how can you e-volunteer - what is e-volunteering?

1. e-volunteering
what is it –
how can it help?
and
what could you do?

2. e-volunteering -what is it?
a way for you to volunteer from home
– it will suit volunteers who want to
use their skills and experiences
to support a project abroad
but are not able or do not wish to
travel.

3. e-volunteering -what is it?
Viphu
Dara
3
Volunteer Paul mentors teachers at Treak

4. e-volunteering what is it?
e-volunteering will enable you
to give the time you want to support
a community project or school
from your own home –
when it’s convenient
for you.

5. Volunteer Hannah starts her
volunteering with Education for All

6. e-volunteering-how can it help?
“Covid-19 did not remove the
need for volunteer support,
it stopped delivery“
Harold Goodwin, Professor Emeritus Responsible
Tourism

7. BUT
THE NEED
STILL
EXISTS

8. e-volunteering-how can it help?
“It is important that we can
continue to access
the skills that
people and places volunteers
share with us –
even if they cannot travel
to be with us.”
Adama Bah partner - The Gambia

9. e-volunteering-how can it help?
“e-volunteering helps
volunteers to share their skills
and experiences with our staff
and students even though they
cannot be with us in person
and this continues the cultural
exchange that is so important
to us –our students and
volunteers”
Dara Mouen, principal Treak
Community Centre, Cambodia

10. e-volunteering-how can it help?
“I was frustrated because I do not know when I will be
able to travel to The Gambia again, as I had promised
– e-volunteering has given me the opportunity to keep
my promise”
Volunteer Karen

11. what could you do?-some examples
Short one off commitments
• Videos
• Power Point Presentations
Longer term, skills matched placements
• Mentoring
• Spoken English
• Podcasts
• Research and produce materials for online learning

12. what could you do?-some examples
Videos
• Simple maths such as multiplication or division
• Reading stories
• Simple science such as–what are bubbles?
• Nature and village walks
• Arts and crafts – how to make, how to do
• How spread sheets work
• Tips for teaching a subject in the curriculum
• Health and Hygiene

13. what could you do?
Volunteer Yvonne
making
music with
jam jars

14. what could you do?
TREAK CHILDREN WATCH A VOLUNTEER’S VIDEO ALL ABOUT COLOURS

15. what could you do?
A nature ramble -
taken on a mobile
phone

16. what could you do?
A nature ramble -
taken on a mobile
phone
“How to videos “ for all sorts of skills are needed

17. what could you do?-some examples
Power Point Presentations
• How to make a power point presentation
• How to use excel and word
• How to write a CV
• How to make a grant application
• How to write a business plan
• How to design a website
• How to use social media

18. what could you do?

19. what could you do?

20. what could you do? some examples
longer term placements
• Small business skills: marketing, book keeping, IT
• Fundraising, proposal writing
• Training the trainers
• Curriculum development
• Regular conversation sessions in English
• Life skills
• Art, crafts and/or music
• Alternative technologies
• Website design and development

21. what could you do? some
examples
longer term placements
• Are fully screened, matched and supported
• Are individually matched to skills and experience
• Are designed to match volunteer and project availability
• Last between 6 and 12 weeks
• Require a weekly commitment
• Are “real” volunteer experiences

22. what could you do?
A nature ramble -
taken on a mobile
phone
Volunteer Joanne works with Lisong Bah
on early childhood curriculum training for The Gambia

23. what could you do?
Volunteer Zara
works from
home on
a podcast with
the Treak
principal Dara

24. what could you do?
A nature ramble -
taken on a mobile
phone
Volunteer Maggie practises English with
girls in Morocco

25. what could you do?
And the girls are following
Maggie’s every word!

26. e-volunteer.co.uk an award winning
initiative by people and places
“Best for innovation in responsible tourism”

27. What next
If you would like to learn more about
how you could help
Ask now
Visit www.e-volunteer.co.uk
to register your interest
or
drop us an email
dianne@travel-peopleandplaces.co.uk