In the penultimate Valuing Volunteering blog to celebrate IVD, researcher Jody Aked reflects on her experiences in the Philippines, where she has seen the importance of looking at volunteers' social networks to really understand the way that they impact on poverty...

According to this idea, we made an action plan and identified those youth. I coordinated for the orientation, in the orientation we told them about the 16 days campaign, its massage and the importance of the "White Ribbon".

A poetry festival in Kathmandu ...

Volunteering is about passion, commitment and determination to do something for a good cause. There are many definitions but ultimately it is up to you to take a stand and do something. Nepal has a great social fabric with millions of people engaged at local level to make their communities a better place to live. Still a national policy could greatly promote and recognize volunteering in Nepal.