tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72906788493917232842024-03-08T14:19:35.391-08:00VOLUNTOURISM TIPSVolunteer work as videographer and learning all about barter deals to get best holidays in your lifetime for free?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10288088527303337727noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290678849391723284.post-36987773404488354672014-03-29T01:09:00.002-07:002016-07-20T13:03:42.990-07:00Sorry for not updating regular anymore because my VOLUNTOURISMTIPS group on FACEBOOK getting much better response now. Thanks. So CU rather as a friend on Facebook (Please sent Friend request NOW) Thanks for your attention here hope to meet you there or in life one day! <br />PLEASE also watch new website in 2016 http://www.janvandermeer.org/<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10288088527303337727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290678849391723284.post-43150372313307435462013-01-23T04:31:00.001-08:002013-01-23T04:31:05.414-08:00They like presentsStill lugage space while travelling to Poor Peole Countries as Tourist with a volunteer haert? Old cell phones, latop, pens, drawing books etc? Kids and schools love it ! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-c1OR0mXDBxU/UP_YBOGwuCI/AAAAAAAAGNI/Ik1sYqBhz_k/s640/blogger-image-1225774438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-c1OR0mXDBxU/UP_YBOGwuCI/AAAAAAAAGNI/Ik1sYqBhz_k/s640/blogger-image-1225774438.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10288088527303337727noreply@blogger.com0Southern Africa (null)-25.663576 31.533189tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290678849391723284.post-73359036840835006052012-12-15T09:47:00.000-08:002012-12-15T09:47:03.190-08:00Swazi Cultural Dresses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jan van der Meer is bekend van Zandvoort VVV promotiefilms en de vele promotie filmpjes op YouTube onder de naam <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4AFE872790CFE259&feature=plcp">ZandvoortTV</a>. Jan produceerde in 2005 in het zeer arme Swaziland <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIrPsU4s2Ww">deze videocli</a>p voor 2400 plattelandsvrouwen die één keer per jaar iets kunnen verdienen (héél weinig) met het oogsten van vruchten uit Marula bomen. De noten ervan worden vermalen in een fabriek die mede gefinancierd wordt door de Koningin Moeder. Ze produceren daaruit olie voor huidverzorgende producten genaamd <a href="http://www.swazisecrets.com/">Swazi Secrets. </a>Mede door deze videoclip werden ze wereldwijd populair en kregen <a href="http://www.times.co.sz/News/76807.html">een groot geldbedrag</a> in Brazilië uit handen van oa Richard Branson een van de rijkste mannen op aarde.<br />
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Kenmerkend voor de vrouwen in Swaziland is de kleding: een om hun blote lijf geknoopt kleed met als afbeelding de <a href="http://jumbogerber.myadventures.org/?filename=my-reed-dance">kleurrijke Swazi vlag.</a> Ook de gedragen sieraden zijn bijzonder. Armbanden, halskettingen en oorbellen zijn gemaakte van zeer kleurige kleine kraaltjes. Een heidens karwei om ze te maken. Veel vrouwen verkopen ze vervolgens zittend langs de enige doorgaande snelweg door Swaziland. Wachtend op spaarzame toeristen die op doorreis zijn van het Kruger Park naar de TuinRoute en Kaapstad of visa versa . Ze stappen maar zelden uit hun auto of de bus om wat souvenirs te kopen. Deze prachtige sieraden heten <a href="https://www.google.nl/search?num=10&hl=nl&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=1085&q=bead&oq=bead&gs_l=img.12..0l10.877.1400.0.3869.4.4.0.0.0.0.170.411.3j1.4.0...0.0...1ac.1.WrTK1P1a8Qw#hl=nl&site=imghp&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=bead&oq=bead&gs_l=img.12..0l10.3744.4944.0.9669.10.7.0.0.0.3.138.827.0j7.7.0...0.0...1c.1.bPWpVzN26fk&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=70ff06a00b027b97&bpcl=35277026&biw=1920&bih=1085">BEAD</a>. Het zijn dus kleine pareltjes van glas in prachtige felle kleuren. Jan is er al vele malen geweest en is er nu ook weer heen voor een half jaar voor het vrijwillig produceren van <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Bh3E1Qk78">promotiefilms voor het land</a> en bedrijven die ook weer anderen helpen. Hij heeft echter de laatste keer wat van die doeken en sieraden meegenomen. De opbrengst komt ten goede van deze vrouwen die zich vaak ook moeten inzetten voor de ongelooflijke aantallen weeskinderen. (Oorzaak Aids) Er zijn er nog enkele te koop en te zien bij <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6OaX06KUs0">Kunstenares Ellen Kuijl</a> die dit unieke handwerk ook waardeert en ook zelf prachtige sierkunst maakt in <a href="http://www.weekvandezee.nl/activiteiten/info/show/301/workshop-Glasfusing">de unieke authentieke Smede<span style="font-family: inherit;">rij</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> in haar </span><br />
