There have been numerous threads recently about foreign "volunteers" who (according to popular opinion) don't really contribute anything all that useful. (Especially in the long term sense).
I would like to get some recommendations for some valuable and useful volunteer options/programs/ideas locally for an ongoing basis.
I don't have a lot of extra money to contribute, but I do have time, energy and (English)teaching skills. Ideally, I would like to work with children on a volunteer basis on the weekends and evenings whenever possible.
Can anyone recommend anything along these lines on the North Coast?
I have researched and viewed various volunteer programs that you need to pay to be a part of, but this is not what I am looking for. I am looking for something that I do not have to necessarily pay "to be a part of", but somewhere that values and can use some actual volunteer TIME, care and skills.
p.s. I have nothing against contributing some $$'s when I have some extra funds available, but in my current situation I do not at the moment. However I think time, effort and energy offered can be worth just as much as actual $$'s.
I would like to get some recommendations for some valuable and useful volunteer options/programs/ideas locally for an ongoing basis.
I don't have a lot of extra money to contribute, but I do have time, energy and (English)teaching skills. Ideally, I would like to work with children on a volunteer basis on the weekends and evenings whenever possible.
Can anyone recommend anything along these lines on the North Coast?
I have researched and viewed various volunteer programs that you need to pay to be a part of, but this is not what I am looking for. I am looking for something that I do not have to necessarily pay "to be a part of", but somewhere that values and can use some actual volunteer TIME, care and skills.
p.s. I have nothing against contributing some $$'s when I have some extra funds available, but in my current situation I do not at the moment. However I think time, effort and energy offered can be worth just as much as actual $$'s.