Welcome to the Meaningful Blog!

Hello and welcome to the Meaningful Blog!

My name is Malcolm Trevena. I am the founder of Meaningful Volunteer

Part of the Meaningful Volunteer philosophy is to be as up front and honest as we possibly can. This blog is an extension of that ideal. Both the successes and failures will be recorded here. I hope by that by sharing the information, people can see how hard that everyone associated with Meaningful Volunteer is working towards making a meaningful difference in developing communities.

I myself have done a lot of volunteering across South East Asia and Africa (see here for more info) and much of what I saw was passionate volunteers placed into environments they were not familiar with, given no support and expected to perform miracles. Some superstars did do wonderful things, but most floundered and became frustrated. It is hoped that the programs that the staff at Meaningful Volunteer have worked so hard on will enable passionate people to make a lasting impact on developing communities.

I will update this blog every week or so. It will be less formal than the news feed and will hopefully give you a flavor of what it means to be involved with Meaningful Volunteer.

Ingat po. (Take care).

Malcolm Trevena