"Yes, daniel, we did in the past for 1-2 yrs then the local burmese pastors convinced the vol. staff to not push our mentoring approach since they wanted them to work right away without taking any responsibility so they could get their 10% tithe plus…"
"Stephen, thanks for the photos. Do you operate any places where volunteers meet with kids on a regular basis? If so, what are you doing in August to try to mobilize volunteers?"
"Is the link on your profile a live web site, or one you want to build? I encourage you to visit this site, which we host. It's using an open source content management system, which means we built it and manage it ourselves.
You can also tell…"
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"Hi Stephen,
thanks for joining this group. the strategies we talk about focus on building non-profit infrastructure that can support the tutoring/mentoring that takes place at specific locations in big cities like Chicago and Indianapolis. Since…"
MBA working with psychiatric patients in large metropolitan hospital in midwest became aware of the plight of the Burmese people. In early 2006 i was giving away furniture to needy Burmese living in my community and this led to promoting esl classes etc. Formed the Burmese Mentor Network that year and became incorporated in dec 2008. Applying for 501 3c status 6/09 and intend to raise money to promote the Burmese people living in Indiana and other locations. The Burmese Mentor Network uses a mentoring approach planning to hire paid staff and moving away from strictly volunteers to increase reliability of services. 317-294-4466 USA Also can be reached at engineersrus@sbcglobal.net
Stephen, thanks for the photos. Do you operate any places where volunteers meet with kids on a regular basis? If so, what are you doing in August to try to mobilize volunteers?
Is the link on your profile a live web site, or one you want to build? I encourage you to visit this site, which we host. It's using an open source content management system, which means we built it and manage it ourselves.
You can also tell your story using blogs, and use that to recruit volunteers to help with technology.
Finally, I encourage you to post "volunteer wanted" ads on Volunteer Match, with specific job descriptions for skills you need.
thanks for joining this group. the strategies we talk about focus on building non-profit infrastructure that can support the tutoring/mentoring that takes place at specific locations in big cities like Chicago and Indianapolis. Since most non profits have a constant challenge in raising money, building visibility and recruiting and keeping volunteers, our collective efforts are intended to help each of us get these resources more consistently than if we worked alone.
We held our tutor/mentor conference in Chicago last week and two of the guests were from Indianapolis. I've been working with IUPUI for about 8 years with a goal of duplicating what we do in Chicago in your city. I hope you'll help make this happen.