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MILO Collection Project

Lianhua Primary School
Singapore, Singapore

A student-led collection gathered 2,033 MILO packets from students, staff, parents and the local community. The packets were donated to a project supporting individuals and families needing help.

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Elderly Empowerment Programme

Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

More than 180 students provided home improvements, cleaning and community activities for 638 older people across Chai Wan, Shek Kip Mei and Wong Tai Sin.

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Temasek S.H.A.R.E.S.

Temasek Primary School
Singapore, Singapore

Student leaders organised a school-wide collection of useful items for Lions' Home for the Elders, delivered the donations and spent time with residents through interaction and performances.

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Project Ablaze Elderly Home Support

Serangoon Secondary School
Singapore, Singapore

Secondary 3 students cleaned the homes of elderly residents living in one-room rental flats, then spent time talking with residents, many of whom lived alone.

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Re-Imagining the Escalator

Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School
Singapore, Singapore

Students designed a working escalator-safety concept to help frail and elderly commuters, combining extractable handles, hazard lighting and AI-assisted speed adjustment.

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Service Saturday with SOS Children's Villages

Waldorf School of Jordan
Amman, Jordan

Students hosted nearly 40 children from SOS Children's Villages Jordan for a full day of activities as part of the school's ongoing student-led Service Saturday programme.

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Lower School Community Service

Taipei American School
Taipei, Taiwan

Lower School students prepare care packages and hygiene kits, raise funds for children in orphanages and use a student flea market to support local charities.

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Student Charity Flea Market

CTBC International Academy
Tainan, Taiwan

Junior High students planned and ran a school-wide charity flea market to raise funds for the Naivety ADHD Taiwan Association Foundation.

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Stride to Ride

Ladies' College Colombo and Trinity College Kandy
Colombo / Kandy, Sri Lanka

Students organised a charity run and used the money raised to buy bicycles for students at reconciliation centres.

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Student Volunteer Community Programme

Colégio Cônsul Carlos Renaux
Brusque, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Students take part in youth-led volunteering that supports local communities; the programme received the education category of the 2025 SDG SC Prize.

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Facing the Future School Fundraiser

West Elementary School
New Canaan, Connecticut, United States

Fourth-grade students raised $11,122.50 to support the educational needs of students at the Facing the Future School in Kibera, Kenya.

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Zoo Johor Community Service

Raffles University
Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Students volunteered in Zoo Johor's daily operations through a community-service module, contributing practical work while applying teamwork and communication skills.

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Winter Volunteer Service

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago / communities nationwide, Chile

University students travelled to rural and vulnerable communities to work alongside residents on concrete projects intended to improve living conditions and strengthen local communities.

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Jung trifft Alt

Lorenz-Oken-Schule Bohlsbach
Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Primary pupils make regular visits to residents of a care home, including people living with dementia, creating sustained intergenerational contact and companionship.

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Intergenerational Meetings with Seniors

Szkoła Podstawowa nr 4 im. prof. Adama Wodziczki
Luboń, Poland

Student volunteers met seniors from Luboń University of the Third Age for shared craft activities, conversation and an autumn intergenerational event, giving older residents social contact and enjoyable time with younger people.

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Care for Elderly and Roma Children

International School of Belgrade
Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Students regularly visit poorer elderly people through Bread of Life's Care for the Elderly programme and meet Roma children twice monthly for shared sports and social activities that support connection and continued education.

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Digital Intergenerational University

Secondary Sports School in Žilina
Žilina, Žilina Region, Slovakia

Secondary students and older learners worked as equal partners across six joint sessions, developing digital skills while creating sustained intergenerational contact and reducing stereotypes between generations.

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Community Service with Elderly Homes and Orphanages

Brummana High School
Brummana, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon

Students visit orphanages and elderly homes, spend time with residents and deliver handmade gifts or essential items; older students also support local community centres and other school-approved service activities.

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Visit to CAHL Elderly Home

Armenian Evangelical College Beirut
Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Grade 10 and 11 students visited CAHL Elderly Home and spent the day with residents, providing companionship and direct social contact as part of the school's community service.

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Clothes for a Cause and Community Support

National Evangelical Institute for Girls and Boys
Saida, South Governorate, Lebanon

Secondary students collect and package clothing for people in need, while school fundraising and service activities support elderly homes, refugees, children's hospitals and other community beneficiaries.

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Tutoring and Homework Support

Modern University for Business and Science
Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Student volunteers provide one-to-one tutoring and homework help through schools and community centres, including an after-school programme supporting orphaned Lebanese and Palestinian refugee children.

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Intergenerational National Sports Day

Qatar Foundation Schools
Doha, Doha, Qatar

Students from Qatar Foundation schools and university organised a Sports Day with elderly women from Ihsan, sharing games and physical activities side by side rather than holding a conventional school competition.

