Volunteer at Shape Lives Foundation

Submitted by Alexander kedje on 11 April, 2012 - 10:07

There  are  several  volunteer oppportunities at Shape Lives Foundation in Ghana. 

1) Volunteer in Moringa Farm

This project is a fantastic way to help develop sustainable, organic farming techniques while passing on a vital awareness of conservation issues to the new generation of children in Africa.

Read more about the farm on moringa.shapelives.org

 2) Volunteer in Orphanages

Extreme poverty, growing problems of HIV/AIDS, and different social problems make many kids orphans in Ghana.  These lovely kids are in urgent need of parental help and support. In Ghana , Shape Lives Foundation, does  support many orphanages  through  its  programs to continue  providing the much needed care for  the  orphans. Unfortunately, most of these orphanages are resource poor, under staffed, and are facing lots of problems to run their programs. Help is needed in everything from cooking and serving food to the children, to assisting with their basic education with sports and English lessons.

Role of Volunteer

The main responsibility of a volunteer at any of the orphanages is to spend time with the children and give them the attention and love they need. Volunteers will organize games and activities for the children and can help teach in the schools associated with the orphanage. Working in an orphanage requires motivation, energy, patience, and resourcefulness.

Skills/Qualifications Needed

There are no specific qualifications required for the orphanage project in Ghana . However, volunteers interested to work for orphans must have love for the kids and willingness to share their time and compassion with patience and high flexibility.

Contact us if interested

If  you  are  interested  in any  of  the  above  projects,  please email  or call  us. +233 244313929     info@shapelives.org shapelivesfoundation@gmail.com

Volunteers are needed to teach in Ghana - Salam International Senior High School

Submitted by Salam Ramani on 16 March, 2012 - 11:11

Volunteers are needed to teach in various subjects in the SALAM INTERNATIONAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, a private senior high school located in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana. we offer business studies and general arts. subjects are mathematics, science, English, social studies, economics, accounting, costing, government, geography, history, peace building, leadership training etc. Volunteers could be male or female from any part of the world.

Volunteers will have the opportunity to interact with students, staff, community members and make friends as well as travel or tour interesting and beautiful tourist sites within Ghana.

Interested persons should contact Mr Salam Ramani on the email address below. salamramani@yahoo.com or call 00233 244 077 338 for more details. You are welcome to the SALAM INTERNATIONAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL - GHANA

In Search of a Passionate Volunteer to Join the Kabissa Team . . .

Submitted by WILFRED SINAY on 13 March, 2012 - 18:44

Would you like to be an instrument for change in Africa?

Kabissa is now seeking potential candidates for its volunteering opportunities:

  • Membership Manager whose work shall be in managing and handling community correspondence and sign-ups and providing technical support to members.
  • Member Content Editor who shall be responsible for polishing posts, comments and content of the Kabissa website as well as in providing encouragement to members seeking to post in the site wide blog and in “hunting” spams.
  • Social Network Outreach who shall spread the content relevant to Kabissa on sites like Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin.

More than the education, training, experience and motivation that we would usually see in most of our volunteers’ applicantions, we are in search of candidates who have the commitment and heart for volunteering and the passion and love for online networking for a cause.

If you are a cut for volunteerism and have the fervor for helping people or if you would know persons who have that same enthusiasm, you can be that instrument for change.

To apply and learn more of this opportunity, please visit www.kabissa.org/about/volunteering

Wilfred B. Sinay
Volunteer Recruiter 

Join GlobalGiving's April Open Challenge!

Submitted by Sudeshna Mukherjee on 10 February, 2012 - 00:18

GlobalGiving is an innovative online fundraising platform for nonprofits of all sizes all around the world. Since 2002, more than 2,600 nonprofits have raised nearly $58 million for 4,800 projects through GlobalGiving.org. GlobalGiving is an open platform; if you're interested in learning more about online fundraising, you're invited to join the GlobalGiving community! 


