Hi Tobias and others, I am creating these days profile at this website: https://www.zapojimse.cz/, this is something similar to the link you sent. So, we will explore this, and let' s see how it works. Truth is the only thing I thought I could offer to volunteers, besides organizing their own Get togethers..., would be translations for our website. However this is not very urgent as I have currently other volunteers working on this, so I was not really in a need so far. @To anyone: if you have a good experience to share in terms of "what kind of activities" can be made available to remote volunteers, I will be happy to learn from you. Have a great week, Gabi st 12. 2. 2020 v 10:31 odesílatel Tobias Polzin < [email protected]> napsal:
Hi Gabi (and others),
in the chat you wrote: In the Czech republic the mindset towards volunteering and giving substantial time for free is still not embedded in the culture, mindset...if you would have any tips how to encourage this, very happy to learn from you!
I wonder, if there aren't aspects of volunteering in the Czech culture, eg. for sports or religious reasons, that could be a connecting point. Possibly there are also organisations that organize volunteering. Google showed me https://www.hest.cz/cz/o-hestia/about-us "The mission of HESTIA is to promote and develop volunteering in Czech republic.". I don't know if they understand the same thing under volunteering, but it could be a connecting point.
Somehow we have been listed in a volunteering agency in Hamburg, and we receive volunteering requests from time to time from there. The problem for me is: What to offer a remote volunteer that does not use more organisational time ressources. In the service space TED talk, Nipun Mehta suggests "let volunteers organize volunteers", but haven't found a good way, how to do it, as it needs a decent overview over the mission and the organisation to find an appropriate place for someone.
If you have any ideas regarding that, I would be very interested.
Best wishes
Tobias
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