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"Swazi Secrets"</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">Swazi Indigenous Products
(SIP)</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">100% owned by 2400 rural
women suppliers</span></i></span></span><i><span lang="nl"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: normal;">Mpaka Swaziland <br />june 2010</span></span></i></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: TTFF5C7578t00;">I write to share the news that <b>Swazi
Indigenous Products</b> are one of the 25 winners of the 2012 Equator Initiative
Prize, awarded by UNDP’s Equator Initiative to recognize and advance local
sustainable development solutions for people, nature and resilient communities.
It marked the proudest moment of her life when Sindile Mamba went on stage at
the Awards Ceremony in Rio de Janeiro last week. Selected by a highly
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Video-Marketing Expert: Jan van der Meer in particular </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">for giving freely of his </span>service<span style="font-family: inherit;"> to support and market us with a wonderful promotional video </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">that has inevitably
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Swazi Secrets products. Marula is for the first time used here as a verb: I
Marula; You Marula; We Marula; meaning we wash (Marula) ourselves with Marula
products. So: "I Marula my Baby everyday!" (Jan ‘borrowed’ the
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Book now as tourist for Hotels and TourOperators taking care of foundations and helping (Orphan) Schoolkids. If your organisation, hotel or compagny also supports Schools in South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda? I would love to produce another volunteerclip barterbased. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please contact me at: studio@Global-DVC.NL</span><br />
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.pum.nl/" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.PUM.NL</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> is fully sponsored by the Dutch Government. They have been active for 35 years in more than 70 countries, and is aimed at assisting SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) in developing countries by sending them Senior Experts to help solve their technical, operational and managerial problems. </span><br />PUM<span style="font-weight: normal;"> is now ready to start at the border of South-Africa and Swaziland</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> for </span>Matsamo Cultural Village<span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">This announcement was made by Jan van der Meer from the Netherlands during a presentation at a Global Marketing Bootcamp in Pattaya Thailand for a big group of international Marketeers.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Van der Meer has been active on behalf of his own Voluntourism stimulation in several African Countries. Visited several times Swaziland too. Thanks to volunteering with latest Video-Marketing techniques and producing a commercial song and YouTube clip for </span>Swazi Indigenous Products<span style="font-weight: normal;"> in 2009 they are now one of the 25 winners of the </span>2012 Equator Prize<span style="font-weight: normal;">, awarded by UNDP’s Equator Initiative to recognize and advance local sustainable development solutions for people, nature and resilient communities.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Jan van der Meer is also founder</span> <a href="http://www.global-dvc.org/">www.Global-DVC.org</a>, <a href="http://www.skypeorphanschoolkids.org/" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.SkypeOrphanSchoolkids.org</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> and </span><a href="http://www.voluntourismtips.blogspot.com/">www.Voluntourismtips.Blogspot.com</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Connecting schools and teachers from Africa with SKYPE to schools and teachers in rest of world for education and support. Also producing clips for Organisations and Hotel offering local help. Search Google and Facebook for "Voluntourismtips"and "SkypeOrphanSchoolkids" for more links and info.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Now as senior PUM Video-Marketing Expert and coordinator Jan has been asked and eager to support </span>Matsamo Cultural Village and Dance Group<span style="font-weight: normal;"> at the border of Swaziland and South Africa in getting more visitors and sponsors to support them.</span><br /><br />Video-Marketing<span style="font-weight: normal;"> is at this moment the best to do this. No wonder Google bought for 1,5 billion dollars YouTube! People spent more time watching video's as reading pages filled with text. The production for Swazi Secrets got over 20.000 viewers and many likes! Their product is visible on many websites worldwide selling these products!