Volunteering has become a way of life to many; others claim not to have the time. Nowadays there is simply no excuse, as online volunteering has become the new form of giving to charity. As reported in an interesting article by the New York Times, training is provided online and volunteers only need access to a PC. Whilst in the past online volunteering used to consist of fullfilling simple tasks, nowadays more and more charities and non-profits are dependent on these volunteers and therefore willing to increase the challenges and responsibilities of the jobs.
How does one become an online volunteer? A first step might be looking into sites, such as onlinevolunteer.org for advice. One can also approach non-profits directly. For instance Pearls of Africa, a non-profit aiding AIDS orphans, functions today compeletely with online staff only. The only question that I might still think of is the lack of human contact. One aspect of volunteering at least for me used to be meeting other interesting people and hearing their stories...
So may be one should be online and offline too :)
posted by Emilia.kk @ 4:09 PM
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