The local community and its representative get an assessment

It all starts with a local community in a developing country (Africa, Asia, Latin-America) looking for new solutions. They find the NABUUR platform through word of mouth or come across www.nabuur.com while searching the web.
NABUUR Staff assesses the local communities, to ensure that

• the local community and their Local Representative are reliable
• the project contributes to the sustainable development of the community
• the local representative has the required Internet access (often at Internet cafes)

This way of working ensures that you know, as a Neigbour, you are putting your energy in something you can trust and which works.

The projects and the tasks for the Neighbours are formulated

An important part of the assessment is the evaluation, to determine if the project agenda of the local community is feasible through NABUUR. Local communities come up with their ideas and NABUUR verifies if this is something which could be done by Neighbours and which steps should be taken.
The NABUUR Staff can come up with suggestions, but the initiative and the goal of the project is always in the hands of the local communities themselves.

The local community gets a Village on the NABUUR website

In this Village the representative of the local community (Local Representative) describes the local situation in words, pictures & films. He or she describes what will happen if nothing is done and formulates the Project and the Steps. Finally the concrete Tasks for the Neighbours are presented. On the website you can always see and read what the status is and the results of your activities are visible as well.

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NABUUR invites you to join as a Neighbour (online volunteer)

Many people in this world are looking for something to do to make a difference for people in developing countries. For many reasons people don’t have the time or money to go to developing countries physically, or simply don’t want to. Other people don’t believe in traditional ways of developing aid. And some people don’t believe in giving money. Whatever your reason is, on NABUUR you are directly connected with people in developing countries, it’s small scale, you can start helping today, from behind your computer and it’s primarily about sharing knowledge, time, contacts and ideas. Today you will find Neighbours, from each continent, from over 150 countries, from 20 – 70 years of age , with a job, in-between-jobs, retired people and students. Without education, at university level, with a lot of volunteer experience and without…Everybody has something to offer here.

Click here if you want to join as a Neighbour immediately.

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NABUUR invites you to join as a Neighbour (online volunteer)

As a Neighbour you start with a concrete Task. This Task is part of a bigger Project, which you find on the Village website. Everybody working on this Projects is reporting their findings in the online discussions on the site. The work of the Neighbours is coordinated by a Facilitator, a project manager (also an online volunteer).

Meet In the Villages on NABUUR.com you meet all the other people, busy with the same Project. The Local Representative is online whenever possible and the Facilitator coordinates the process.
Share If different solutions for the Village are suggested, if you have questions, need input or suggestions, you can take part in the online discussions of the Village and share your thoughts.
Act All people involved act and try to find the best solution for the Village.

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During the process the Local Representative discusses the ideas of the Neighbours with the other people in the local community. Sometimes the Local representatives comes back with local suggestions or additional questions which are presented in the online discussions.

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The solutions found by the Neighbours are implemented locally. The Neighbours get to see the results (photos, stories) on the Village pages.

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