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Volunteering - Commitment for Results
 



 

 
    E-VOLUNTEERING
    OUR VOLUNTEERS' WORK
 

 Online volunteers have been a great source of expertise and assistance to BRD in the past years. They have completed varied assignments ranging from strategic planning to training curriculum development, website design, proposal writing, project design, fund raising and newsletter and brochure development etc.

 
Read more about our Volunteers’ Work:
  Organizational Development
 
Project Design, Planning and Implementation
  Funding and Grant Writing
 
Marketing and Communications
 

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    OUR ONLINE VOLUNTEERS' AWARDS
 

BRD’s Volunteering Team is pleased to win the Year 2007 Award!

 

As a result of our volunteers’ expertise and commitment, BRD has benefited greatly and so it is with great pleasure that BRD nominates deserving volunteers for the annual United Nations Online Volunteer/Volunteering Team Award.

 

Our volunteers have been awarded the top honours not once but twice - in 2004 and 2007.

Read their winning stories...

 


 

 



 
    ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  BRD has a panel of Volunteer Consultants who assist with its organizational development. Their expertise has contributed to the development and implementation of internal capacity building projects, improvement in operational efficiencies and reduction in operational risks.
 Strategic Planning:
  Brian Wei, USA   Wong Yin Mei, Australia
 Volunteers Management:
  Wong Yin Mei, Australia
 


 

 



 
    PROJECT DESIGN, PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
  Enhancing Capacity of Civil Society Organizations in Human Rights Advocacy  
  This is a key project in BRD’s Human Rights Program. The project aims to:

   Enhance the capacity of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Human Rights Advocacy
   Train a pool of Human Rights trainers in Afghanistan
   Establish a network of CSOs active in human rights advocacy in Afghanistan to facilitate cooperation and collaboration in human rights activities
   Develop and maintain a contact database of CSOs, international human rights organizations, volunteers and experts
   Develop training materials for a 2-day Human Rights Course for CSOs and a 5-day Training of Trainers Workshop

Many volunteers are contributing and/or have contributed to this key project.The development and planning of this project is spearheaded by a team of six volunteers:

 Project Design:
  Filipina Santos, Philippines
 Develop training materials, including instructional design:
  Wong Yin Mei, Australia   Filipina Santos, Philippines    Charlene Chew, Australia Mouse Over for Comment Cathleen Brown, USA
  Ms. Geeta Sood Mouse Over for Comment   Dr. Elena Denisova, Germany  
 Develop network database:
  Nirav Khichadia, India
 Research contacts and donors:
  Filipina Santos, Philippines    Dr. Elena Denisova, Germany
 Women Development:
  Rongtao Xu, USA   Silvia Calzada, Netherlands   Karen Green, UK    Jane Dalton, Canada
 Civic and Peace Education Program:
  Sabrina Natalja Garcia, Germany   Eduarda Hamann, Brazil   Claudia Lilly Kuehne, Germany   Grace Bernando, Philippines
 Capacity Building:
  Claire Holland, USA


 

 



 
    GRANT WRITING
  Through the efforts of its grant writers, BRD has been able to present its project proposals to more donors. Experienced grant writers have also assisted in the review and editing of proposals.
 Grant writers:
  Marion Kipiani, Austria   Christopher Whyne, Japan Mouse Over for Comment   Janice Angela Correa Layug, Philippines
 


 

 



 
    MARKETING & COMMUNICATION
  Web site Development  
  BRD’s website was revamped as part of its efforts to improve its communications with the public, donors, volunteers and partners.
 Website designers / developers and maintenance:
  Soheil Abbasi, Iran Mouse Over for Comment Link   Shiv Chamling, Nepal  
 Previous website designers:
  Lean Piamonte Lachica, Philippines   Zoe Head, UK  
 
  Brochure Development
 

Volunteers assisted with the development of many brochures. Their efforts include editing, graphic design and layout. With contributions from these volunteers, BRD was able to produce quality brochures to communicate its strategies, performance and its suite of services effectively and economically.

 Design and Layout of BRD’s Profile brochure:
  Stephanie Lee, USA    
 Design and Layout of Annual Report 2006:
  Aldrin Pelicano, Philippines Mouse Over for Comment    
 Design and Layout of Annual Report 2006:
  Wong Yin Mei, Australia    
  Newsletter Production
  BRD launched its own newsletter - BRD Journal, in 2007. The newsletter was made possible by the newsletter production team.
 Feature article writers:
  Joy Anne Icayan, Philippines   Jason Smith, USA  

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