Nabuur: Volunteer online
When you think volunteer, what do you picture? Handing out cups of water at a Rat Race? Registering climbers at the base of the CN Tower? Being a big sister to someone? Something that involves getting up and getting out of the house? There’s another way to volunteer: on the Internet. Take your skills and help a neighbour at nabuur.com.
- Manage an international team and help a neighbour.
- Help raise funds for the Winam health care program.
- Help raise funds for Mmanze wells.
- Develop a system for program monitoring and evaluation.
- Help improve knit wear for export.
- Develop a web site to help a community sell their products.
- See all the tasks…
There are tasks that require all types of expertise. Take a look and you might find something you can help with.
If you are looking for an opportunity to volunteer online, check out Kiva’s volunteer translation program (www.kiva.org/volunteer).
One of the New York Times Magazine’s “Top Ideas of 2006,” Kiva.org is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to an entrepreneur in the developing world.
The Kiva Translation Program offers the opportunity to use your skills to make a direct contribution, improve language skills, network with other Kiva volunteers and build your resume.
Volunteering from their own homes, Kiva volunteers translate entrepreneurs’ profiles into English, which are then posted for funding at Kiva.org.