volunteers

The kitchen serves 5,000 iftar meals daily to displaced families living in camps in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon during Ramadan. For many, it offers a sense of community, family and tradition.

A volunteer network not only gathers wasted, oft-ignored foods and turns them into healthy meals, but also provides community and opportunities for those whose lives have been radically disrupted.

Volunteers are the unsung heroes in slowing the spread of the disease in the world's worst cholera epidemic.

Volunteers have transformed two county fair pavilions the size of baseball diamonds into a livestock yard and animal shelter. There are horses, geese, cats, pigs — and a lot of Chihuahuas.

If you're thinking now's the time to hop on a plane and get involved in disaster relief, groups on the ground have some advice.

Most of the police you see on the streets in Israel are actually citizen volunteers. They outnumber the country's 30,000 professional officers.

The death of an American teacher raises questions about the risks of heading off alone as a trekker or a volunteer. We talked with two experts about lessons to draw from the tragedy.

Volunteers are eager to lend a hand as the country recovers from the earthquake. That's a noble intention — but it could backfire.