10 Ways You Can Volunteer From Home – Remote Opportunities

 

whether you're out of work at the moment

or looking for ways to gather extra

credits for your college application

european volunteer

volunteering is a great way to gain new

skills and feel good about yourself

in our current climate it can be

increasingly challenging to find

somewhere to volunteer in person

which is why we're going to discuss ways

that you can volunteer from the comfort

of your own home

here are 10 opportunities that can be

completed in your spare time

number one be my eyes this incredible

app

launched in 2015 connecting visually

impaired people with sighted volunteers

who can assist with daily tasks

like reading an ingredients list or

helping select an outfit once you sign

up

you'll be notified via video call when

someone needs your assistance

but if you're busy you can just ignore

the call and another volunteer will pick

up

this is a great choice for people

without set volunteering hours

number two united nations volunteers

there are plenty of ways that you can

volunteer through the online united

nations volunteering website

start by selecting a sector you'd like

to work in such as translation or

teaching

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and then navigate through the various

opportunities that come up until you

find something that suits you

number three translators without borders

if you're fluent in two or more

languages you can sign up to translators

without borders and offer your services

to translate medical texts or translate

for crisis response

you won't need to devote a set number of

hours per week you simply can take on

work when you're available

number four crisis text line crisis text

line is completely dependent on its

remote volunteers

so if you have 4 hours to spare every

week and you are over 18 years old

you can help keep their free 24 7

service running by answering texts from

people in crisis

before you can start volunteering you

will first receive a 30 hour training in

collaborative problem solving

reflective listening and crisis

management that will help you navigate

through crisis intervention

number five dorad if you have a soft

spot for the elderly then dorad

is just right for you you can create

cards connect with elderly members on

the phone or zoom and have a friendly

chat with them

you will need to devote a few hours once

or twice a week for four consecutive

weeks to conduct your calls

number six catch a fire if you want to

use your professional skills for good

catch-a-fire helps you connect with

non-profits in need of your expertise

and contribute to meaningful projects

and initiatives even if you're short on

time

you can still volunteer through their

one hour phone call option

where you can consult offer vital advice

and brainstorm

with a non-profit number 7. techsoup

this platform offers technical health to

charities and foundations that need

expert assistance as a volunteer you can

share tips and volunteer online by

blogging

answering forum questions and any

technical support that you can offer

number eight learning ally if you're

passionate about e-learning

you can help learning allies support

students with learning difficulties such

as dyslexia and visual impairment

you can help narrate audiobook

recordings offer feedback to

pre-recorded books or work in quality

assurance

number nine bookshare if you're a

self-proclaimed bookworm

you can help bookshare by scanning in

books you have that aren't in their

library

and proofreading scanned files the

platform allows users to read a book in

a way that works for them by using

audiobooks

text highlights and different visual

settings number 10

smithsonian digital volunteers are you

passionate

about history the smithsonian

transcription center seeks digital

volunteers to help them transcribe

historic documents and collection

records to make material more accessible

to the public

from field notes to diaries and ledgers

to log books and photo albums to

manuscripts

you'll be able to choose from a myriad

of available documents before beginning

the transcription process

as you can see there are plenty of

online organizations that you can join

to make the world a bit of a better

place

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