Arab Green Volunteering Club
About the Arab Green Volunteering Club
The 2022 International Volunteer Report issued by the United Nations Volunteers Program on the state of volunteering in the world indicates that the monthly number of volunteers around the world reached 862,378,600 volunteers aged 15 and above. According to the report, the monthly number of volunteers in our Arab countries reached 26,201,390 volunteers. This volume of Arab volunteers can become an added social and economic value for sustainable development and climate action in the Arab region if it is properly employed and invested.
However, the report points to many challenges facing the growth and investment of volunteer movements in the Arab region, including the lack of opportunities available to qualify volunteers, the absence of mechanisms to monitor and develop their practices, and the lack of opportunities to support their community initiatives...etc. in addition to the weak role of volunteers within Arab NGOs and the ability of NGOs to attract volunteers and invest their efforts in developing local communities.
Hence the importance of this club, which aims to be a platform between the Arab volunteer and support the direction of civil society organizations to integrate the concepts of sustainable development and climate action into volunteer work and spread the culture of green volunteering, in addition to working to confront the challenges facing volunteer work, most notably qualifying volunteers and developing their volunteer practice within our Arab countries.
Our Goals:
- Spreading the culture of volunteering among Arab youth and linking their initiatives to sustainable development and climate action.
- Encouraging Arab volunteers to create more effective and influential community initiatives in the development process.
- Developing volunteer work and transforming volunteer work into a methodology of daily life.
- Expanding cooperation with official institutions in various Arab countries in the field of volunteer work.
- Motivating Arab volunteers to disseminate the volunteer practices they undertake, especially the practices that have impact and effectiveness.
- Contributing to capacity building, training and qualification for volunteer work.
Arab Volunteering Charter
A document governing the work mechanisms of civil society organizations through the Arab Volunteer Club
Arab Sunbula Award for Green Volunteering
Award Description:
In support of the Arab volunteer movement, the Arab Sunbula Award was launched to monitor the best volunteer initiatives, especially those that aim to achieve the goals of sustainable development and climate action. The award comes on four main axes that aim to consolidate the culture of volunteer work, and emphasize the importance of integrating sustainable development applications within the initiatives. The award also aims to facilitate communication between those in charge of initiatives at the level of the Arab world and provide them with technical support.
Award Objectives:
- Monitoring best practices in volunteer work in Egypt and the Arab world.
- Spreading the spirit of competition and creativity among Arab volunteers.
- Maximizing the civil role of the Misr Al Khair Foundation as a pioneering institution in development work in Egypt and the Arab world.
- Spreading the culture of volunteering among Arab youth and linking their initiatives to sustainable development and climate action.
- Developing policies governing the volunteer movement within communities at the national and regional levels.
- Honoring the most distinguished people who have a clear role in spreading volunteer work in the Arab world.
- Encouraging Arab volunteers to create more effective and influential community initiatives in the development process.
- Establishing a mechanism to qualify volunteers and prepare them as sustainable development practitioners.
General instructions for applying for the award
- View the award guide and criteria.
- Attending the award introductory seminars (optional) which are announced on the Tanmwi 2030 platform.
- View all the details regarding the application to nominate for the award before starting the application process.
- Fill out and send the electronic nomination form for the award available on the award website, specifying the nomination category.
- Stick to a formal writing format and avoid using colloquial terms.
- Ensure that there are no spelling errors in the submitted application.
- Ensure that all supporting evidence is attached to the candidacy application.
- Ensure the clarity of the attached photos that show the nature of volunteer work.
- Appointing a liaison officer for the purposes of communication and answering all inquiries of the jury.
- Receive an electronic notification of acceptance of the application to participate in the award from the award administration.
Award Rounds
Training Programs to Train and Qualify Volunteers
