fly counters to monitor river pollution. Hundreds of participants survey watercourses and report issues promptly.

Uganda has confirmed two new Ebola cases among healthcare workers in Kampala, linked to the outbreak in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. In eastern Congo, over 900 suspected cases have been identified, with authorities and volunteers struggling to contain the spread due to limited resources, ongoing violence, and the lack of a vaccine or treatment for the Bundibugyo strain.

Fifteen years after a deadly tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, nearly 100,000 volunteers helped rebuild the town, and a lasting spirit of community service persists. Researchers note that catastrophes can foster unexpected compassion.

The UK Biobank project has facilitated medical breakthroughs using data from half a million volunteers, but recent revelations about the sale of their confidential health records on a Chinese website have sparked privacy concerns.

Volunteers who assisted over 1,500 toads in crossing a road to a breeding ground now fear they may have died after a reservoir was drained by a water company. The drained reservoir has raised concerns about the survival of the amphibians.

Rare white-letter hairstreak butterflies have been spotted following the planting of 430 elm trees by volunteers. The initiative highlights successful conservation efforts through community action.