virtual volunteering project FAQs
how many people are volunteering virtually?
This question is impossible questions to answer: there is no central registration of organizations or individuals engaged in any type of volunteering, let alone cyber service. Plus, many organizations that involve online volunteers don't know the terms "virtual volunteering" or "cyber service," and do not distinguish virtual involvement as different from on-site service.
The Project has profiled more than 100 agencies involving online volunteers, but this is by no means a list of all organizations engaged in virtual volunteering -- these are just some that the Project staff knows about. We also don't know for certain how many online volunteers each of these agencies involve.
We've also compiled more than 400 e-mail addresses of volunteers interested or engaged in virtually volunteering but, again, this is probably just the tip of the iceberg.
Using the feedback and profiles of agencies and volunteers featured on our Web site, it is possible to create a general profile of the people who are performing online service, the agencies they are assisting and the kinds of service being performed.
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