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. They needed help with their website content and developing a volunteer program. I’ve been working with them to develop the correct pricing and provide suggestions for running a quality volunteer program.

Because of the great need I volunteered my time. Hopefully, some of the folk who read this Blog will also offer to assist these organizations, many of which have very little in ’stuff’ but have huge hearts. If you’re willing to help, please let me know. Folks, we’re not talking donations of money, we’re talking about practical help and advice.

If there are enough requests for help, we’ll set up a nonprofit organization that is specifically geared to provide whatever assistance is needed.

Send an email to info@voluntology.com on how you’d like to help.