Our Members - IAVE — the International Association for Volunteer Effort

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With members in over 125 countries, IAVE is the only international NGO that nurtures and grows volunteer leaders around the world, promoting the ideas and values of volunteering as the fundamental foundation of civil society. Our expansive member network includes: volunteers, government agencies, multi-national agencies and institutions, academics, NGOs, businesses and volunteer leadership organizations throughout the world.

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Member Testimonials

“Over 50 years of its activity, IAVE has nurtured and continues to grow volunteer leaders around the world, promoting the ideas and values of volunteering as the fundamental foundation of civil society.”
“I see IAVE as representing innovation. Innovating to push new ways of working, new models of partnerships and really thinking outside the box.”
“IAVE inspires people to do things differently. It starts conversations and inspires ideas that have never been considered before.”
“IAVE inspires people to do things differently. It starts conversations and inspires ideas that have never been considered before.”
“IAVE is very different from other global organizations in the space as you are bringing in voices at the local and community level.”
“Volunteering and its sectors have a tendency to be easily fragmented. IAVE at a supranational level permits its commonalities to be drawn together and gives strength to the needs of volunteers and their managers across communities around the world.”
“I think of IAVE as a think tank for volunteering.”
“IAVE has the ability to pull people from different countries to discuss common issues affecting them and identify solutions together.”

Our Diverse Network

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