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">The PUM formula has proved its effectiveness worldwide over the years. If the SMEs are more efficient and more profitable it will be good for employment and thus good for the people of </span>Matsamo Cultural Village<span style="font-weight: normal;">, and that's what the efforts are all about, says Van der Meer, who is based in the Netherlands, but visits South Africa and Swaziland regularly for the past 15 years. Partly as Hotel Photographer for American Express Travel Brochures but in his private sparetime also as Videoproducer and Marketing advisor, educating schoolkids and teachers in Marketing themselves and helping poor rural women in Swaziland to sell their SwaziSecrets (Marula tree products). Search and find on YouTube the clips for SwaziSecrets.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">To get more information and make an application for assistance by PUM experts, mail PUM: </span>Ellen.Schraven@PUM.NL<span style="font-weight: normal;"> and CC or contact Jan van der Meer: </span> Studio@Global-DVC.nl</span></span></h6>
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</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">by Experienced Voluntourist: Jan van der Meer <br />
Founder <a href="http://www.global-dvc.org/">Global-DVC</a>, Blog Voluntourismtips and <a href="http://www.skypeorphanschoolkids.org/"><span style="color: blue;">www.SkypeOrphanSchoolkids.org</span></a> </span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Am I the right person for Voluntourism?”</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <br />
Why are you reading this now? Is it your lifetime wish to help them over there? As a tourist, we have a tendency to review our options in reference to ourselves. <br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"Is this excursion, resort, hotel, destination or trip advice right for me?". </i> When discussing Voluntourism, however, we transpose object and subject to inquire: <br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"Am I right for Voluntourism?"</i> <br />
Can I help schoolkids orphans and schoolteachers and how? Most needed: Education in Lifeskills, General Computer knowledge, Social Media, Marketing, Medical, Sports, Cooking etc. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Also small to big companies in 3<sup>rd</sup> world countries love to get some help and follow your advice and tips. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Voluntourism can be life-changing</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">! During my 25 years educational support to cameramen I became a photographer and webclip videoproducer in South-Africa and the “Horn of Africa”. Meanwhile as volunteer I was producing videoproductions for and from other volunteer-workers showing their progression for old and new sponsors. Also supporting organizations and companies with free promoclips for their products. And for pleasure also barterbased webclip promotion for hotels. NON-PROFIT? Well I never had so much profit in my life (..wellness in my mind)! See for yourself if voluntourism is something for you! Please read these thoughts underneath and SKYPE me at: GLOBAL-DVC to get more detailed info. Perhaps we can go together next time? Ask yourself these questions: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Like to find the answers but need some help?<br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Skype me at GLOBAL-DVC</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <br />
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<strong><em>Dear heart Jan Van Der Meer,</em></strong> <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Most of all, I am very happy with your presence in Kenya. Warm place with peaceful surrounding. I could feel you are well, welcomed in the place with openness. It is also wonderful for me to see you are enjoying while you are caring and sharing loving work of world's. W.W.F and share the joy through giving and connecting volunteers and much more. Stir the loving movements to deliver to our life. Share within our nature closely to human nature. It is your time to have some joyful time and it is shared with the peace through calm filming as you are happy with the moment :D It matters to all of us. While we do what we have do in this world, why miss out the joy and stress about life?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>It is much joyful to watch the heart is happy much as the nature. Through your sharing (Vlogs / video blog clips on <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.Voluntourismtips.blogspot.com"><u><span style="color: blue;">www.Voluntourismtips.blogspot.com</span></u><span style="color: blue;"></span></a>) , I was at every place you've took the vision to be with the joy. Generosity have been share through open and invite the friends around the world like myself to be joyous with all is the joy : ) You needed it my dear Jan. It is good to see you have some of your time under the warm sun : ) hot sun but warm sun when we are bit old with our wrapper. : ))) I love watching and be there as I was. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Stay well Jan. Thank you very much for your warm loving share.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Return with the joy, your family </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Emily : )</i></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10288088527303337727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290678849391723284.post-17166884602714177892011-02-27T14:24:00.000-08:002011-02-27T14:57:46.240-08:00Vlog Part 10: Help SisterJane fullfill her dream<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Z8Ml3xe6N40" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br />
