A List of Good Charities

February 8, 2011 Leave a Comment

When we think of charities there are a few places to come to mind, but those charities are just the tip of the iceberg for many places. These days charities are a big business and one that is growing in size. Here are some of the charities that are out there now doing really good work that you might not be aware of.

Academy of American Poets

This organization is one of the best and most rewarding when it comes to the arts. There are plenty of poets in the world, but giving your life to the art you love doesn’t always yield an investment from the people. However, this organization cares about one of the oldest forms of written self expression.

Action Against Hunger

There are certain rights that every man and woman are entitled to and one of them is the right to be in a world where they can eat and drink as they please. This organization has made it it’s mission to give the needy and hungry people around the world the food they need to sustain lives and remain productive members of society.

Action Aid

This is a charity who tackles the needy in a new and interesting way. These days the action aid attempts to get rid of the poverty around the world by starting at the top. They are looking at the injustices that occur in all walks of life. They feel by getting to the root of the problem it will trickle down to the people in a beneficial way.

Adopt America Network

This is one of the prouder charity in the United States. This is about adopting children in the area as opposed to going to other areas of the world. This is important as there are so many children who need help and so this organization makes sure they find a good home.

These are some of the wonderful charities that exist to help make the world a better place.

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What Is a Halfway House?

January 31, 2011 Leave a Comment

A halfway house is a facility that is connected with a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program. Recovering addicts who have finished the inpatient phase of their rehabilitation are often sent to a halfway house to continue their outpatient treatment. A halfway house can be considered the in-between step in completing the rehabilitation process and re-entering the “real world.” The halfway house provides recovering addicts an opportunity to prepare for returning to society while still offering them a safe place to return at night.

Halfway houses provide counseling and support, just like the inpatient and outpatient programs at rehabilitation facilities. Recovering addicts may have specific chores or duties that they must fulfill while staying at the halfway house. Websites like TheCyn.com can provide more information on what halfway houses offer.

Residents may have curfews and other restrictions, all designed to keep them from relapsing into addictive behavior. These restrictions also help them “ease” back into normal life, something that can be extremely helpful. A recovering addict who is in a halfway house feels that he is being allowed to re-enter society at a comfortable pace instead of being on his own.

Halfway houses often rely on volunteers to staff facilities. Volunteers can perform a number of duties, including providing meals or security at the facility, or providing transportation to and from job sites. Eligible counselors and support personnel can volunteer their time, thus helping keep the expenses incurred by the recovering addicts to a minimum. The work that volunteers do can go a long way towards helping recovering addicts remain clean and sober. This can be especially true when the volunteers are themselves recovering addicts. When a halfway house resident sees and talks to someone who truly knows what he is going through, it can really provide the boost he needs.

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Free health clinics and the governor of California

December 21, 2010 Leave a Comment

Free health clinics are now much stronger with the strong man. Arnold Schwarzenegger has recently inked a bill that will allow non-state or external state workers to practice healthcare activities in the state. So free health clinics will have plenty of efficient and trained healthcare professionals. Given the paucity of healthcare volunteers in the state, this is definitely a boon.

Free clinics are medical care facilities. They offer healthcare benefits for the community at large. Most free clinics offer very low or inexpensively priced medical healthcare service. Some of them offer free medical healthcare. Now the trend has changed to free medical healthcare. Now this is a good sign, since even low-cost healthcare is seen as expensive by low income people.

Free clinics cater to the people with low income or no income. They provide health care to people with no health insurance. Free clinics also provide free medicines as well. Because after consultation the patient might be required to be on medication. More than the treatment, the medication might cost a lot of money. Now free clinics are an integral part of community service.

Remote area medical is the name of the organization that will hugely benefit from this bill. This is a non-profit organization concerned with mobilizing volunteers to offer relief and assistance to people in trouble. Free healthcare is the mandate of this organization. People in areas of United States that are not well connected to others are the primary focus of this organization. Remote area medical is funded by worldwide volunteers. Through this group, medical equipment, medicines, and other healthcare items are donated freely to people who need them.

This move by the governor of California will see a change of paradigm. Previously healthcare volunteers who were based outside of California were allowed to come in for relief help only during serious trouble. Now the scene is set for them to come and work freely for the welfare of people.

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American Volunteers Group, The Flying Tigers

November 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
Political volunteers
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US government has organized various types of volunteering programs in order to help the governmental agencies in an effective functioning during hard times. One such volunteer unit organized to help the Chinese government during the II Sino Japanese war is the American Volunteers Group (AVG). It is also known as the flying tigers as it was successful in attacking numerous Japanese aircrafts. Due to this success Chinese called this unit as Fei Hou which means flying tigers.

This clandestine unit was created with the authorization of the then US president, Franklin Roosevelt in 1941. It was created with the idea of the then Chinese Air advisor, namely Claire Lee Chennault. Due to the success of the AVG, Chennault became popular both in the US and in the China. Personnel from the US army, navy and Marine Corps were selected for this unit along with few expert technicians. These personnel wore their previous military uniform with the Chinese Air Force (CAF) buttons and insignia. Even their cap resembled the crusher style visor cap with the golden emblem of CAF.

AVG was formed in three batches since 1941 but later the unit was abandoned because of the Second World War. First AVG was started in the summer of 1941 and it defended Burma and China with its base in Burma. The British Royal Air Force also joined with the AVG in combat operation against the Japanese. The combat operations became intense after the surprising attacks of the Japanese aircrafts near Pearl Harbor on December 8, 1941. Second AVG was formed in the fall of 1941 with 33 Lockheed Hudson and 33 Douglas DB-7 bombers. Third AVG was commissioned in the early period of 1942.
In those days itself, AVG formed an aircraft communication network with the help of radio sets. They had arranged two strand wire communication between various field stations and the central hub, the air force base in Burma.

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Animal Sanctuary Volunteering Program in US

November 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
A hen dust bathing at an animal sanctuary.
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There are number of volunteer groups in the US that work for some kind of community service. In the same way there is a special program known as the Animal Sanctuary volunteering program. It has been designed for people who wish to volunteer to work with an exotic wildlife environment. The program is a project piloted for the Zolfo Springs in Florida.

Sanctuary’s Fauna

The sanctuary spans around 90 acres of woods and hence there are numerous species of animals that an admirer of nature can relish about. The North American fauna protected in this sanctuary includes bears, monkeys, tigers, wolves and fruit bats. Most of the animals in the sanctuary are the victims of abuse, neglect or those which have been rescued from being misused.

Working Conditions

Volunteers are given living quarters which they share with other volunteers. The quarters are situated at a place that is 2 miles from the sanctuary. The quarters have provision for basic amenities like bathroom, hot shower, laundry facilities, electricity, air-conditioning and cooking. Volunteering program starts with learning about the wild life in those woods near a campfire around the chiki huts. The staffs of the sanctuary give an extensive training to volunteers to feed the various animals in the sanctuary.

Functions of Volunteers

The main objective of a volunteering program is to provide adequate care to the rescued animals in the sanctuary. It also includes basic functions like feeding the animals and cleaning the animals’ enclosure. Volunteers also have to work with the sanctuary maintenance authorities to maintain and improve the living conditions of the animal habitat in the sanctuary.

There are various types of volunteering available under this program. They are Conservation, Animal welfare, eco tourism and wildlife surveying. Individuals or group can participate in this by application. People from all over the world can apply for this volunteering program through online application to the Global Vision International organization that runs this program.

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