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Membership and Volunteer Corner
Membership
Membership levels to join Global African Village:
$10 - Friend
$25 - Supporter
$50 - Contributor
$100 - Giver
$250 - Patron
$500 or more - Benefactor
Click here for Membership form
During the holidays,support our efforts while solving the gift-giving dilemma: make a donation in someone's name! When you donate, print the membership form above, specifying the name and address of the recipient. We'll send them a holiday thank-you card, and we'll send you an acknowledgement and receipt.
Contributions may also be in a form of memorials, commemorations, or bequests.
Members receive two newsletters a year to learn how their contributions are improving the quality of life for the Bagishu people of Uganda. Members will also be invited to attend annual meetings. And, of course, members experience the satisfaction of helping those in need.
Volunteer Corner
What can a volunteer offer to Global African Village?
The best donation from one human being to another is to ease a hard time. The goal of Global African Village is to ease the many hardships of Uganda's Bagishu people.
Who can volunteer?
Just about anyone with a bit of time and resources, and a desire to reach out and save lives, one at a time.
How can volunteers for Global African Village get involved?
Locally:
Help us to raise funds.
Host a social gathering (a tea, a wine & cheese party, or a luncheon) in your home to raise money.
Host a garage sale and donate the proceeds.
Organize groups, such as elementary or middle school classes or student organizations at colleges and universities, to raise money or supplies.
Organize a Penny Drive.
Organize a bottle return in your neighborhood or workplace
Invite friends and family to contribute to Global African Village as a gift for your birthday or other occasion.
Ask your child's friends to contribute to Global African Village instead of buying gifts.
Ask your employer to sponsor a Dress-Down Day, a Loose Change Round-Up or an Ice Cream Social.
Assist with publicity by disseminating information.
Help us reach out to churches.
Ask campus ministries at local colleges if they would dedicate one collection a year for Global African Village.
Solicit donations of needed items. We need a digital camera and a camcorder or small tape recorder to record images and interviews with Bagishu people, to use in our presentations.
Help collect used eyeglasses. Because the Bagishu people seldom have access to eye exams, many are sight-impaired.
Help us research grants and corporate sponsorships.
Remind friends, family members, and co-workers to use Good Search for internet searching and Good Shop for on-line shopping.
Donate! Even small amounts help!
Overseas: Visit and see for yourself! Please consider visiting Uganda to meet the Bagishu people and see firsthand what your donation has provided. Because you’re a global citizen, we welcome you to assist with projects that are underway, such as:
- constructing and repairing wells
- working with young children at Joe's Playhouse, our child care center
- visiting the infirm and the elderly
- helping new entrepreneurs with business development
The talents of these people would be especially welcome:
- teachers (retired or active)
- physicians (retired or active)
- nurses (retired or active)
- clergy
- carpenters
- builders
- grandmothers and grandfathers
Please contact us if you're interested in volunteering.
We reap great blessings from helping others.