volunteering

otheruses A volunteer is someone who performs or offers to perform a service out of his or her own free will, often without payment. The year 2001 was the worldvolunteerweb.org - International Year of the Volunteer. Every 5 December is worldvolunteerweb.org - International Volunteer Day. 2005 is the yearofthevolunteer.org - UK Year of the Volunteer.People may volunteer to perform some work, e.g., of charitable character. Some volunteer for clinical trials or other medical research, and may even donate their bodies to science after their death.

Online Volunteer - An online volunteer is a person who contributes time and effort with an organization through an online connection, rather than in person. A wide variety of people from around the world are online volunteers and most are not technology professionals.Online volunteers may provide advice, consultancy and perform remote administration tasks for the organisation, usually a charity or non-profit organisation. The practice of donating time online goes by other names, such as virtual volunteering, cyber service, telementoring, e-volunteering, and cyber volunteering. There are many opportunities for people to donate their services using the internet. Online volunteers do a variety of tasks, such as translating documents, proofreading books, editing or preparing proposals, designing logos, researching information, developing strategic plans, reviewing budgets, creating web pages, designing flash presentations, moderating online discussion groups and managing other online volunteers.Some resources:

United Nations Volunteers Online Volunteering onlinevolunteering.org

Virtual Volunteering Project serviceleader.org

Happiness Foundation happiness.org

ICT Volunteer - An ICT volunteer is someone who is working to foster the implementation and use of Information and Communication Technologies. He or she can install hardware, software or carry on with ICT training programmes. There is no need to be an online volunteer to be an ICT volunteer: installing hardware is a good example. Likewise, there is no need to be an ICT volunteer to be an online volunteer: teaching a language through a virtual campus is not related with ICT fostering, at least in a direct way.Some organisations:

Geekcorps

Digital Divide Network

NetCorps, only open for volunteers with holding Canadian citizenship netcorps-cyberjeunes.org

United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS) unites.org

International Volunteer - An international volunteer is a person who volunteers abroad. At a global level international voluntary service is coordinated by CCIVS

See also -

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

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Amateur

Hospital volunteer (candystriper)

Volunteer fire department

Volunteer Rescue Association

Non-governmental organization

Private voluntary organization

Hiwi (volunteer)Hiwi

External links -

hosted.bbbsa.org - Volunteer Big Brothers Big Sisters

unvolunteers.org - United Nations Volunteers

civicactions.com - Volunteer Management System

volunteermatch.org - Volunteer Match -- database

volunteertoday.com - Volunteer Today -- The Electronic Gazette for Volunteerism

onlinevolunteering.org - UN Online Volunteering

serviceleader.org - The Virtual Volunteering Project

affero.com - Volunteer Rating System

do-it.org.uk - do-it.org.uk -- database of UK volunteering opportunities

timebank.org.uk - TimeBank UK volunteering

volunteermatch.org - VolunteerMatch

ivolunteer.org.in - iVolunteer

ivoindia.org - volunteer overseas

vso.org.uk - VSO: Share skills, change lives

thai-experience.org - Thai-Experience.org: Volunteer in Thailand

cavr.org - Canadian Administrators of Volunteer Resources (CAVR)

worldvolunteerweb.org - World Volunteer Web

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Northampton Survival Center
The Northampton Survival Center is an emergency food pantry which provides low-income individuals and families in 16 communities in Hampshire County with free food, clothing, household goods, and referrals for emergency assistance. From its central location in Northampton, the Center distributes over 2,000 pounds of food in nutritionally-balanced food boxes every weekday. That amounts to nearly 420,000 pounds of food to our neighbors in need each year!
http://www.thensc.org/

ReefDoctor.Org
UK-based, not-for-profit organisation conducting marine research, education and conservation work on the coral reefs of SW Madagascar needs voluntary research assistants!! Living in a fishing village you’ll learn marine species identification, underwater survey techniques and complete important research and conservation projects with the fishing community and a team of local and international scientists. Must be PADI Open Water diver, have minimal dive equipment (BCD and regulator set provided by ReefDoctor) and able to commit for 6 to 12 weeks. Next expedition is 30th August 2006 Email info@reefdoctor.org for more info
http://www.reefdoctor.org/

Casa Guatemala - Orphan Children´s Village in Guatemala
Orphanage located on the banks of the Rio Dulce in Guatemala, Central America committed to help orphaned, abandoned, abused, and malnourished children in need. Volunteer program with volunteers from all over the world.
http://www.casa-guatemala.org/

National Downshifting Week - UK and USA/Canada
Led by Downshifting Columnist and Broadcaster Tracey Smith, this event has been designed to inspire Individuals, Companies, Children and Schools, by highlighting ways participants can live simpler, happier lives and be kinder to the environment at the same time.
http://www.downshiftingweek.com/

Himalayan Organisation for Peoples' Education
Himalayan Organisation for Peoples' Education is a NGO located in the small town of Kalimpong, India. HOPE mainly focuses on environmental awareness,social issues,eco tourism etc.
http://www.hopedu.org/

Volunteer in Thailand
Information about volunteer vacations i Thailand to teach English, computer training and ecotorism, wildlife conservation
http://www.openmindprojects.org/

National Centre for Volunteering
Information and advice for those who manage volunteers and for people considering doing voluntary work.
http://www.volunteering.org.uk/

VolunteerMatch
Thousands of volunteer opportunities online, sorted by category - including virtual volunteering where you can work from home. Free to both organizations and volunteers.
http://www.volunteermatch.org/