Volunteering

05 Mar

Posted at 16:15h in Agriculture, Business, Community, Education, Environment, Exploitation, Food, Migrants, Refugees, Social Enterprise, Social Justice, Sustainable Development Goals, Volunteering, Youth by
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Café Bienvenue is a social enterprise based in Paris that facilitates the socio-professional integration of refugees, promotes sustainable production and consumption, and offers high quality drinks and snacks in a warm and welcoming community space.   In January, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres presented his report on the...

27 Feb

Posted at 16:59h in Advocacy, Business, Education, International Development, Social Enterprise, Volunteering, Young People by
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Isabel worked with Balloon Ventures in Kenya, unleashing the talent of small-scale entrepreneurs to end poverty. In September 2017 another Balloon Ventures programme began in Kericho, Kenya. We worked in a mixed team of ten UK volunteers and ten Kenyan volunteers, to run a programme focused...

26 Sep

Posted at 13:21h in Children, Community, Education, Food, Healthcare, International Development, Music, Sport, Volunteering, Young People, Youth by
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Rosie shares her experience empowering disadvantaged children through education and sport in Fiji. Last summer, I was a teaching and sports volunteer in Fiji with the organisation Think Pacific. Despite having previously taught at a lycée in France for eight months, my first week in Kindergarten...

29 Mar

Posted at 11:41h in Advocacy, Children, Community, Education, Girls, Infrastructure, International Development, Leadership, Philanthropy, Poverty, Social Justice, Volunteering, Women, Young People by
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From Building a Computer Lab & Sewing Studio for an Orphanage in India, to Becoming a Teen Advisor for the United Nations Foundation Every summer, my family would take a trip to India. On my birthday – August 15th – my entire family would pile into a gleaming white van...

24 Feb

Posted at 17:07h in Business, Community, Disaster Resilience, Education, Environment, Fishing, Food, Healthcare, International Development, Poverty, Volunteering, Water, Young People by
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Vestability: A student run organisation providing affordable buoyancy vests to the world’s impoverished fishing communities. A few years ago I was volunteering in Madagascar for SEED, a charity aimed at eradicating poverty and environmental degradation in the Anosy region of Madagascar. It was here that I...

02 Nov

Posted at 13:33h in Advocacy, Business, Community, Education, Empathy, International Development, Leadership, Peace, Philanthropy, Social Enterprise, Social Justice, Volunteering, Young People, Youth by
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Empowering Future Young Leaders from Urban and Rural Areas around France and the World My name is Amy Faulkner and I am currently interning at YES Akademia— a small for-social-profit global grassroots organisation— during my year abroad from the University of Cambridge, which I am spending in Paris....

17 Oct

Posted at 17:28h in Infrastructure, International Development, Philanthropy, Poverty, Social Justice, Volunteering, Young People, Youth by
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This International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Noah Cleary shares what his experience with Builders Beyond Borders has taught him about making a difference Builders Beyond Borders, or B3, is a non-profit organization that engages high school and college students in local and global community...

07 Sep

Posted at 12:56h in Children, Community, Education, Social Justice, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Young People, Youth by
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This International Literacy Day, Dan Winch shares his experience volunteering at a school that ensures poverty does not prevent children from receiving a quality education. Johannesburg. For many Westerners, the name is synonymous with danger. This is a justly deserved reputation, and not one that many South...

18 Aug

Posted at 15:55h in Business, Community, Microcredit, Social Enterprise, Volunteering, Women by
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My Experiences as an International Citizen Service Volunteer in Burkina Faso During the summer of 2015 I spent 3 months volunteering for “Kabeela”, a non-profit organization based in Burkina Faso, West Africa. My volunteering placement was facilitated by ICS (International Citizen Service), a UK government funded...