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| Sponsoring a Child with Plan Canada
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Dates: June 2006 to present
Description: Plan Canada (formerly Foster Parents Plan) is a non-profit organization that has individuals sponsor children. The money then goes to help the children's families and communities in order to make them self sufficient and to secure the child's future.
I have been sponsoring a boy from Thailand since I first signed up. We have written to each other and have both sent pictures and artwork (He sent drawings, I sent letters my students in Victoria wrote to him).
Online: You can visit Plan Canada and sponsor a child today here . |
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| Microlending With Kiva |
                     
Dates: January 2007 to present
Description: Kiva is a non-profit organization that connects lenders to those in need of a loan. Lenders can lend as little as $25 and all of that money gets lent to someone in a developing country. Microfinancing helps people get loans when they would not normally get money to start or improve their small businesses.
Generally all money lended is eventually paid back (with no interest) and can be reloaned as many times as you like. I have so far supported 29 businesses in the following countries: Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Cambodia, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Viet Nam.
Support: Email Michael Without Borders for an invitation to join Kiva (or sign up here).
Online: My Kiva lender page can be found here .
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| Teaching English in Korea |
Dates: February 2008 to August 2009
Description: I teach at Alphabet Street Children's English School, in Seoul. In the mornings I teach kindergarten students (between the ages of 3 and 6). In the afternoon and early evening I teach elementary aged students. This is a paying job, though it has allowed me to gain valuable experience and has helped me learn how to speak simply in a new language (Korean).
Online: You can check out my school's website here . |
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| Volunteering with Youth Challenge International in Tanzania |
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Dates: September 2009 to November 2009
Description: Youth Challenge International is a non-profit organization based in Toronto, Ontario that promotes personal, community, and global development. They offer young people the opportunity to develop through a challenging three-stage process that provides them with leadership skills, problem solving experience, and global education.
I will be volunteering in either Morogoro or Zanzibar for 8 weeks. Themes of programming in Tanzania address 4 key youth development areas – Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship, HIV/AIDS and Healthy Sexuality for Youth, Rights and Advocacy including active citizenship and Gender Equity for Youth.
Support: To support this project, please visit our support page.
Online: You can visit Youth Challenge International here.
To read testimonials of recently returned volunteers from Morogoro and Zanzibar go here.
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