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Global influence of the Internet on volunteering development

Lari Karreinenlari@karreinen.org

Delegate of Citizen Forum

From shopping volunteering holidays to clictivism and self-organized volunteerism

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Volunteer tourism - where do You want to go today

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Are there European voluntary service EVS possibilities in Perm?

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Yes there is a European voluntary service EVS program in Perm

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It's possible to search the internet and shop nice volunteer possibilities

People want meaningful, personal or customized volunteer tasks with high autonomy that can be done alone or in a group

What do people want?

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What does this mean for volunteers?

● From clictivism to activism

Easy ways to participate

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Fix the streets of the various cities fo the world

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Volunteers create meaningful tasks themselves

Created within a day from the idea to action when the forest fires in

2010

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Connecting people

Help needed

I wish to help

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This was possible...

Ushahidi program originally from

Kenya

Russian bloggers and coders

Russian translation

from Kyrgystan

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www.restaurantday.org

A few Finns had an idea of a pop-up restaurant in

2011...

It became a worldwide food carnival, 35 countries, 219 cities

anyone can set up a restaurant, café or a bar for a day

At home, in the park...

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Is there a restaurant day in Perm?

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There were 6 restaurants in Perm at the restaurant day 16.11.2013

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What does this mean?

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Internet makes it possible for the people to

Self-organize around a topic they care for

and to create themselves a meaningful volunteer project

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Are traditional volunteer organisations ready for this?