NGO’s Using Media In Innovative Ways

By Kate | August 22nd, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Ten years ago, I bet no one would have imagined that today a ranger working in a remote location in Congo could post photos and information about his conservation work... [Read this entry]

International Volunteer Programs Association

By Kate | July 2nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

International Volunteer Programs Association is an alliance of organizations offering volunteer opportunities; the main page offers the possibility to search by region, country, type of work and duration. The... [Read this entry]

A Volunteer Celebration With The Kerala Builders

By Kate | June 24th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

One of the extra-curricular highlights of my volunteer stint in India was attending the farewell party for a team of builders; they had come all the way from Kerala to... [Read this entry]

Ambassadors For Children: Volunteer Placement Organization

By Kate | May 31st, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Ambassadors For Children is in one sense a volunteer placement agency; it’s a non-profit organization which makes ties with local projects or organizations and plan trips which include a few... [Read this entry]

Mumbai Workshop For Stray Dog First Aid By “Welfare Of Stray Dogs”

By Kate | May 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

When was the last time you helped a stray dog? If you’ll be in Mumbai in early June, you can learn how to by taking part in a workshop... [Read this entry]

Richard Gere And Shilpa Shetty In The News At AIDS Awareness Event

By Kate | April 28th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Richard Gere and Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty are now facing warrants for their arrest after Gere theatrically kissed Shetty – on the cheek but in a dramatic pose –... [Read this entry]

Microcredit: Padma Venkataraman in India

By Kate | April 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

It was Padma Venkataraman’s quote on a CNN advertisement that initially caught my attention: “They don’t always have to be on the receiving end, and the donor on the... [Read this entry]

Around The Web On Volunteering: April 14

By Kate | April 14th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

If you’re a volunteer, get ready to celebrate yourself: volunteer week is approaching in the US.
Some sad volunteer news: a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines is missing.

Green Day’s... [Read this entry]

Welfare Of Stray Dogs, Mumbai, India

By Kate | March 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Welfare of Stray Dogs, based in Mumbai, regularly shares its newsletter with me, and the latest one features this picture of Bogie, who was found injured on board a train.... [Read this entry]

Volunteer Tibet

By Kate | March 14th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Volunteer Tibet contains a compilation of different volunteer opportunities in or around Dharamsala, India, generally connected to the large Tibetan population in the area.
There is a volunteer page providing... [Read this entry]