Just near the technical school of Father Joseph lives his friend and Sister Jane. She belongs to the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Next to her Missionary they own land with an unfished big house. The sponsor died and now for 5 years she cannot find a new sponsor to fullfill her dreams. She loves to help University Students from Sudan where the war is finished and sponsors can stay there for free! Sister Jane showed me and I asked the help from Agnes who never went there and has loads of contacts like De Wereld Werkplaats and Rotary clubs from Breda and other very rich families. So who knows we can help this Sister also to fullfill her dreams and show the world and possible sponsors her needs with this clip.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-gL4LMAnIGSQ/TWrTLseBBWI/AAAAAAAAEsw/TIy3hZXkb8o/s1600/P1070847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-gL4LMAnIGSQ/TWrTLseBBWI/AAAAAAAAEsw/TIy3hZXkb8o/s400/P1070847.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus </b><br />
is a <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Roman_Catholic"><u><span style="color: navy;">Roman Catholic</span></u><span style="color: navy;"></span></a> female religious congregation, founded in 1880 by Mother <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Francis_Xavier_Cabrini"><u><span style="color: navy;">Francis Xavier Cabrini</span></u><span style="color: navy;"></span></a>. The aim of the institute is to spread devotion to the Heart of Jesus by means of the practice of spiritual and corporal works of mercy. The sisters conduct homes for the aged and the sick, orphanages, industrial schools, sewing classes; they visit hospitals and prisons, and give religious instruction in their convents, which are open to women desirous of making retreats. Its general mother house is at Rome.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wWn2eOwDJqY/TWrUQGWDoyI/AAAAAAAAEs0/sduGh8aTCiQ/s1600/Sister+Jane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wWn2eOwDJqY/TWrUQGWDoyI/AAAAAAAAEs0/sduGh8aTCiQ/s400/Sister+Jane.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="left">Sister Jane has a dream: For 5 years now she tried to find a big sponsor or many small to prefab and finish that big building to host students from Sudan and others. </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Rogier and me cutting the specially baked cake on our first visit at the Sisters of the Secret Heart of Jesus near Father Joseph technical School at Langata Road Nairobi Kenia.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10288088527303337727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290678849391723284.post-50096156640918912032011-02-27T06:44:00.000-08:002011-02-27T07:02:03.122-08:00Vlog Part 09: Tips for Orphan Schoolkids by Life Designer David Crane<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tO4XaDa1ltw" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br />
During my Marketers Cruise earlier this year I met another Marketing Guru and Life Designer David Crane from Dubay. He is a Certified NFNLP Hypnotherapist and NLP Master Practitioner and life coach. David gave me tips to help my OrphanSchoolKids projects and also direct tips for Orphans. Also visit his website: <a href="http://www.thelifedesigners.com/">http://www.thelifedesigners.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10288088527303337727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290678849391723284.post-72956427866213779052011-02-24T00:21:00.000-08:002011-02-24T00:55:44.626-08:00VLOG Part 07: Sponsors visiting Tech School, Nairobi, Kenya<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mCsoZhS3gs0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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21 February 2011 A large group of sponsors from Holland visited the Technical School Fr. Joseph Langata Rd. Nairobi. They have sponsored the Skit Training Centre and car repair school.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10288088527303337727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290678849391723284.post-72151194531619767462011-02-23T20:46:00.000-08:002011-02-24T00:32:11.727-08:00VLOG Part 08: Opening St.Theresa Womans Training Centre<p$1><p$1><p$1><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ieo_DYMEbYM" title="YouTube video player" width="480"><p$1><p$1><p$1></p></p></p></iframe><br />
