International Day of Service

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Meridian International Center and International Day of Service will unite service leaders in 100 cities around the world to engage nearly 50,000 volunteers in one collaborative day of service. The individual projects range in size and scope from a soccer match for homeless children in Santiago, Chile to assistance for residents in a Palestine nursing home and outreach to marginalized communities in 35 cities around India. The International Day of Service will impact the lives of more than 200,000 people across the globe. Volunteers will track their activities through social media resources that include live Tweets, Facebook posts, blogs, and pictures uploaded through Flickr to a comprehensive volunteer Trippermap.

Imagine the impact of volunteers joining forces around the world for one day of service! On Saturday, May 7, volunteers in nearly 50 countries have committed to projects ranging from small to country-wide. In the words of Karen Baker, California’s Secretary of Service and Volunteerism, “Together we can show the world what volunteerism in action really looks like.”

50,000 volunteers
200,000 people impacted in the communities around the world

WHERE: Locations throughout the United States, Argentina, Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Haiti (in NYC), Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Jamaica, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, Moldova, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Rwanda, Samoa, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Zambia


This event is co-hosted by Meridian International Center’s Global Service Leaders Initiative (GSLI) and VOLiNTEER. (GSLI) develops leaders around the world in the volunteer service sector. In spring 2010, Meridian helped launch VOLiNTEER, an international network connecting leaders from more than 95 countries to collaborate on best practices and grow their effectiveness in their home countries. A majority of these leaders were participants in a U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program, Volunteerism: United We Serve, hosted by Meridian International Center.

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