Fire service chief says most fires due to human action
Around 93 per cent of fires are due to human action, fire service chief Marcos Trangolas said on Monday at the launch of a volunteer...
Home » volunteers
volunteers
You too can collect rubbish
A wonderful example: a woman with a big bin-bag walking all along the Parekklisia beach side, picking up rubbish, “a regular run”, she told me....
Financial support for social care schemes
Some 252 social care programmes received financial support, under the State Aid Scheme, totalling €6.9m last year, said Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou. Addressing an event...
Cyprus ranks first in blood donations among EU countries
Cyprus is ranked first among EU countries for volunteer blood donations in proportion to its population, according to the Office of the Commissioner for Volunteering...
Volunteers sought for European conference
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs are looking for volunteers for the 127th summit of the European Council of Foreign Affairs to be held in Nicosia...
Low number of volunteers, but youths show interest
LESS than ten per cent of Cypriots take part in volunteering, but the fact that young people make up the biggest group of volunteers is...
Seeking a normal Christmas for children in care
By Andria Kades AS CHRISTMAS approaches, social services and volunteers are working hard to ensure that the 60 children living in children’s homes or shelters...
Bringing life back to Solea
By Annette Chrysostomou Restoring a forest after a massive fire entails much more than merely planting trees. Take the huge Soleas fire which in June...
Volunteers clean up Lara beach to help protect turtles
Scores of volunteers aged between five and 60, joined forces on Saturday to clean Lara beach in Akamas, where Loggerhead turtles (Caretta – Caretta) lay...
Army of volunteers in search for missing Jack
‘It’s hot and he’s been out there a long time’ daughter says THE DAUGHTER of British pensioner Jack Jackow has made an emotional appeal for...
Call for volunteers to help disaster-affected countries
Volunteerism commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki is urging people with expertise in various fields to become EU Aid volunteers and participate in humanitarian projects aiming to support...
Reforestation programme for land destroyed by Solea fires
By the end of the month authorities will have fleshed out a detailed plan for restoring the forest land incinerated in a massive blaze last...
The fire-fighter volunteers
Trained though he is in fire-fighting, Andreas from Nicosia was overwhelmed when he saw the walls of flames in the Solea area earlier this week....
Directions to volunteers
The volunteer commissioner on Tuesday urged people who wished to assist in extinguishing the fire in the Solea area to do so in a coordinated...
Call for volunteer teachers to help tutor needy kids
The Pancyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council (PVCC) announced on Tuesday it was accepting expressions of interest from teachers who would like to donate some of their...
Marked improvement in fire-fighting success
Last year, the fire services dealt with 6,811 fires of which 4,332 were in rural areas, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Monday. This was...
Volunteers needed to help man beach championship
Larnaca Municipality is looking for volunteers to work at the World Beach Volley Ball U19 championship, to be held in July. The municipality, which is...
Charity drive for refugees in Greece exceeds expectations
The islandwide campaign to collect humanitarian aid items to support refugees in Greece has been a huge success as donations exceeded expectations, Hope Cyprus (Zitite Elpis)...
Cyprus appeals for medical volunteers to go to Sierra Leone
The health ministry on Friday called for medical volunteers to assist at a British-run clinic in Sierra Leone dealing with Ebola. It said there was...
Dog lovers raid ‘squalid’ kennels in covert rescue
AROUND 15 dogs were taken by animal welfare activists yesterday from a private kennel in Limassol in a covert operation. Volunteers and members of Animal...
