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Real-life Dr Dolittle spends pandemic with orphaned anteaters in Brazil

Animal lover Małgorzata Zdziechowska from Lublin decided to escape lockdown by volunteering to work at the Criadouro Onca Pintada animal sanctuary in Brazil, where she unexpectedly found herself taking on the role of surrogate mother. Małgorzata Zdziechowska

Animal lover Małgorzata Zdziechowska from Lublin decided to escape lockdown by volunteering to work at the Criadouro Onca Pintada animal sanctuary in Brazil, where she unexpectedly found herself taking on the role of surrogate mother.

Gdańsk named European Volunteering Capital

Poland's coastal city of Gdańsk has been named the European Volunteering Capital 2022, a title that gives credit to Gdańsk's volunteering activities but also obliges the city to promote volunteerism in Europe in 2022.

Nearly 100,000 volunteers in Poland

Nearly 100,000 Poles take part in volunteering activities, including around 90,000 committed to projects carried out by the Caritas Catholic charity and 3,000 young people involved in missionary volunteering.

Doctor known as ‘Mother of Lepers’ takes first step towards sainthood with beatification

Known for helping her patients without wearing gloves during treatment so as not to frighten and discourage them, Wanda Błeńska who died at the age of 103 cured thousands of Ugandans of leprosy.

Firefighters battle to contain worst fires for over 100 years as they ravage largest national park in Poland

The thick, black clouds of smoke billowing over expanses of open peat bog the size of 2,000 football pitches in the Biebrza National Park have been described as ‘catastrophic’ for the local wildlife “dying in defence of their nests and young.”

Not all doom and gloom: From lower crime rates to bursts of creativity, Poles are looking on the bright side of life

With the arrival of coronavirus having a profound effect on all of our lives, it’s reassuring to note that there is some light in the darkness.

Volunteers make hundreds of pouches for baby kangaroos orphaned by Australian bushfires

To coordinate their efforts, the women volunteers set up the Animal Rescue Collective Guild Craft Poland on Facebook which now has over 1,000 members. To date they have sent over 300kg of pouches and blankets to help the orphaned animals.

Ear we go! Volunteers arrive in Cameroon to help children with hearing problems

At the moment the only help the children get is from a shaman who identifies who "put a spell on the family.” The team will provide the children with hearing aids and education.

Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity raises over EUR 27 mln for children

Poland's Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (WOSP), which held its 28th finale on Sunday, had collected over PLN 100 mln (ca EUR 27 mln) by midnight to buy equipment for children's hospitals, the foundation tweeted on Monday.

Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity holding its finale today

Poland's Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (WOSP) organisation is holding its 28th Finale on Sunday. WOSP volunteers countrywide are gathering funds into their distinctive collection boxes.

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