The Volunteer Circle is a platform for skill-sharing across all areas of Lebanon that matches volunteers, community services, experience seekers and multi-talented individuals with the cause that needs them the most.
Thousands of people want to make an impact and stay active, but don’t know how or where to start. Our founder Malak Yacout discovered that she shared a similar struggle with people who wanted to volunteer but could not find a relevant opportunity. She also found that there is an immense need for support across all fields of civil society but that the process was random, time-consuming and inefficient for organizations.
This is when her idea for The Volunteer Circle came up: a platform that unlocks access to volunteerism by matching the supply of time and skills of volunteers to the community needs on-demand. We connect people to the volunteer opportunity or the cause that needs them the most while meeting community needs. We provide a marketplace for volunteering, turning potential talent and time wasted into measurable impact on social, environmental, cultural, and economic levels.
We don’t only support volunteers and the stakeholders in finding their role within society but we also improve well-being. With the unemployment rate among youth at 38.4% and 32% of the Arab talent underutilized, The Volunteer Circle is the conduit to building peaceful societies, channeling talent and potential into impact, preventing it from turning into dangerous, violent, or addictive behavior.
We have been relentlessly working to build a smarter and more inclusive product, that moves beyond a simple one-way website to a dynamic, data-oriented tool that backs up the strength and diversity of our community. For the past two years, we have closely been listening to the needs of 5,000 users and volunteers of our growing community to shape the optimal platform in the way that is most likely to influence real change. Think gamification, capacity-building modules, and an end-to-end skill-sharing experience for anybody who wants to make an impact but doesn’t know how or where to start.
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Volunteers
Partner NGOs across all sectors and locations
Accurate matches between volunteers and organizations
Lives touched
Cost Saved
The idea of The Volunteer Circle is born
Development of the online platform
Launch of The Volunteer Circle in Lebanon
Wins Idea 2 impact competition
Wins the Young Innovation Award
Team Expansion
1,300 new skilled volunteers for Beirut Relief and Crisis Operations
New feature, launch of the Crisis Action Section
Launch of the Mayor of Impact Program, to decentralize volunteer efforts across all sectors
Launch of the Volunteer Leadership Masterclass to support all NGOs, CBOs, start-ups, academia, governments in volunteer management
Development of a Smart Platform with Capacity-Building, Introducing a Holistic Volunteer Experience
Sign up to our platform, explore volunteering opportunities, and get matched with the cause that needs you most.
Get access to our volunteer recruitment solutions and know-how to optimize your organization’s resources and impact.
We’re always grateful for any financial support. By donating to us you will help us touch more lives and use technology to reach developing communities at scale. If not now, then when? If not you, then who?
We’re always open for new investment opportunities, partnerships and collaborations. If you think we can make a bigger impact together, please get in touch.
This call for support is part of Berytech’s Impact Rise campaign, launched with the aid of MEPI, to help seven Lebanese social impact startups generate more awareness and get more support from potential clients, donors and investors. Join us in empowering them to make a bigger impact and shape a better Lebanon.
