how to Attract and work with skills based Volunteers By Fadi AL QassaR Skills-based volunteering can help address a number of challenges facing nonprofits today. The pandemic has disrupted nonprofit
Venture 2 Impact is in the midst of rediscovering our approach to monitoring, evaluation, and reporting impact to improve our gender equality and transformative evaluation methods. Learn a bit more about our journey in this post.
Our family has seen various levels of poverty during our travels. To help combat poverty we mostly made donations in the past. More recently, I’ve volunteered at our local community school and my husband joined the board for a high school in a vulnerable community. As our sense of the importance of community increased over the years, we have become more interested in contributing our time, in a meaningful way.
I had long thought about ways to give back to the broader community when I stumbled across Venture 2 Impact for the first time. In all my attempts to try and find a way to give back I was struggling with finding something where I felt I could really contribute uniquely with my specific skill set in a way that seemed sustainable to the community I was trying to help.
“I’ve volunteered with V2I four times, and they have all been incredible experiences. In particular though, my most recent volunteer trip to India was especially impactful . . .”
“I feel supercharged. What I experienced in Romania with the kids and young adults can combat 1,000 bad days.”
V2I Tribe Update – November 2017 Venture 2 Impact first began partnering with Telunas, a geo-tourism resort located in the Riau region of Indonesia, in 2016. We were inspired by
V2I Tribe Update – September 2017 Last year while working with IT Hands, a tech company focused on transformation for individuals and communities in India, we met a health worker
Volunteer Profile – Traci Flitcraft 1.What are the basics: Name/Job/Location/Life Goal (can be serious/funny/quirky)? Traci Flitcraft – Marketing Consultant/Portland, Oregon Life goal – always improving the world around me 2.
“These were the moments where they felt seen, worthy, and loved.” -Kanaar Bell
Anti-Racism Training for a More Inclusive Future By Emily jollymore introduction Note: ¹ Alternative to terms such as ‘visible minority,’ the use of the term ‘people of the global majority’
A chat with our Innovation & Funding Specialist: 6 Things to Consider When innovating in international development (PART two) By Lila Berryman This article was co-written by Emilie Chiasson, Innovation
A chat with the Aga Khan Foundation: 4 Things to Consider When innovating in international development (PART ONE) By Lila Berryman This article was co-written by Emilie Chiasson, Innovation &
How to get involved in international development By Mary Adeyemi introduction As the world continues to become increasingly interconnected, organizations everywhere are looking for ways to get involved in international