admin | July 13, 2010 | 9:42 am
Occasionally Voluntology receives requests for help from small organizations that are located in remote villages in distressed areas. Some of these communities had been devastated by roving bands of terrorists, by disease or other conditions that have decimated the community.
By the virtue of a single individual or a small group of people, with a lot of energy and heart, who are working hard to return their communities to some sort of normalcy. Rebuilding homes, restoring some commercialism, creating medical facilities, and building resources to educate their children.
Each situation is specific to that community, so there are no absolute rules one can be guided by. I will share a few of those situations:
- A medical organization in India was in the process of developing a brochure. They sent a working copy to Voluntology for information. I found that their knowledge of the English language, spelling and grammar was lacking. I reviewed their brochure, took the time to rewrite it, corrected their spelling and grammar. My changes were all accepted and they had a better written brochure.
- A small village in Uganda desperately needs volunteers to teach their children in secondary school. Read more »
admin | February 19, 2010 | 5:04 pm
CULANTHROPY IN PUERTO RICO
No one can survive very long without eating. Food and water deprivation is one of the worst disasters in the world, killing millions of people every year.
The Culinary Corps is doing its part to enrich lives and fortify communities through food-focused volunteer programs, by pulling together culinary professionals and students in frontline food-based humanitarian aid built upon a community’s own culinary heritage and nonprofit network.
Through their short-term volunteer programs, skilled culinary volunteers work in under-served communities, working closely with local leaders and culinary luminaries.
Since March 2007 they have completed seven trips. Six trips were held in New Orleans, and their last completed volunteer outreach trip was held in February 2010 in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Twelve exceptional culinary professionals volunteered for culinary service while learning about the cuisine of Puerto Rico.
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admin | February 9, 2010 | 4:57 pm
Kevin Jennings
Kevin Jennings, appointed by the Obama Administration, is the Assistant Deputy Secretary heading the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, and has been a leader in the fields of K-12 education and civil rights.
Reviewing Jennings history and qualifications leaves me with a lot of trepidation about Obama’s choice. I’m not going to go over every part of his background, but will concentrate on just one. Before continuing, I am not a homophobe, nor do I harbor any grievance against any group, regardless of orientation. I am concerned about what books are being recommended for K-12 school children. Read more »
admin | February 5, 2010 | 5:06 pm
Throughout American history charitable giving has never been the exclusive province of wealthy people, people from all walks of life have given generously for charitable causes, indeed the most generous Americans today, are the working poor, who give the most to charity as a proportion of their income.
Historically people did not donate money because of societal guilt, or by urging Read more »
