Hands On Manila (HOM) is a Philippine nonprofit volunteer management organization that connects individuals, companies, and communities with opportunities to serve and address community needs.
Established in 2001, HOM is Points of Light’s first international Global Network affiliate. Drawing on our local expertise and global network, we develop and implement meaningful volunteer programs that bring people and organizations together to serve.
HOM’s hands-on volunteer programs focus on four key areas: Education, Environment, Health & Wellness, and Livelihood. We work with individuals, companies, nonprofits, schools, and communities to create opportunities for people to actively contribute to the communities they are part of.
We believe that everyone can serve. Rooted in the Filipino spirit of bayanihan, we bring people together through volunteerism to strengthen communities and turn their time, skills, and resources into action.
- A culture of volunteerism that contributes to nation-building.
- We envision a community where people contribute their time, talent, and resource for sustainable development.
- To become the volunteer organization of choice for community-driven programs.
- To be thought leaders of innovative solutions to development challenges.
Hands on Manila’s programs are community-driven and are developed using the bottom-up approach. Simply put, we do not create programs that our NGO and community partners do not need.
We empower our partners by allowing them to develop their own programs and activities and we help them with volunteer mobilization and fund generation. We develop sustainable, measurable and high-impact programs.
HOM also organizes volunteer activities for corporations which come in two forms:
- Long-term partnerships wherein a corporation taps the expertise and network of HOM for a year or more to develop and strengthen its employee volunteerism;
- Short-term partnerships, or special projects wherein HOM coordinates and matches corporations for a specific volunteer activity in one-off service projects or a series of volunteer activities.
LOCAL AFFILIATION / ACCREDITATION
HOM recruits, coordinates and educates a broad base of volunteers for non-profit organizations. It offers a flexible model, an innovative means of volunteer service that allows for volunteering to be integrated into daily schedules of individuals.
We believe that volunteerism is an effective tool for social change and commits to empowering individuals to act as citizens and realize their ability to contribute to the community. Its goals are to provide a roadblock-free path to service and meaningful experiences that clearly make a difference in society.
Projects revolve around the advocacies of the corporation’s support and are customized to the needs of the employees’ volunteers. Sample activities may be viewed through this link: https://handsonmanila.org/corporate-special-projects/
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