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Support for Elderly and Special Education Centres

Al Rawabi School
Manama area, Capital Governorate, Bahrain

Primary, intermediate and secondary students take part in community service with Al Manar Elderly Care Center and Hope Institute for Special Education, alongside other support and fundraising activities.

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Visit to Al Manar Home for Elderly Care

University of Bahrain
Sakhir, Southern Governorate, Bahrain

Students visited Al Manar Home for Elderly Care, learned about residents' care and welfare services and provided cultural and entertainment activities that created direct interaction with older residents.

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Oral Health Support for Elderly Residents

Ajman University
Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Dental students provided oral-health screenings and practical hygiene education to elderly residents at a Sharjah care home, delivering direct preventive care under professional supervision.

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Community Service with Vulnerable People

Jubilee School
Amman, Amman, Jordan

Students complete structured community service in public institutions including hospitals, orphanages, homes for children with special needs and homes for elderly and infirm people, providing practical assistance in their own communities.

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Community Service Club Support

National Orthodox School - Ashrafieh
Amman, Amman, Jordan

Students take part in visits to nursing homes and special-needs centres and also organise a free medical day and other practical community activities through the school's Community Service Club.

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Regular Elderly and Orphanage Support

Rosary School - Marj Elhamam
Amman, Amman, Jordan

Students regularly visit Home of Peace - Mother Teresa to spend time with elderly residents, with the programme expanding to weekly activity for senior students; students also support children with disabilities and visit an orphanage.

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Santun Seri Senja

International Islamic University Malaysia - Pagoh Campus
Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia

Eighty-seven students organised a four-hour programme with elderly residents at Pusat Jagaan Mahmudah Malaysia, using interactive activities designed to encourage two-way communication and sustained intergenerational engagement.

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FISIP Bermakna 2026

Universitas Diponegoro
Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia

Twenty students spent time with residents of Werdha Rindang Asih II Nursing Home through organised conversation and social activities, providing companionship and direct intergenerational contact.

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Psychosocial Support for Elderly Residents

UIN Antasari Banjarmasin
Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia

Students facilitated small-group sharing sessions for 24 elderly residents at Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha Budi Sejahtera, providing structured social interaction intended to address loneliness and limited social contact.

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Tuberculosis Education for Elderly Residents

Universitas Airlangga
Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia

Medical students delivered tuberculosis education and community support for older people, including residents of Jambangan Elderly Home in Surabaya, bringing health information directly to a vulnerable group.

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IKOR Serves - Injury Risk Support for Elderly People

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
Bantul, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Sports Science students worked with about 80 elderly participants at Budi Luhur Social Service Center, providing education and guided physical activity focused on degenerative disease and reducing injury risk.

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Community Service at Elderly School

Universitas Gadjah Mada
Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Pharmacy professional students supported older people at the Elderly School in Kadirojo I through exercise, health education and creative practical sessions as part of an ongoing monthly community programme.

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Community Service with Elderly People and Orphanages

Lanna International School
Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Students have run storytelling projects in an elderly home in Chiang Mai and worked as translators for a network of local orphanages, with older students able to develop their own sustained community-service projects.

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Support for San Pablo Orphanage

Laguna State Polytechnic University - Los Baños Campus
San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines

Students collected clothes, toys and food and student council officers helped deliver the donations to 29 children at Open Door Christian Children Ministry, providing practical support to young beneficiaries.

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Community Immersion with Elderly and Children

Far Eastern University
Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines

Students undertake repeated community-immersion visits with partner organisations including Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly and White Cross Orphanage, providing service while identifying further community needs.

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Old Age Home Support

Vidya Devi Jindal School
Hisar, Haryana, India

Students visit an old-age home to clean and arrange residents' rooms, help prepare and serve food and spend time talking and celebrating with older people, providing both practical help and companionship.

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Service for Elderly People, Orphans and Families

Taipei American School
Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

Students take part in direct service including singing at an elderly home, preparing care packages for local families in need, assembling hygiene kits and raising funds for gifts for children in an orphanage.

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Animal Rescue Volunteers Club

American College of Sofia
Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

Students volunteer with animal shelters, walking and caring for stray animals, helping with rehoming and organising fundraising activities to support shelter work.

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Student-Led Service Learning

Haile-Manas Academy
Debre Birhan, Amhara, Ethiopia

Students teach local children, visit and assist elderly residents four times a week, tutor refugee students, teach robotics and repair playground equipment at a nearby elementary school.

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Weekly Fruit Drives and Community Support

Lahore Grammar School - 55 Main
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Students run weekly fruit drives and arts activities for children at Doors of Awareness School, visit an elderly home and animal shelter, and raise funds to support community causes and staff families.

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Intergenerations

The American School in Switzerland (TASIS)
Sorengo, Ticino, Switzerland

Grade 10 students regularly visit residents of the Al Pagnolo retirement home, planning conversations, games, cooking, singing, sports and other shared activities connecting younger and older generations.