22 February 2011 Karin Nairobi: <p$1><p$1><p$1>Opening Training Centre by Cardinal Kenya John Njue. <a href="http://a/">A</a> miracle happened in life of Sister Georgetta her dreams were fullfilled by gracefull sponsors to build this WomansTraining Centre for Food and Catering. </p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1>Production Voluntourist: Jan van der Meer <a href="http://www.global-dvc.org/">www.Global-DVC.org</a><br />
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<p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><strong><em>Also</em></strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiiwArGEzzA&feature=related"><strong><em> see her last day at work</em></strong></a><strong><em> in her own well known Restaurant: De Ouwe Meerpaal"</em></strong> </p$1></p$1>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10288088527303337727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290678849391723284.post-21142580555260038102011-02-17T14:16:00.000-08:002011-02-17T22:32:37.249-08:00VLOG part 05: Visiting two orphanages near Mombasa Kenia<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4C3koXj3TSU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10288088527303337727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290678849391723284.post-4699272200877192852011-02-17T11:28:00.000-08:002011-02-17T22:50:20.953-08:00VLOG Part 04: On our way to Orphanages<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/L4--_M-bivY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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On our way to orphanages.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10288088527303337727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290678849391723284.post-51001974186850630572011-01-22T00:11:00.000-08:002011-02-18T01:13:47.200-08:00VLOG Part 01 Preparing for the big trip<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="youtube-player" frameborder="0" height="290" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Qwg9wX1IV2g" title="YouTube video player" type="text/html" width="480"></iframe><br />
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1. Producing Voluntourism promotional clips to gain more tourists interested in volunteerwork and contacting Hotels to support. <br />
2. Producing webclips for Volunteerworkers in Kenya to show progress to sponsors and gain new sponsors <br />
3. Producing Skype Orphan Schoolkids promoclips to give these kids more individual attention from parents worldwide (English) and set up school educational echange by Skype connections.<br />
4. Education at St. Joseph's Community Vocational College and<br />
secondary school Kabale Uganda learn them professional (PC) skills and Academic excellence.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10288088527303337727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290678849391723284.post-78873074084007991322011-01-16T02:42:00.000-08:002011-02-17T23:40:14.290-08:00" HOW ARE YOU TODAY? "<p$1><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><em>Just came back from an absolutely great short trip with top Marketing Experts like David Frey a friend of Richard Branson. He gave me some great tips also and loved all help for my new idea: I do Skype this month a lot with Father Joseph he is headmaster from Technical School in Nairobi and gives free education to (Masai) Students. I can see him and talk to him on SKYPE and make him happy by showing him all technical stuff I will bring like my not used anymore Nokia and laptop. Even educate him how to get on with Skype by using a seperate and than movable webcam. Show the PCscreen and learn him and others the tricks to get on with Skype. So I thought why not can any teacher in the rest of the world do this at the same time if they give classes! So <strong>LIFE SKYPE EDUCTION!</strong> And why can't we <strong>SKYPE AN ORPHAN CHILD?</strong> So with these ideas I went on the big Marketers Cruise and got connected with the best minds to fulfill my ideas. Thank you God for helping or using me :-) I love it and whatever I wished all came true!<br />
Even the best address to tell Oprah my ideas and am sure she will help also because she uses Skype a lot in her shows. Whe can all skype a child even from your mobile phone daily! All they need is just some attention a priest or nun cant give to them daily. This must work and organisation and controling this will come later or already qualified partners will shown up I'm sure. Now not sure what is the best name for it so may be you can help and give your idea? </em></span><a href="http://www.skypeanorphanchild.org/"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><em>http://www.skypeanorphanchild.org/</em></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><em> or </em></span><a href="http://www.skypeorphankids.org/"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><em>http://www.skypeorphankids.org/</em></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><em>. Or