Start date = 17Jun2013. I am getting very excited about starting. I have been speaking with the staff and first up – report to the DC office and get my cube, email address, badge and all that. The next day right into it – I will be attending an international conference in Potomac, Maryland. The […]
Getting Prepared – a few tips around visas
posted by Dave Webb
Clock is ticking fast now. The two day orientation at Teddington was both informative and enjoyable. Apart from the training it was great to meet some past and present volunteers from the UK, Europe and wider a field (New Zealand, Brazil). All past participants seemed as, if not more, exicted than me. I am British though. Perhaps this is not […]
INSPIRED
posted by julieyake
So glad you are with me along the way! Here are some views in my new neighborhood. Packing, planning, doing prelim homework for my assigned project. Self-Assigned of course, as an over-achiever who cares! Inspired to work w/STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math).
21 Days till lift off...
posted by julieyake
Reblogged from Live from Philly…: Hello Everyone! Welcome to my PULSE project blog. I invite you to follow my 6 month journey working with the Philadephia Education Fund. In a few short weeks I will be moving to Center City Philly to start my new role as the Marketing Recruitment Design Specialist. Please click on […]
It’s for real ! . . . . . My Pulse is racing :)
posted by Sue Beaumont
3 years ago I read in GSK Today about Pulse alumni Darryl Barnaby’s volunteering work in Sri Lanka with Leonard Cheshire Disability charity and I was inspired and amazed at the opportunity he had been granted and the challenge he took on. I ripped the pages out of the magazine and put them in […]
Communities
posted by paulgwannamaker
We all have many communities of which we’re a part- family, friends, churches, civic groups, work groups, and more, and these communities are often in a state of flux; we are joining new communities, leaving others, and others are changing beyond our control. By joining PULSE, I’ve added another community, and I met some of […]
PULSE Training at RTP
posted by Kim Rivers
We had a great PULSE class at RTP. There were 13 of us: 7 with local PULSE assignments and 6 with international assignments (2 in Ghana; 2 in Romania; and 1 in Nigeria). We learned about the evolution of NGOs and about NGO interfaces (donors and implementers) and learned from past PULSE volunteers and from […]
First post
posted by Dave Webb
I’m just over a month away from leaving London to work with Project Hope UK and the community at Munsieville, South Africa for six months. The project is already firmly established and this will be the fourth year that Pulse* volunteers have joined the community to contribute to their efforts to transform the lives of the children living in […]
Going Digital from under the Trees
posted by Melanie Winter
Gone are the days of training people in meeting rooms, I’ve run numerous sessions in schools, churches, tents and even outside under the trees. My first training module focused on Adherence to HIV/AIDS medication. We’ve now also developed a second module that focuses on the medicine used for the treatment of HIV/AIDS and Opportunistic infections […]
3am Fire Alarm!
posted by yolandosutherland
I got to Philadelphia on Monday afternoon May 6th. On Tuesday I had to be up by 6:30am to get ready for an 8:30am start to my PULSE orientation/training especially since I had to depend on public transportation. I went to sleep at about 12:30am. Why? I have no idea. You’d think that jetlag would’ve […]
