volunteer

The mission of Translations for Progress is to facilitate communication
within the global grass roots community and to create opportunities for
language students and professionals to get involved in social issues.

Volunteer translators and NGOs from all over the world can become Translation
for Progress members. The Translation for Progress is currently available in
six official languages (Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Russian and
Spanish), and more language version will be added in the future.

They have currently over 600 registered volunteer-translator members
and over 300 NGO members. It is a gathering of really interesting
and talented people and organizations. Just browse their databases
to check them out!

For more information about TfP, see:
http://www.ways.org/en/reading_room/translations_progress

If you want to participate as a translator:
http://www.translationsforprogress.org/howtohelp.php

If you want TfP to translate material for you:
http://www.translationsforprogress.org/howtousetp.php.

The Mother-Child Health International Research Network, a nascent partner and affiliate of WAYS, is actively looking for young scientists working or studying in a field relevant to Mother-Child health research - be it nutritional, perinatal or other - to act as volunteer "Champions" for the network, create content such as blog entries, and recruit other members.

Once we have selected an adequate amount of Champions from different geographic areas, we will constitute an international committee from the positive responders with the eventual plan to organize an actual face-to-face meeting at a later date. In addition to the meetings, we can offer the oppurtunity to be a full member of an international network with some very interesting links all over the globe.

In return, applicants are expected to post at least one blog entry or event per week which relates to their research, work, or ethics in Mother-Child Health, in addition to commenting on each other's posts and recruiting collegues to register on the network.

The preferred methods to apply for the position are to register an account on the Mother-Child network and then either leave a comment on this post with your username, or to contact me through my profile page on the Mother-Child site.

An alternate, less desirable method is to email me directly.

More details are available here.