Volunteers and Technology

Re: tech online volunteers supporting aid workers

jcravens42 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:30:11 GMT

I'm flattered! In the interest of full disclosure -- I just ended my time as volunteer coordinator for AWN. I served in this position for more than a year, and felt very strongly all along that it was important for other volunteers to step forward and take on this and other volunteer leadership roles.

Re: tech online volunteers supporting aid workers

hvalli — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:19:51 GMT

I'm currently looking at different volunteer recruitment set-ups, and I've sent yours to our IT development team as an example they should strongly consider. Thanks for the link!

tech online volunteers supporting aid workers

jcravens42 — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:03:00 GMT

I volunteer with the Aid Workers Network, , an all-volunteer online community for people working in aid, relief & development. The people who help maintain AWN are professional aid workers who donate their time and expertise, often while they are working in a developing country under contract with an aid agency, to help keep AWN operating.

I recruit and support volunteers who maintain the AWN site and its operations.

I'm using the network itself, as well as the UN's Online Volunteering service to recruit additional online volunteers to support AWN. I've got five opportunities posted there right now, some of them specifically tech-related. You can go directly to our account to view the opportunities.

So if you are interested, just to see how one all-virtual organization recruits its online volunteers or if you want to join in as a volunteer, please check out those aforementioned links.