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Welcome to BeVolunteer - a non-profit volunteer organisation!

Mission statement

Hospitality and culture exchange are a good way to increase understanding between individuals and nations and to resolve conflicts.

Our mission is to provide a platform for hospitality and culture exchange and to manage the volunteers involved. The safety of BeWelcome members and their privacy is one of our main concerns.

With members from many different countries and cultural backgrounds we highly value the challenge and opportunity to learn from each other and openly listen to different opinions, criticism and suggestions.

For us the "how" of working together is of key importance and our work style is reflected in our work ethics and organisational values. It is our desire and measure of success to be seen as an organisation where members work together in an enriching, democratic, innovative, friendly and motivating way.

Aim and Objectives

Our principal aim is the volunteer management and project development of BeWelcome, a community - platform which promotes hospitality and cultural exchange.

In order to reach this aim we have four objectives:

  1. to establish a democratic work environment
  2. to build a transparent organisation
  3. to encourage active member participation
  4. to build a reliable legal and organisational structure

Do you want to know more?

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There are currently 443 pages on this wiki.

News

  • 9 June 2008 - the articles of the BeVolunteer Wiki are now available under the Creative Commons ShareAlike Attribution license!
  • 8 April 2008 - the BeVolunteer Wiki is now public!
  • 12 March 2008 - 2008 started very busy for BeWelcome and there is hardly enough time to keep up with all the improvements, changes and new features. Our new volunteer pages (www.bewelcome.org/volunteer), integrated into BeWelcome, show what tasks need to be done and what is being worked on at the moment. Volunteering is much easier now, check it out and get in touch with the volunteers coordinators if you have questions!
  • 8 October 2007 - We are trying to bring the people "behind BeWelcome" closer to you, starting with two interviews. The questions were prepared and asked by our communications specialist, Valerie.
  • 5 October 2007 - After successfully establishing our joomla portal as news and information platform for the organisation BeVolunteer we will use this wiki primarily for project internal (team) documentation. Have a look at www.bevolunteer.org and help us to improve!
  • 7 August 2007 - We are currently working on the layout for those wiki pages, trying to make it easier for our members and volunteers to communicate and work together in an effective way.
  • 25 July 2007 - New BeVolunteer logo now online! With two persons hugging the world the logo perfectly summarizes the organisation's aim to build bridges between people and working together across cultural or national borders.
  • 20 July 2007 - the GA minutes are ready and online. Check the official information section to read about our discussions and results!
  • 5, 6 May 2007 - The first annual BeVolunteer General Assembly in Brussels successfully assumed its challenges!
  • 2 February 2007 - The beta version of BeWelcome.org is out! Have a look now and give us feedback!
  • 8 January 2007 - Our non-profit organisation is renamed BeVolunteer! Teams are growing and setting routines. Everybody can apply to help, through joining a BeWelcome team.
  • 28 December 2006 - The challenge takes life: BeWelcome beta site is announced for beginning of February! Of course there are still many details to be programmed as well as decided, but we have already gone a long way to be here!
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