We invited Camilla Marsh to share her amazing work and views on travellers and NPOs uniting through conscious and ethical volunteering. Camilla is part of the Brownie Points family, she was part of the team in the early days and we will forever be grateful for her contribution. We are also inspired by her work […]
‘Volunteer Ideas’ is a weekly blog sharing volunteering opportunities and ideas for us all to make a difference. It’s November and the start of Movember Movember is a charity focused on men’s health, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention – Movember is taking them all on. How to get involved? Grow […]
Today the world celebrated World Food Day, a day dedicated to drawing attention to world hunger. The stats are frightening. Approximately 870 million undernourished people in the world and an estimate of 13 million South Africans going hungry every day. The Do More Foundation set an ambitious goal to break a world record by making […]
16 October is World Food Day and Do More Foundation is attempting to break the world record by making 100,000 sandwiches in 1 hour. Companies and volunteers have signed up on Brownie Points, committing time and donating food to make this possible. The momentum really started building last week. Just 7 days ago, Do More […]
Volunteering can be an incredibly rewarding experience, but it can also be draining, disheartening and disenchanting. Many well-meaning individuals enter into volunteer arrangements with grand hopes and goals, only to find that they aren’t able to foster the kind of change they desire to. Many others give far too much of themselves, far too quickly, […]
It’s time to get active about the future of our planet and grow rather than wither in the face of climate change. It’s time to dig in, get our hands dirty and our hearts cleansed, reconnecting to Mother Nature and her beautiful bounty. It’s time for the Eden Festival of Action. This July, Cape Town […]
With all the talk of crime, war, terrorism and Trump buzzing around us like a persistent fly, it’s easy to get down about the state of the world – to start losing faith in humanity. It’s helpful, then, to be reminded that there are good people on this planet. Lots of them. Around 2.2 billion, […]
“Self love” needn’t be a sniggered at phrase like the ubiquitous and undesirable “selfie” and it certainly needn’t require extra support from sticks and lenses to perfect its place in our life. Self love doesn’t require you to pose pouted for hours on end as you put your phone’s front camera to the test and […]
Arbor Day is traditionally celebrated on the last Friday of April each year, but this needn’t mean we can’t get our fingers green ‘til then. As age-old forests continue to be mutilated and massacred and Earth’s once harmonious ecosystem severely compromised, planting a tree is one of the best means to making our planet a […]
Google has long been a leader in the realm of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Aside from giving NPOs free access to premium digital products, the company has also, through its philanthropic division, Google.org, donated millions in grants and offered critical advisory services and technical expertise to a range of social organisations in need of support. […]