To secure a permanent spot on the site -- and to get access to a range of benefits -- you are invited to join through an Open Challenge. During an Open Challenge, organizations are required to raise $4,000 for your project from at least 50 people. But don’t worry! GlobalGiving offers training, tools, and support to help organizations reach this fundraising goal.  Once organizations secure a spot on GlobalGiving, they can benefit from GlobalGiving’s corporate partnerships (with Nike, Dell, Gap and Ford, for example) and they can also benefit form GlobalGiving’s marketing campaigns and media outreach.

In the last Open Challenge in December, 276 organizations raised nearly $800,000 by leveraging this opportunity. The next Open Challenge will take place in April 2012, and will be sponsored by Dell, Powering the Possible. (More information here) This is a great opportunity for nonprofits of all sizes to mobilize their networks and to reach new donors. The deadline to submit the nomination form and Due Diligence paperwork is March 1, 2012.

For more information, contact us at projecthelp at globalgiving dot org

Invitation to join Kabissa Database Review Work Party: Saturday, 4 February 2012

Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 1 February, 2012 - 00:01

A comprehensive review of the Kabissa database of organizations is long overdue, especially with an upgrade in the works to make organization profiles even more useful for finding and connecting with African civil society. To this end we are organizing a "work party" this coming Saturday, 4 February and we'd love to have as many people pitching in as possible, both remotely via the Internet and face to face on Bainbridge Island at OfficeXpats, a coworking and meeting space.

Please join and share! Invitation to join the Africa Roundtable on Bainbridge Island

Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 25 January, 2012 - 22:01

I just sent the email below to Kabissa members and supporters in Washington State about the Africa Roundtable, an initiative I am starting up here on Bainbridge Island where I live. This is something I've been interested in doing for a long time, and if it works here on Bainbridge we should join forces with others to replicating it in other parts of the world. Please help spread the word and let me know if you have ideas or are interested in helping out. Thanks! 

 

Dear Kabissa friends in Washington,

I am writing to let you know about a new initiative I am starting here on Bainbridge Island where I live called the Africa Roundtable.

I would appreciate it if you could take a moment to learn about the initiative, join in if you are interested and help spread the word in your network by forwarding this email, sharing the Africa Roundtable facebook page, mentioning @africaroundtabl on twitter or just simply pointing people to http://www.africaroundtable.org.

Where does this idea come from? In the months since returning to Bainbridge from Berlin, and while networking and looking for organizations to work with, I have come across a number of people on the island who have an interesting Africa connection but who have never heard of each other. As the founder of Kabissa, an African civil society networking platform operated by volunteers, I am committed to grassroots empowerment through technology capacity building and networking. I'd love to do this on Bainbridge with people and organizations working in Africa, with regular face to face meetings to explore opportunities for cooperation, peer learning and mutual support.

The idea behind organizing both lunchtime and evening meetings is to accommodate schedules (not everyone is actually on Bainbridge during the day) and types of engagement (not everyone works on Africa on a day-to-day basis but many would like to learn what is being done for Africa from Bainbridge and support it). Another idea is to have these events be catered - Simply Bainbridge have made us a terrific offer which I think will contribute greatly to making our Roundtable gatherings enjoyable and successful for all involved.

Here’s the link again to join in: http://www.africaroundtable.org.

With thanks,

Tobias Eigen,
Kabissa Founder

P.S. Here’s a sample short text you can take verbatim (or tweak) to share the URL with your friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter:

Do you work on Africa from (or near) Bainbridge Island? Join the new Africa Roundtable! http://africaroundtable.org

Be Kabissa's Volunteer Recruiter

Submitted by Diana Cocoru on 9 January, 2012 - 00:54

Kabissa is currently recruiting 1 volunteer to fill in the postion of Volunteer Recruiter.

TASKS

- Advertise the new openings as indicated in the Kabissa Operating Procedures
- Handle volunteering mailbox correspondence and volunteer applications
- Set up and conduct interviews with prospective volunteers
- Help the recruited volunteers to set up their first 3 month workplan 
- Induct the recruited volunteers in the team and assists them in getting familiar with the Kabissa infrastructure and procedures specific to the initial phase

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