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Spain: Volunteering trends: become a microvolunteer
After the success of micro-finance, now come the micro-volunteers: people who volunteer minutes of their day to perform micro-tasks for NGOs, anything from designing a logo to rescuing a webpage...
Time is gold in today?s world, and volunteering is a luxury that many can't afford: between the little time off work people have and the time it takes to travel to and from destinations there are precious few hours left in a week to dedicate good causes. Which is why Spanish foundation Bip-Bip, that is dedicated to supporting volunteering through technology, has come up with a brand new volunteering concept: micro-volunteering.
Microvolunteering means volunteering by minutes, not by hours. It means volunteering by task, not by mission and, most of all, it means volunteering whenever you have a moment to spare, from your own p.c.
Microvoluntarios.org is a website that channels the needs of NGOs with the availability of volunteers, but, unlike other volunteer-matching websites, the most it will ever ask you to give is 120 minutes. The minimum? Anywhere in between 0 and 20 minutes. The tasks – microtasks – include translations, graphic design, technical internet support and editing ? each one clearly states how many minutes work are expected and how many other volunteers will work with you on the task. So far 83 NGOs and almost 500 volunteers have signed on.
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