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Volunteering

2 Sep 2014

Transparency in the management of community based organisations

by Ida Horner | posted in: 30 Day Blogging, Development Policy | 0

In a previous  post I shared the 10 lessons I have learned as a community development worker and one of those lessons was Transparency. In this post I would like to explore the importance of transparency in  the management of community … Read More

Africa, Hastoe Housing Associaiton, RUHANGA, Volunteering
31 Aug 2014

Do the terms Volunteering and Voluntourism mean the same thing?

by Ida Horner | posted in: 30 Day Blogging, Sustainable development | 0

In this post, I am going to revisit questions about volunteering and voluntoursim. This is because the debate about the value or otherwise of volunteering abroad rages on and has given rise to new questions such as; Is volunteering a waste … Read More

Africa, Uganda, Volunteering, Voluntourism
30 Nov 2009

Time to grow your own?

by Ida Horner | posted in: Uganda | 0

African countries like any other countries are constantly on the look out for investment opportunities. What caught my eye recently is the fact unlike the usual practice of seeking out major corporations as investors  Uganda is looking at this it … Read More

Africa, African Diaspora, AID, Uganda, Volunteering
14 Aug 2009

Can Africa grow its own volunteers

by Ida Horner | posted in: Volunteering | 0

This question has been on my mind for sometime now. Due to the current economic environment we have struggled to get volunteers from the traditional sources to out to our project in SW Uganda. I did wonder if Africa could … Read More

African Diaspora, DFID, Uganda, Volunteering, Voluntourism, VSO
12 Aug 2009

Voluntary Work

by Ida Horner | posted in: Ethics | 0

Voluntary Work was the subject of at least two BBC radio 4 programmes yesterday.  The first YOU and YOURS a consumer programme considered all manner of issues relating to voluntary work including Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR, the other PM … Read More

Africa, corporate social responsbility, CSR, Jim Rohn, Volunteering, Voluntourism
16 Apr 2009

Is volunteering a waste of time?

by Ida Horner | posted in: Ethics | 0

My immediate reaction to this question is another question. Why would anyone say so? The reason I would ask such a question is because when you volunteer be it your time or services you do so of your own free … Read More

Age Concern, Scotland, Volunteering, Voluntourism

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