Jun
28
| July 15, 2010 | ||
| 12:00 am |
Photo: Creative Learning
Here’s an organization that’s working to promote peace by supporting American volunteerism in mostly-Muslim parts of the world. That’s a cause worth supporting!
And they have announced an essay contest and a video contest. If I had done anything that qualified, I’d definitely enter this contest. The prizes are real ($2,000 for the 1st place video; $1,000 for the first place essay) and my guess is that there won’t be a huge number of competing entries. Deadline is July 15, 2010.
“America’s Unofficial Ambassadors
Apr
19
Guilt-Free Getaways
April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
From the New York Times:
SURE, you’d like to take a vacation. But with layoffs hitting your best friends and your own company hinting at pay cuts, how can you justify it?
Consider the guilt-free vacation. To counter customers’ reluctance about jetting off for conspicuous consumption during a recession, travel companies are pushing trips that emphasize service, values and personal fulfillment. The message: If there is more involved than frivolous pleasure, you don’t have to feel bad about dropping all that cash on a splashy vacation
Oct
9
ASJA Grants and Fellowships Panel
October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| October 21, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
From ASJA: Want to spend an all-expense paid year at Stanford or Harvard studying topics that will deepen your book or big article research? Looking for ways to fund your most ambitious writing projects?
Don’t miss an exceptional panel on October 21st, all about grants and fellowships for writers, presented by the Northern California chapter of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). This event will feature:
- Representatives from Stanford’s Knight Fellowship and Harvard’s Nieman Foundation discussing the purpose of the awards and how to apply.
Aug
26
Senior-Friendly Volunteer Vacations
August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Transitions Abroad’s listings for Senior-Friendly volunteer vacations include opportunities in “HIV/AIDS prevention, English teaching, orphanage support, Buddhist immersion,”Ă‚Â conservation,Ă‚Â building schools and community centers, international health, and more.
Aug
26
Gorp Travel’s Volunteer Vacations
August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Work with orphaned, neglected and abused children in Cape Town … provide long-term assistance in Tsunami-affected areas along the south coast of Sri Lanka … help rehabilitate native Argentine wild animals … stabilize the John Muir Wilderness Trail in the Sierra’s alpine meadows. Learn about these volunteer opportunities and sixty more at Gorp Travel’s volunteer vacation site.
Aug
26
Righteous Journeys
August 26, 2008 | 1 Comment
From Away.com’s link to Outside Online: “Twelve trips to change your life”and make a difference. PLUS: A resource guide for those in it for the long haul.” Includes volunteer opportunities in the Alaskan wilderness, the Galapagos, the southern Appalachians, Midway Atoll, California’s Sequoia and King’s Canyon National Parks, a Masaai ranching community at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro, Fiji, and more. Tasks range from digging ditches to teaching English to chasing elephants away from crops.
Aug
22
Volunteer as a Photojournalist
August 22, 2008 | 4 Comments
From Charity Guide: “As a volunteer photojournalist, it’s best to make arrangements with one or more charities before you leave on your vacation so you will have an idea of the types of photographs they may need, where their projects or events are taking place, and if the charity provides any type of accommodations or supplies.
- One World Photography, which assists about two dozen international nonprofit organizations, offers opportunities for volunteer photojournalists to document social and environmental issues that are often ignored around the world. If you’re taking pictures in a foreign country, you might want to learn how to say “smile” in the native language!
Aug
22
Citizens Development Corps
August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
“Citizens Development Corps is devoted to economic development through the use of highly skilled Volunteer Advisors (VAs). As real-world practitioners and problem solvers, VAs are able to provide one-on-one management and technical assistance to businesses and their support networks. Consulting firms, educational institutions, NGOs, advocacy organizations, associations and local communities benefit from a low-cost yet highly effective form of foreign assistance.”
“Citizens Development Corps offers volunteer business consultant opportunities ranging from two to eight weeks in Africa, Central America, Central and Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe. Citizens Development Corps provides roundtrip coach airfare, expenses incurred en route to the assignment site, immunizations, visa procurement, emergency travel insurance, accommodations and a modest per-diem. Volunteers should have at least ten years business experience.”
Aug
22
Volunteer with the International Executive Service Corps
August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This program is near and dear to my heart, as both my father (a retired banker) and my uncle (a retired engineer) have volunteered many times with the International Executive Service Corps (IESC). The organization promotes economic development, prosperity, and stability by providing technical and managerial assistance and consulting in trade and competitiveness, financial services, tourism development, information technology, and health and business training.
Aug
22
Global Volunteer Network: HIV/AIDS Counseling
August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The Global Volunteer Network currently offers opportunities to help develop communities in Kenya. “Volunteers have the opportunity to be involved in a variety of work, including education and training for children from under-privileged backgrounds and HIV/AIDS counselling. Through this program, volunteers will have a chance to make a personal contribution and connection to the people of Kenya.”
Aug
22
Charity Guide Volunteer Vacations
August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Want to make a difference on your next vacation? Check out Charity Guide for loads of information about many types of volunteer vacations. “This year, your volunteer vacation could be teaching basic math to students in a rural African community struggling to modernize. Next year, you could volunteer abroad to help research scientists save endangered sea turtles from extinction. On your volunteer vacation the following year, you could assist nurses at a children’s clinic in Romania, help build a home for a homeless family, dig for dinosaur bones, or control erosion on a remote wilderness trail in a US national park.”