Naturing Project: Social Entrepreneurship Talks in Kyushu

Social Entreprerneurship in Brazil

www.voluntariosonline.org.br Fernanda Bornhausen Sá

What moves me ?

Psychology Education

Marketing and

Advertising

Social Change,

Volunteering.

PASSION

www.voluntariosonline.org.br

I became a volunteer in 1982, a business entrepreneur in 1985 and a social entrepreneur in 1998. In 2006 I had a dream to introduce online

volunteering and launch an internet portal in Brazil.

Then I took it seriously, like my others for profits inniatives.We benchmarked, created a business plan, estabilished strategic

partnerships and looked for sustentability.

Afterward we started to engage volunteers and NGOs through the internet

I trully believe that when you are a entrepreneur, you are always trying to make your dreams to come true!

Voluntarios em Ação Institute

IVA is a volunteer center based in Brazil created in 1998 .

Mission: Mobilize and engage volunteers;Training to volunteers and NGOs.

Start of volunteers

and organizatio

ns registration

sCapacity Building -

Training for volunteers and NGOs

Consolidating IVA’s

work after 10 years of activities

Idea of establishin

g an organization to attract volunteers

Consultation with

NGOs to check the viability of the Project

March 1998

May 1998

July 2008June 1997

November 1997

The Path of IVA

STARTING A NEW STAGE AT IVA

Since 1999Organizations: 28,154Opportunities: 26,434Volunteers: 207,399

Since 2000Last year, 14,313 online

volunteering assignments

Since 1998Organizations: 74,406Opportunities: 58,802

Referrals: 5,052,707

Since 2000Opportunities: 1367 Referrals: 1697975

http://www.1-800-volunteer.org/

http://www.hacesfalta.org/

http://www.volunteermatch.org/http://www.unvolunteers.org/

Benchmarking conducted in 2006 and 2007

Significant reduction of costs and thereby the increase of work

dimension.

Ability to offer opportunities for, capacity building,

training, activities and even referral of

volunteers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Volunteering Profile

Internet users Profile

Voluntarios

Online Portal

The business plan: Voluntarios Online Portal - Integration for organizations and individuals involved in

volunteering

Introduce Online Volunteering in Brazil

Working towards digital inclusion for the Third Sector

Empower NGOs to use the Portal

Attract more qualified volunteers, professionals and young people

Attract first-time volunteers

Empower NGOs to harness the potential of more qualified volunteers, professionals and young people

Main challenges before the launch of Voluntarios Online Portal

Main Numbers of the Portal

Over 38.000 Registered Volunteers

507 NGOs Registered Organizations

Over 16.000 Volunteer Opportunities Chosen, more than 12.000 Online

Volunteers in all the States of Brazil

Present in 33% of the municipalities of Brazil

Over 740.000 visits to the Portal

82% are 16 to 39 years old

68% female76% graduated, post graduated or attending college

98% work or study

61% first time volunteers

Profile of VOL volunteers

Online spreader 23%Help in donation campaigns 17%Translator 11%Researcher 8% Content searcher 3.2%Blogger 2.8% Teacher 1.7% Webdesigner 0.14%Others 32%

Major Volunteer Opportunities Chosen

Our Facebook, Twitter, Youtube channels, and Blog, have a crucial role in the

ways we mobilize our stakeholders’ chain.

Today, we increasingly recruit volunteers and integrate Non-

profits through these channels, disseminate our

campaigns and create connections between people

and causes, as visibility of volunteering opportunities

keeps growing.

Voluntarios Online Portalin Social Networks

One of IVA’s goal - working for digital inclusion of the Third Sector and train

volunteers to conduct a more qualified work.

Online Volunteering Training - a platform for distance education courses that enables NGOs and

volunteers from Brazil and worldwide to receive training on issues related to

voluntary and third sector.

Training & Capacity Building

Brazil is increasingly voluntary

The more qualified volunteers, professionals and young people are fully open and available for

volunteering

The internet has a transformative potential for the Third Sector

Online Volunteering is a reality in Brazil

Findings after 3 years of Portal’s activity

Fernanda Bornhausen Sá

fernandabbsa@gmail.com@fernandabornsa

www.voluntariosonline.org.br www.twitter.com/SejaVoluntario www.youtube.com/VoluntariosEmAcao www.facebook.com/VoluntariosOnline voluntarios.sc@voluntariosemacao.org.br

Thanks!