Due to Popular demand - here are Sites to volunteer online.

Volunteering is giving time and labor for community service by an individual or group. A lot of volunteers have specific training in the fields they work in, like education, medicine, or emergency rescue. Some serve as needed, such as in a natural disaster.

Where can I volunteer online?

Volunteering online lets you donate your virtual time to a cause that matters, which means you can make a difference even if you can’t physically go somewhere to volunteer.

Check out this list below to learn about a few different ways you can make an impact through online action.

 

1. United Nations Volunteers

https://app.unv.org/

If you're looking to take your online volunteering worldwide, this is the place to start. UNV connects you with organizations working for peace and development in need of skills like research, writing, art, and design. There are already over 12,000 volunteers from 187 countries lending their talents to organizations around the globe.

 

2. Catchafire

https://www.catchafire.org/

This volunteer search tool is exclusively for online volunteer projects. Each one has a timeline that can range anywhere from an hour to a few weeks. So, whether you have an afternoon or several, you can help not-for-profit organizations with tasks like writing thank-you letters or editing photos.

 

3. Smithsonian Digital Volunteers

https://www.si.edu/volunteer/DigitalVolunteers

The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, but even they could use a little help sometimes. Help make their collections more accessible by volunteering online to transcribe historical documents or edit Wikipedia articles related to their artifacts and research.

 

4. Amnesty Decoders

https://decoders.amnesty.org/

Operated by Amnesty International, this network of digital volunteers helps conduct research into global human rights violations. Volunteers have used their phones and computers to verify the location of oil spills, find evidence of drone strikes, and flag abusive tweets to women politicians in India.

 

5. Translators Without Borders

https://translatorswithoutborders.org/volunteer/

For those fluent in more than one language, check out this nonprofit that combines language skills with humanitarian aid. Volunteers provide translations (10 million words a year!) to international organizations that focus on crisis relief, health, and education.

 

6. Crisis Text Line

https://www.crisistextline.org/volunteer/

Here is a perfect example of technology being used for good. Become a volunteer to help the Crisis Text Line continue to offer free, 24/7 support for those in crisis. If you’re at least 18 and can commit to volunteering for four hours each week, you can apply for free training.

 

7. Zooniverse

https://www.zooniverse.org/

Zooniverse is a platform for people-powered research that literally wouldn’t be possible (or practical) without the help of online volunteers. Spend as much or as little time as you’d like identifying endangered animals, classifying galaxy systems, or transcribing Shakespearean manuscripts.

 

8. Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/help/volunteers_faq.html

Founded in 1971, this may just be the virtual volunteering effort that started it all. The goal is to create the largest digital library, and so far, they’ve amassed 59,000 free eBooks. Volunteer by donating eligible materials, transcribing books into digital form, or proofreading others' work.

 

9. DoSomething.org

https://www.dosomething.org/us

DoSomething empowers young people to enact social change both online and offline. DoSomething members have used the internet to successfully urge Apple to diversify their emojis, change the dictionary definition of Black/black, and create a youth-powered mental health guide for students nationwide.

Here you have it, go ahead and change the world from your little corner.