Good Deeds Day Africa Regional Volunteering Conference

About the Conference

The conference is organized by Good Deeds Day and VIO organization. Good Deeds Day is a global movement of people and organizations dedicated to doing good every day. We meet annually on Good Deeds Day, committing to showing up for our world – and using it as a central meeting point to gain meaningful momentum to kick off another year of doing good every day. Good Deeds Dy was initiated in 2007 by philanthropist and businesswoman Shari Arison, the first Good Deeds Day kicked off with 7,000 volunteers in Israel. The Volunteer Involving Organization Society (VIO Society) started in 2004 as a loose network under the name Volunteer Involving Organizations Network (VIO). It is an amalgamation of organizations that work in development through and with volunteers to promote volunteerism as a means to development. It is a national network whose membership is open to government, international and national non-governmental organizations, institutions, foundations, corporates and community based organizations across the Republic of Kenya.