Aid and Relief Awareness for the World

Do you think that being a volunteer is great but you’re unsure if you have the guts to travel with a peace corps in the middle of a war? Do you feel you have the skills and the commitment to undertake a virtual project across the world without leaving your home? It’s time to put your expertise and time to good use. Take a look at who could really use your help. They will never have the chance to pay you in cash, but they will thank you forever.

International Volunteers:

• Global Volunteers: International volunteers to combine service with travel abroad.
• UN Volunteer: Become a volunteer for the United Nations.
• World Volunteer Web: Find out how and where you can put your expertise to good use.
• Volunteer Match: Search through thousands of projects where you can help.
• Independent Volunteer: International volunteer projects for individuals.
• ServeyOurWorld: Travel and contribute to local communities around the world.
• SCI Workcamps: Join international workcamps for volunteer projects.
• ICVolunteers: Coordination organization for international volunteering projects.
• Volunteers for Peace: Over 3400 projects in 100 countries each year.
• Volunteers UK: Huge search portal for volunteer projects in the UK.

Volunteers for NPO in Greece:

• Anthropos.gr: Learn how you can contribute with material or work in Greece.
• Citizen in Deed: Learn how you can contribute with material or work in Greece.
• MSF.gr: Help the work of MSF (Doctors without Frontiers) in Greece or elsewhere.
• ActionAid Hellas: Help the work of ActionAid in Greece or elsewhere.

Electronic Volunteers:

• UN e-Volunteer: Become a UN volunteer using your own PC at home.
• FYO: Foundation for Young Orphans needs virtual volunteers.
• Volunteer Match – Virtual: Search through thousands of virtual projects to join.
• Cyber Volunteers: Find a position as a virtual volunteer.
• Charity Focus: Put your writing and s/w skills to good use.

Internet Projects:

• OLPC Greek Community: Help the greek Wiki of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC).
• OLPC Greek Translations: Contribute on-line with greek translations (Pootle).
• BOINC: Make your PC contribute its idle time to grid projects for scientific research.
• SourceForge: Participate in one of the thousands of open-source s/w projects.

Global e-Learning:

• PEOI: Professional Education Organization International.
• dgCommunities: Open Educational Resources, community for learners and tutors.
• EDUblogs: The largest blogs portal for education and teaching material.
• IEDRO: International Environmental Data Rescue Organization.

Most of these websites are portals for searching and coordinating volunteering activities, so there are really A LOT of opportunities for those who are willing to offer. Just remember that 70% of Earth’s population has no access to telephones and 90% of the people in those regions in need will never know what the Internet is. Make sure your little “luxury” is worth it.