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Virtual volunteers "Net Hereos"
Macdonald Youth Services (MYS ) has demonstrated
that the internet can be a medium for highly skilled virtual volunteers
to help non profit organizations. Rick Mazereeuw's article "Net Heroes",
in the July/August issue of Canada's Home Internet Magazine,
Sympatico NetLife, profiles Canadians who have made a difference
online. Among those organizations noted by Mazereeuw as benefiting from
the involvement of virtual volunteers is MYS
Whether residing in the United States, Canada or Europe, virtual volunteers have contributed to both client and organizational needs at MYS via the internet. Working from their home or work computer and communicating via the internet, virtual volunteers such as Sheri Orloff (Florida, United States), Lav Plourde (Quebec, Canada), David Borowski (Manitoba, Canada), Mathieu Blanchette (Manitoba, Canada), Paul Brasseur (British Columbia, Canada) and Varsily Ryndyuk (Rovno, Ukraine) have been involved in database creation, CGI programming, web site creation, program-based internet researching, online educational tutoring and desktop publishing.
Sympatico lists a number of agencies using internet volunteers:
Mother and Child Reunions
http://www.bconnex.net/~rickm/
Canadian Adoptees Registry
http://www.escape.ca/~rkading/
Post-Legal Adoption Support Group
Helping Victims of Abuse
http://www.vansondesign.com/RecoveryCanada/ Recovery Canada
http://kidshelp.sympatico.ca
Kids Help Phone
http://www.Alzheimer.ca Alzheimer
Society Canada
Ways to do Good
http://www.voe-reb.org Volunteer
Opportunities Exchange
http://www.mys.mb.ca Macdonald Youth
Services
http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/meowald/ Meow-Aid
Anonymous Support Angel
http://www.Alzheimer.ca Alzheimer
Society Canada
http://www.caregiver.on.ca
Caregiver Network
www.sympatico.ca
Sympatico Web Site
The Virtual Tutor
http://www.mys.mb.ca Macdonald Youth
Services
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NACCW Annual Report
The Annual Report of South Africa's
National Association of Child Care Workers, which was
delivered to the Association's National Conference this July, is posted
on their web site.
http://www.pretext.co.za/naccw/report.html
The National Director's report gives interesting
information on developments in the field over the past year.
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Durban Programme on line
CYC-NET members Durban Children's Home informed us of their new web site — which also highlights the use of volunteers. Visit at http://users.lia.net/bramley/ydc.htm