Technology volunteers help mend social fabric
Over on the Netsquared Blog, an interesting series on high impact, limited term volunteering has been kicked off with Bari Samad’s post about how a three-week long volunteer project on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota changed his life. The post segues into a survey of opportunities for technology volunteers to make high use of their skills.
The post movingly concludes, "Although leveraging the power of technology for social impact may seem a world apart from installing windows, pipes, toilets and drywall, there is in fact a deep connection between the two experiences. Both are constructed of the same strong material -- a powerful commitment to change, with which we mend the tears and gaps in our social fabric and weave together stronger, more compassionate societies."
You can read it here. Do you volunteer for a social benefit organization?
(Photo courtesy La Communidad Hispana, Kennett Square, PA)
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