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LIFE&FAMILY
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Jun14
Friend ly Feed back
VOLUNTEER
Jan, Club Rainbow tutor: “I heard of Expatgiving through the
Singapore expat wives’ group on Facebook. It was very easy to
navigate through the website and apply, and I received a response
the next working day. I would recommend Expatgiving to both
expat and local friends; what I have seen so far is inspirational.”
NON-PROFIT
Club Rainbow Singapore: “We received an email from Expatgiving
in January about their service. It’s been helpful as it’s another
avenue for Club Rainbow (Singapore) to source for volunteers.
We have found a few volunteer tutors for our Saturday tuition
programme through them. It’s a good way to pool together different
organisations’ needs and present them on a unified platform for an
interested volunteer to browse through and sign up.”
It’s the perfect bridge between
available volunteer positions
and expats willing to use their
skills for a good cause
More than a website
Apart from finding vacancies online and applying for them directly,
you can also register as a volunteer and receive a bi-weekly
eBulletin with all the updates, as well as a quarterly newsletter.
Expatgiving is also active in social media, so to stay up to
date, “Like” it on Facebook, join its LinkedIn group or follow it on
Twitter. You’ll receive notifications about available vacancies and
upcoming charity events.
I met Irene while we were both
participating at a UNWomen fundraising
event in Singapore. She told me about
the project and I was immediately
interested in joining to help her spread
the word about such a refreshing
initiative. I think it’s the perfect bridge
between available volunteer positions
and expats who are willing to make use
of their skills for a good cause.
Along with the larger non-profits, we’re
also keen to support small or lesser-
known local non-profits that have less
visibility by promoting their volunteer
positions and events. We also give them
advice on how to attract volunteers
based on our experience with other
organisations.
An example of how we extend
our online support offline is when
the National Kidney Foundation
needed volunteers for its Circle of
Hearts programme. In this case, we
not only advertised their vacancy,
but we participated in the activity as
volunteers by doing a Spanish cooking
demonstration for patients in a dialysis
centre, and we blogged about it as well.
Victoria Orellana