Velgørenhed, frivilligt arbejde og filantropi

This is the true story of Barry Shore, a tech entrepreneur who was stricken with a rare neurological disease that rendered him a quadriplegic unable to move anything but his head side to side and Dlyted, the platform he built with the dream of giving a billion dollars to worthy causes without costing supporters a dime. The story is told through a conversation between Barry and Sarah Hembree, Development Director of New Life Church. While Barry is very much a real person, Sarah is a fictional amalgam of a dozen or so people who are responsible for raising money for their causes, clubs, schools, and churches. By making Sarah a fictional character, we're able to be more accurate, descriptive and transparent while not accidentally disclosing personal information that wasn't intended for publication. The MAGIC of Everyday Giving is primarily focused on helping causes raise money as opposed to helping people become givers. Don't worry. If you are interested in giving without using your own money, we will show you how.

Featuring contributions from some of the most influential and philanthropic people and organizations in the world today, this book shows readers how the act of giving can change the world and also change their own lives in ways they never thought possible.

Between 1872 and 1933, William Quarrier sent thousands of destitute children from Glasgow's slums to Canada, where they often faced hard labour and loneliness.

This book explores the history of the CNIB - from the men who crafted its charter to the people who have made it so successful.

Since the dawn of the republic, faith in social equality, religious freedom, and the right to engage in civic activism have constituted our national creed. In this bracing history, Kathleen D. McCarthy traces the evolution of these ideals, exploring the impact of philanthropy and volunteerism on America from 1700 to 1865. What results is a vital reevaluation of public life during the pivotal decades leading up to the Civil War. The market revolution, participatory democracy, and voluntary associations have all been closely linked since the birth of the United States. American Creed explores the relationships among these three institutions, showing how charities and reform associations forged partnerships with government, provided important safety valves for popular discontent, and sparked much-needed economic development. McCarthy also demonstrates how the idea of philanthropy became crucially wedded to social activism during the Jacksonian era. She explores how acts of volunteerism and charity became involved with the abolitionist movement, educational patronage, the struggle against racism, and female social justice campaigns. What resulted, she contends, were heated political battles over the extent to which women and African Americans would occupy the public stage. Tracing, then, the evolution of civil society and the pivotal role of philanthropy in the search for and exercise of political and economic power, this book will prove essential to anyone interested in American history and government.

Documents how even progressive foundations serve to reinforce the political status quo.

Created in 1891, the Children's Aid Society of Toronto is the largest child welfare agency in North America.

Over a million nonprofit organizations, from day-care centers and neighborhood churches to major research universities and metropolitan hospitals, are currently relied upon to deliver an array of essential social services. This is in keeping with a historical conviction that private voluntary action, as opposed to government intervention, should address as many of the nation's social needs as possible. But just how much to rely on the nonprofit sector is the question at the center of a growing debate. Critics challenge the assumption that nonprofit organizations have successfully directed much of their benefits toward the poor and disadvantaged - an assumption that has to date justified favorable tax treatment for donations and nonprofit operations. Who Benefits from the Nonprofit Sector? examines all the major elements of the nonprofit sector - health services, educational and research institutions, religious organizations, social services, arts and cultural organizations, and foundations - describing each institution and its function, and then exploring how their benefits are distributed across various economic classes. The book's findings indicate that while few institutions serve primarily the poor, there is no evidence of a gross distribution of benefits upwards toward the more affluent. The source of an institution's funding is also shown to be an important determinant in how its benefits are distributed. They show, for example, that: . Nonprofit nursing homes and drug treatment centers have a lower concentration of Medicaid patients than their for-profit public counterparts do. Twenty-seven percent of social service agencies serve primarily the poor, and the large majority ofthese received most of their income from the federal government. The effective educational subsidy (i.e., cost of education less tuition) per person at both public and private univenities increases with income. The analysis of this data makes for a book with profound implications for future social and tax policy.

Athenas er utrolig glade for, i samarbejde med en række af landets mest populære foredragsholder, at kunne løfte sløret for et projekt, hvor 6 gavmilde foredragsholder i samarbejde med Athenas hjælper til at samle penge ind til velgørenhed.Overskuddet fra salget af denne bog går ubeskåret til fordel for Kusintha under Røde Kors. Pengene skal gå til at opføre børnehaver i Malawi. Malawi er et af verdens allerfattigste lande, her bor 16 mio. mennesker, hvoraf næsten 1 mio. er forældreløse, og hvor enten 'en eller begge forældre er døde pga. aids. Klimaet er præget af oversvømmelser og tørke og 6,5 millioner mennesker sulter. Især børnene rammes hårdt, og omstændighederne gør at de tvinges ud af systemet og skolerne. Malawis forældreløse børn - og især pigerne -rammes særlig hårdt.Børnehaver giver børnene mulighed for at forberede sig til skolen og dermed hjælpe landet i den rigtige retning. Børnehaverne giver derudover forældrene - og især mødrene - mulighed for at tjene penge, imens børnene er af sted. På den måde bliver børnehaverne en hjælp for hele familien. Tak til GROHEAD COBOF&H of scandinaviaTikkoAthenasFor at gøre denne bog mulig.

Written by over 200 leading experts from over seventy countries, this handbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research on volunteering, civic participation and nonprofit membership associations. the major activity areas of volunteering and associations;

Askovgården er en social organisation, startet 1943 af Mira og Niels Henrik Arnfred, midt under 2. verdenskrig på Nørrebro i København. Askovgårdens koncept er udsprunget af engelske ideologier samlet i den såkaldte "settlements ide" fra 1884 i London. "Settlements ideen" blev grundlaget for en verdensomspændende bevægelse inden for det sociale arbejde. I Danmark udspringer Askovgården af erfaringer fra kristeligt studenter Settlement på Vesterbro og højskolebevægelsens ideer stammende fra Grundtvig og Askov højskole. Organisationen udvikler sig til en stor spiller inden for de sociale, undervisnings- og sundhedsmæssige områder. Det bliver en NGO organisation, som nationalt og internationalt er toneangivende på flere områder. Askovgårdens historie bliver skrevet af Per I. Hensen, som i cirka 45 år var administrerende direktør for organisationen. Historien strækker sig fra Askovgårdens start i 1943 til Per I. Hensens pensionering i 2012. Bogen rummer således en beskrivelse af en væsentlig dansk NGO organisation, samt en beskrivelse af den lange periodes historiske hændelser nationalt og internationalt. En række nøglepersoner fra den lange periode interviewes og giver deres beskrivelse af tiden og hændelserne, som spænder over Nørrebro i København, dansk NGO og internationalt arbejde.

Hvis ikke vi gør noget selv, så sker der ingenting. Den sandhed kom Mogens Albert Pedersen til, da han hjalp en ung afrikaner. Hun var en af de slavesolgte prostituerede i København. Hun havde været udsat for tvang, brændemærkning, tæsk og voldtægt. Mogens tog sagen i egen hånd, og gennem de seneste år har han og en betroet håndfuld medarbejdere oprettet et såkaldt Safe House, hvor især afrikanske kvinder kan komme og få hjælp til at komme ud af deres bestialske fangenskab.   Jobbet er farligt. Safe House har flere gange måttet flytte adresse, for at forblive hemmeligt, og Mogens Albert Pedersen blev til ”Christian”, et navn der fik næsten mytisk karakter i miljøet.   ”En dag mere” er sine steder en meget barsk men også livsbekræftende bog om kampen for at stoppe nutidens slavehandel – såkaldt ”human trafficking” – belyst gennem syv gribende skæbnefortællinger.