Civic Participation
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More Americans than in 2020 are donating money to charities, with the percentage doing so close to pre-pandemic levels. Fewer are volunteering than before the pandemic.
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A new report from the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme sheds light on the state of volunteerism during the pandemic.
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Philanthropic organizations must embrace agility and implement effective digital strategies as donations and volunteer activity fall due to COVID-19.
Businesses, governments, and nongovernmental and international organizations need all the help they can get to meet the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals agenda. Gallup World Poll surveys in 2014 found about 1 billion volunteers.