WASHINGTON: Mgbala Agwa Youths Forum (MAYF) participated in a
survey conducted by Jayne Cravens, who was director of the United
Nations (UN) Online Volunteer and manager of the Information
Technology Service Service initiatves. Her research was undertaken
to assess current common practices among organizations successfully
involving international online volunteers; to explore the role
online volunteering may play in building a more cohesive global
community; and to assess the relationship between involving
online volunteers and building organizational capacities.
This research sought to shed some light on what factors may
have contributed to the success of involving international online
volunteers and to identify how these volunteers were thought
of in relation to an organization’s onsite staff. In performing
this researcg, Cravens surveyed organizations that involved
online volunteers named as “Outstanding” in 2002,
2003, 2004, and 2005 by the United Nations Volunteers program
(UNV), part of the UN Development Program (UNDP).
Her research work was presented at the Intitute
for Volunteering Research November 2005 conference, Volunteering
Research: Frontiers and Horizons, and recently published in
the July
2006 issue of the International
Journal of Volunteer Administration.
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