International Volunteer Day (IVD) was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985. IVD is now celebrated worldwide with thousands of volunteers involved in a range of IVD initiatives including clean-up campaigns, conferences, exhibitions, morning teas and many other activities all aimed to highlight the role of volunteers in their communities.

GRACE Association, Pakistan has a robust network of community volunteers. GRACE is affiliated with UN Online Volunteering Services since 2007.

Volunteerism is a powerful means of engaging people in tackling development challenges, and it can transform the pace and nature of development. Volunteerism benefits both society at large and the individual volunteer by strengthening trust, solidarity and reciprocity among citizens, and by purposefully creating opportunities for participation. UNV contributes to peace and development by advocating for recognition of volunteers, working with partners to integrate volunteerism into development programming, and mobilizing an increasing number and diversity of volunteers, including experienced United Nations Volunteers, throughout the world.

GRACE VOLUNTEERS contributing in the endeavors to empower and improve the quality of life of the marginalized and vulnerable communities of the country through welfare, participatory research and development, capacity building, promotion of best practices and partnership building, advocacy and by launching sustainable and replicable innovative projects.

GRACE embraces volunteerism and recognizes volunteerism in its diversity as well as the values that sustain it: free will, commitment, engagement and solidarity.

Salam to all VOLUNTEERS!