Bloggers for Hope Frequently Asked Questions

1.   Can I volunteer to help in any way?

Yes, there are many ways you can help including training, if you have computer or Internet skills, or if you want to help with a fundraiser at your Church or civic organization such as Lions Club, etc.

We also need volunteers for many other things, so please contact us and we’ll see how to get you plugged in!

2.   Do the bloggers work for your organization, or are they independent?

All the bloggers are independent, and do not work directly for our organization.  We handle their training and supervision as well as helping to provide the website domains, hosting, internet connections and access to a computer for them.  We help get sponsors to hire them for blogging assignments, but we do not pay them directly.

3.   Are there rules that the bloggers must adhere to?

Yes, we do not allow inappropriate language, or blogging about or for adult sites or content, gambling, political or other controversial themes.

4.   What percentage of each donation goes toward paying the bloggers?

All of the donations we receive go toward the training, administration, and ongoing needs of the bloggers.  No amount goes toward paying the bloggers directly. They must work for the money that they earn from sponsors directly.  Our intent is to give them a way to make their own living, not to sustain them through donations as other charities do. We aspire to the belief that they want to earn their own way if given a chance.

5.   Do you help children or only adults with your program?

We only directly help youth of working age who are completing or have completed schooling to 12^th grade level or above. By doing this, we can best help the local economies in the countries in which we are working. Typically the young adults we help are caring for a fairly large family of children and older adults who are not able to work themselves.  By helping those in the families who are able to work, they  are able to then help a much larger group than if we were only giving food and clothing donations directly to a few family members.

6.   What is a blog?

A blog is simply a story about any subject of interest. There are millions of websites devoted to a huge number of different interests. These sites are just like any other website except they are devoted to specific topics of interest and have frequent updates.  Anyone can subscribe to a blog site, otherwise know as “web logs”, and can also link to them and make comments on what they read on them.  This type of communication has changed the way people use the Internet and the way most people get their news.