The lifeblood of the Tsunami Volunteer Center is a volunteer population that, whether from a neighboring town or a 15-hour airplane ride away, comes here first and foremost to help other people. The Center provides the framework for service-minded, results-oriented volunteers to contribute on life-changing levels. In the first nine months alone, more than 3,500 volunteers from 51 countries joined our team, with confirmed arrivals well into the following year.