End Poverty Cooperative
HopeMongers is a cooperative built by all-volunteers who share a passion for redeeming the world’s poorest communities. We have found that people want to give more than just their money and we want to help you put your talents to good use.
The goal of the Cooperative is to build teams of people with diverse talents who will work together with impoverished communities to understand the issues, find the best non-governmental organizations, and work hard to make a lasting difference in the lives of the world’s poor.
We have built the Cooperative as an online community, much like Facebook, but centered around eight regions of the world. Each region has it’s own Cooperative Group where you can find friends who share your passion, influence the microgiving projects listed on HopeMongers, orchestrate fund-raising efforts, plan trips, and share information.
When you join a Cooperative Group, we ask that you engage in open and respectful conversation that is first and foremost productive. We also ask that you come ready to contribute your time, talent and/or gifts.
We encourage leaders to create Groups for people with common interests like software development, photography, or graphics design. A great example of this is the Red Letters Campaign who has cultivated a vibrant community of Christian adoptive families who are ‘Living Faith to End Poverty.’
Volunteer Opportunities
We are actively building Cooperative Group leadership teams. All of these roles may be shared among multiple contributors. Please inquire by emailinng helpout@hopemongers.org.
Group Leaders.
This is a team-building, community-building and vision-casting role. Group leaders need to have sustained, direct personal experience with their desired community.
Group Planners.
This is a process management role responsible for helping to manage the microgiving projects pipeline.
Group Moderators.
This is a conversation-nuturing role with responsibility for keeping online conversation interesting, open and respectful.
Group Bloggers/Twitterers.
This is a writing role that acts as the voice of the group to the rest of the world and cooperative.
Group Designer.
This is a software customization role requiring knowledge of HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and Telligent Community.