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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
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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.