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Service as Action — Community Service Programme

Ramallah Friends School
Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine

Students from Grades 6–12 take part in community service through social institutions, summer camps and practical school activities. Students have also contributed to annual school cleaning and maintenance work and completed recycling projects, putting service into practice through activities benefiting their school and wider community.

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Family and Community Programmes

Doveton College
Doveton, Victoria, Australia

Provides community access to weekly sewing and craft sessions, playgroups, computers and links to health, family and adult-learning services; local residents can participate even without a child enrolled.

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Plant Care and Crafts at Assisted Living Complex

Perkins School for the Blind
Massachusetts, United States

Students helped care for indoor and outdoor plants at a local assisted living complex and shared homemade crafts with residents during holidays. The school describes these as examples of its community service work.

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COMMUNITY

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Australian Men’s Shed Movement

Australian Men’s Shed Association (AMSA)
Australia

Men’s Sheds give people a place to meet, make and repair things, learn skills and contribute to their communities. They help reduce social isolation by creating regular opportunities for friendship, meaningful activity and belonging.

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Ukraine Community Project

Ealing and Hounslow Community Voluntary Service
London, Ealing and Hounslow, United Kingdom

The project engaged 327 Ukrainian refugees and recruited more than 60 Ukrainian volunteers. Those volunteers contributed over 1,500 hours, helping people connect with local support and participate in their new communities.

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The Archie Project

Volunteering Matters
Bristol and Bath, South West England, United Kingdom

Older volunteers and schools worked together on intergenerational dementia awareness, connecting children with care-home residents. The activity helped both generations communicate, learn from one another and build relationships across age groups.

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Sants Time Bank

Banc del Temps de Sants
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Neighbours exchange practical help, skills and knowledge using time rather than money, creating a local mutual-help network.

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Community Toy Library

Milkwood Toy Library
Gordon's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa

Families share access to toys and play resources through a local lending library, reducing the need for every household to buy the same items.

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Community Volunteers Programme

Volunteer Ireland - Community Volunteers
Multiple locations, Ireland

Local volunteers support community events, food banks, displaced people and urgent local needs through a flexible national volunteering programme.

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Community Food Support and Elderly Volunteering

Tkiyet Um Ali
Amman, Jordan

Volunteers support programmes addressing food poverty and can spend time with elderly people, while the organisation distributes food parcels to vulnerable families.

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Community Volunteer Programme

Red Crescent of Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan

Volunteers provide social help, first aid, blood-donation support and emergency assistance to vulnerable people including low-income families, refugees and isolated elderly residents.

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Community Support for Children and Families

Veloo Foundation
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Volunteers support community initiatives, distribute resources and assist education and outreach programmes serving disadvantaged children and families in Ulaanbaatar.

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Community Volunteer Support

Dar Al Atta'a
Muscat, Oman

Community volunteers support practical charitable programmes for families and people in need, including household assistance, education and emergency support.

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Community Volunteer Service

Qatar Red Crescent Society
Doha, Qatar

Volunteers support vulnerable people and communities through organised humanitarian and community activities, responding to beneficiary needs with trained practical assistance.

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Support for Homeless People

Nochlezhka
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Volunteers and staff provide food, shelter, hygiene facilities and practical support for people experiencing homelessness, helping meet immediate needs and reconnect people with services.

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Community Support Programmes

Foundation of Goodness
Seenigama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka

Volunteers support practical rural community programmes spanning education, healthcare, livelihoods and assistance for disadvantaged children and families.

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Community Support for People in Vulnerable Situations

Stockholms Stadsmission
Stockholm, Sweden

Volunteers support practical services for people experiencing homelessness, poverty and social exclusion, including meeting places, food and social support.

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Community Volunteer Programme

Emirates Red Crescent
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Volunteers support humanitarian and community activities including assistance for vulnerable families, food support and local relief programmes across the UAE.

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Community Translation Volunteers

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Bilingual volunteers translate information sheets, flyers, website content, forms, surveys, event information and client resources so people seeking asylum can access important information in community languages.

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Volunteer Community Translators

Govanhill Accessible Information Project
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Volunteers translate short service updates and event information into languages used by Govanhill residents, helping community organisations make information accessible to more people.

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GROUPS

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Just Us

Dublin, Ireland

Social community offering a book club, walking club and opportunities to build friendships and support networks.

WHERE: Various locations in Dublin
WHEN: Book club monthly; walking activities and events regularly
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MEETS

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An existing public Meet — a regular public meetup already happening

MOSAIC English Conversation Group for Newcomers
Vancouver

A free weekly English conversation group with activities and small-group chat, designed to help people practise speaking and meet new friends.

DATE: British Columbia
TIME: Canada
WHERE: Every Wednesday, 17:00–18:00
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