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Thank you comment icon Hi, As far as volunteer work is concerned, here are some opportunities that should be interesting: 1. Amnesty International (as a Decoder Volunteer) - https://decoders.amnesty.org/ 2. Led By Foundation - https://www.ledby.org/volunteerwithus 3. Prison Journalism Project - https://prisonjournalismproject.org/volunteer/ 4. 7 Cups (as a Volunteer Listener) - https://www.7cups.com/listener/become-a-volunteer-listener.php 5. Crowd2Map Tanzania (as a Mapper Volunteer) - https://crowd2map.org/get-involved/how-we-map/ Hope this helps. Karina B
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A'shayla’s Answer

Hello! It is wonderful that you are looking for way to volunteer during this time. A lot of organizations have online opportunities available that will allow you to volunteer from the security of your home. Here are a few different opportunities:

MENTORING/TUTORING
Career Village An online platform where students ask career questions that are answered by people
working, or that have worked, in that field. All you need is a LinkedIn account to start helping students
become better informed about the career decisions they are facing.

Infinite Family, an online mentoring program matching adults and families in the U.S. with at- risk,
impoverished children in South Africa.

HEALTH, WELL-BEING & EMPOWERMENT
Crisis Text Line is a free 24/7 national crisis-intervention and counseling service conducted exclusively
through SMS text. Volunteers use the nonprofit's web-based platform to provide emotional support to
texters who are dealing with a wide range of issues– bullying, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and more.
Prospective volunteers go through screening and a lengthy self- paced training. Once completed,
volunteers sign up to take one four-hour shift each week for a year.

IMAlive is a live online crisis network and a project by the Kristin Brooks Hope Center, To Write Love On
Her Arms and PostSecret. Online volunteers must be at least 18 years old (16 with parents notarized
consent), complete at least 20 hours training and a series of tests and screenings, and willing to commit
to responding four hours a week for one year, or eight hours a week for six months. They also must pay,
or fundraise, a fee to cover training and support costs.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AROUND THE WORLD

Bpeace is a U.S. nonprofit that recruits business professionals to help entrepreneurs in countries
emerging from war to create and expand businesses and employment (particularly for women).
Volunteers need a particular area of expertise regarding business development or project management
and pay a monthly membership fee.

Cherie Blair Foundation Online Mentors Online mentors are successful businesswomen in the U.K., and
mentor online women entrepreneurs in developing countries.
Grow Movement recruits online volunteer business consultants from around the world to work via
Skype, phone and email to empower African entrepreneurs in Uganda, Rwanda and Malawi, helping
them with business skills, enabling them to run their organizations more effectively, increase
profitability and create jobs in their communities.

LITERACY
BookShare.Org offers thousands of books to people with reading disabilities. As an online volunteer you
can either scan books to be added to the collection or edit books that have been scanned.

Distributed Proofreaders These online volunteers turn public domain books into online books. Many
volunteers work on a book at the same time and proofread each other’s work.
IntoBooks is an online mentoring program where students and their adult mentors read the same books
and then discuss them online.

Learning Ally Many audiobooks are created with text-to-speech software that scans text from computer
files and uses synthesized human voices to read the text aloud. However, illustrations or figures used
throughout the books are not included. Online volunteers type those figure descriptions into the text,
enabling students to receive ALL book material, not just the text.

Translators Without Borders recruits volunteers who want to translate texts into different languages for
NGOs and nonprofits.

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
Volunteers are a key element of NPower’s program success. As part of preparing our students for a
career in technology, we engage tech professionals throughout our program to share their knowledge,
experience, insight, and advice. Interacting and learning from professionals in the industry is a crucial
part to our students becoming well rounded professionals. Connect with NPower students in-person or
virtually, in small or large group settings, and for short or long-term projects. NPower can create a
customized volunteer experience suited to your team’s needs that readies each student for career
success.

TechSoup has a series of discussion groups where nonprofits ask questions about technology. You can
log into the community at any time and try to help nonprofits and volunteers with questions about
software, databases and more. TechSoup also needs volunteers to transcribe its most popular archived
webinars.

Best of luck!!
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Amber’s Answer

I love that you want to volunteer! We have a park local to my house, where I walk my dog. I noticed along my walk that there was a lot of trash and recyclables. I grabbed a bag, some gloves, mask, and started picking things up! (Sorted the recyclables when I got home, of course). Gives me a little bit of pride for my hometown, helps with Earth Month, and follows along with the Broken Window Theory.
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Aicha’s Answer

Hi! I would say you could start looking to online volunteering options in your area or anywhere since it is online. This website that you are on now also is a way to get in online volunteering hours. You can answer questions for different people on here, and just share your advice with other people!
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Adele’s Answer

Hi what ever you choose to do first and foremost be safe. I started a food drive in my neighborhood by placing signs and requesting non perishable food items for the local food banks, I walk the neighborhood on a specific day and pick up the donations at the end of driveways and then deliver them by no contact to a pantry. That is a good way to help out. Another is looking out for the older person in your area by getting their paper or trash cans in so they do not have to go out. Often there are community activities to make calls to the senior population in your area to check on them..
Another thing is to place cheerful signs out or signs celebrating the graduating class since there will be no ceremonies.
Making cotton face mask and donating them to friends, family, neighbors, etc
Send or drop off snacks to first responders. I send snacks to the hospital where I worked for 30 years for the ER staff I worked with each week. Also send them a thank you card.
Just a few ideas that are easy and fun with no contact.
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