you have a better name? And please take in mind: you can Skype an Orphan and make his or her day and life so much better by just some attention (no money involved!). Even with your fingertip tap on the glass screen of your mobile in your hand you can see and talk for free with your connected Skypechild. Those two minutes a week or a day will mean all to their life and cost YOU absolutely nothing! For volunteer videoclip support to promote my idea we go with a camerateam to Kenya next week for coming 3 months. Visiting several projects and Internet/webclip education on schools. We would love to help YOUR connections over there also, if its on our way and can handle it! Follow our trip here and forward it to your friends: </em></span><a href="http://www.voluntourismtips.blogspot.org/"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><em>http://www.voluntourismtips.blogspot.org/</em></span></a><br />
<p$1><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><em>O yes yesterday even on the flight back from Atlanta to Schiphol from all 300 people on board of course I was sitting (unbelievable!!) next to Susan Cobb from Texas part of a 9 person group called International Leadership Institute ILI they all on their long way to Kenya also to support their project helping Orphan Kids also !!! And she read a book this book so.... HOW WAS YOUR DAY TODAY gets from now on for me a new dimention!</em></span></p$1></p$1>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10288088527303337727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290678849391723284.post-23606227344044784592010-10-27T06:31:00.001-07:002011-01-16T02:43:52.434-08:00Voluntourism? What is that?<p$1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p$1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HKFZgN_rlaE/TM1Ewtxpc5I/AAAAAAAAD-8/kOlDAH5O9Co/s1600/SH102115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HKFZgN_rlaE/TM1Ewtxpc5I/AAAAAAAAD-8/kOlDAH5O9Co/s640/SH102115.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p$1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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Follow me Jan van der Meer and Rogier van Beeck Calkoen on our upcoming Voluntourism trip in Africa January-April 2011. We both share a passion to produce videoclips and during our trip we love to help others in need for promo-videoclips on their website and YouTube.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>VOLUNTOURISM</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> is a rapidly growing trend because combining a vacation or trip abroad with volunteering on local projects is one way you can immerse yourself in local cultures</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> and it will be your life-changing experience</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No matter whether you’re in your 20s, a baby boomer (the group expressing the strongest interest), or parents who want to introduce their children to other cultures, YOU can do it and help with anything you learned yourself in your life.<br />
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Are you curious how <b>WE</b> put Voluntourism into practice? Follow me Jan van der Meer and Rogier van Beeck Calkoen on our Voluntourism trip in Africa Kenya and Uganda January-April 2011. Jade Yorks will keep up this blog with actual information while we are on route.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When traveling abroad there are several possibilities to spend your time. You could discover the beauty of nature, shop around, visit the country highlights or even relax at a pool all day. Another possibility to visit a foreign country is to spread your own knowledge and skills of your own expertise by volunteering. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being either a volunteer or a tourist doesn’t really has to be something different. <b>Voluntourism</b> is a way to be a tourist and volunteer at the same time. Nevertheless there are different degrees in Voluntourism. Between being a volunteer and a tourist there are a large number of possibilities. A person traveling to another country just for the purpose of working without earning any penny is called a volunteer. Don’t you dare call him a tourist. A volunteer, for example a retired doctor, could spent all the days of his trip on helping locals in need of medical issues. A teacher could also teach here in schools. If the retired doctor decides to take a break from his volunteer work to relax a an hotel for a few day, he becomes a voluntourist. But his widom is the key to success for another generation!</span><br />
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These are just two examples of how volunteering and an holiday can merge. Are you curious how to put Voluntourism into practice? Follow Jan van der Meer and Rogier van Beeck Calkoen on their Voluntourism trip in Africa starting January 2011.<br />
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