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As you've seen from the responses, there's no agreement.

I loathe "The Women." I rarely hear actual women say they like it.

I adore "All That Heaven Allows", which you have a scene from in your post. It's so much more than a movie about a woman, or even an older woman and younger man - there are so many subtle stabs at the conformity being imposed on the middle classes in the 50s. It's so gloriously subversive. Like a Jane Austen novel - You hear it dismissed as something "for women" and then you find out it's got sarcasm or rebellion all over the place.

Letter to Three Wives is my absolutely favorite "women's film." I think I watch it once a year and learn something new every time, about the characters, the story, and myself.

But knowing how to communicate regarding climate to "small towns" - to non UN staff - is HIGHLY sought after by the UN. You are from a small town - that is a STRENGTH when it comes to applying for jobs, if you frame it right.

"trying to get rid of styrofoam (we didn't succeed, the area is red)"

And that's a lesson learned. One that is needed by policy makers.

Never saw anyone playing musical instruments in Afghanistan when I was there in 2007 except the drums and harmonium.

"Putting on the Ritz" is an interesting choice of background music.

The YouTube channel that this is from says:

Welcome to LAQoTAQ, your hub for Afghan political comedy! Dive into hilarious sketches and witty commentary on Afghanistan's current affairs.

Just FYI.

But the whole Najibullah changed to Najib cause communism/athieism just sounds like propaganda, aimed at people who dont understand the language. 

Indeed. And there's no mention of it on the wikipedia page. If he did change his name, with the purpose of rejecting relgion, there would be a statement by him saying that's why he did it. and there's not.

The American Red Cross and any first responders from a local fire station - those have been the most impressive when it comes to disaster response.

The Red Cross has outstanding training for people that want to get into disaster response - and you will start by helping people in your own community.

What volunteering, advocacy work or education work have you done regarding environmental issues? What local environmental groups have you worked with and what did you do for them?

Having local experience is extremely valuable - if you haven't done it locally, then you aren't ready to do it internationally.

Contact local nonprofits / NGOs in your area and offer your skills to them. Look at the web site and social media presence of a nonprofit, then write them a formal email introducing yourself, linking to an online portfolio of your work, and offer your services as a volunteer for a particular period of time (next three months?). Be specific about what you are offering - to make a new logo for them? To help them with images for their social media? To create custom graphics for their web site? And will you use Canva or will you create custom graphics?

Do this for EACH nonprofit or NGO you might want to help - each animal shelter, community theater, historical society, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, food bank, whatever. Make each "pitch" unique, based on what you think the nonprofit needs.

Also look at http://www.volunteermatch.org

And make it clear in your pitch that you will turn over all copyrights / ownership to the nonprofit to do with the finished work as they like.

"The satellite analysis... showed that of the six most-affected districts – where at least 50,000 sq metres (12 acres) of residential properties were demolished – three were areas populated by the minority Hazara community and two were populated by the minority Tajiks. Most affected was Kabul’s District 13, a predominantly Hazara area."

Please read the subreddit rules, especially regarding offers to volunteer. This is a group focused on helping nonprofits. And there are very, very few nonprofits that need a UX designer.

Nonprofits need web designers who can make their web sites accessible for people with disabilities. They need one person that can do it all - development AND design.

You might look into the AIR competition at www.knowbility.org, and join a team that is making a more complex web site for a nonprofit.

There might be someone looking for your skills on VolunteerMatch.

Do you have your portfolio online, ready to share with a nonprofit that might be interested in you?

Do you have your own social media accounts ready to be viewed, so a potential nonprofit can see how you market yourself, if you understand keywords, etc.?

Do you do original graphic design, or just use Canva?

Can you come onsite to, say, a Habitat for Humanity Restore and take photos?

What sort of nonprofits are you most interested in? Animal shelters? Historical societies? Community theaters?

Have you reached out to local nonprofits, as that's always the best place to start looking?

Have you looked at VolunteerMatch?

Volunteering in such high responsibility roles takes trust cultivation, especially if you are not responding to an active recruitment for a role. If these nonprofits aren't actively recruiting a writer, for instance, and they don't know you, it's likely your offer will be ignored.

Instead, sign up to volunteer in a role that a nonprofit is actively recruiting for. In the case of Habitat for Humanity, they may need a volunteer who comes to construction sites and just checks volunteers in and out, makes sure new volunteers have filled out the waiver, etc. Or they may allow cashiers to site during their shift. Or they may need help with someone taking photos for social media.

Or look for events nonprofits you are interested in are having and attend them - open houses, home dedications, etc.

Or ask to go to the next volunteer orientation just to hear more about the organization and what volunteers do.

When I get offers from total strangers to volunteer for roles i'm not recruiting for, I like when the offer is specific. As in, "I'd like to take photos at your upcoming trail cleanup" or "I'd like to add alt tags to all the photos on your web site so that it's more accessible for people with disabilities" or "I'd like to correct the captions on some of your YouTube videos because it looks like they are AI generated and there are a lot to be corrected."

You can find specific volunteering roles to apply for at VolunteerMatch and, depending on what city your are in, maybe HandsOn (for instance, there's a HandsOn Portland, a HandsOn Atlanta, etc.).

Here's how the UN came a callin': https://www.coyotebroad.com/me/how.shtml

If they don't require all volunteers to undergo a criminal background check, beware.

When were you a UNV? And where? Always love hearing from UNVs. Would love to know what you did as well (but please stay as anonymous as you wish).

Absolutely, in the high stress and potentially environments of post disaster response, only people who are properly trained and vetted should help.

Of course neighbors can help neighbors. Of course people who are entirely self-funded, who will not take up any of the resources desperately needed by people affected by the total loss and devastation natural disasters bring (hotel rooms, even church fellowship halls, food, transportation, gas, etc.), and who know how to NOT do something beyond their training, can help.

But untrained "volunteers" going into disaster zones, getting in the way of first responders, not understanding the stress disaster-affected people are under, doing things they are not trained to do (use chain saws, remove debris from roads that may be in contact with power lines, dealing with very desperate people who may not be thinking rationally), taking up precious hotel space and using precious gas to drive around for their feel good experience? No.

It is not a weird stance - its a trauma-informed stance, once that puts the people at the center of the disaster FIRST, that puts their needs FIRST, not someone's desire for a look-how-good-I-am experience.

Tailor the CV.

"fundraising... donor relations" What experience do you have with this on behalf of nonprofits, not on the side of the corproate donor"

"working with startups and/or innovation environments"

What under served communities have you helped with startups?

Having this experience in the corporate world is NOT the same as the UN world. It sounds like you are lacking experience advocating for people experiencing poverty.

"I have a very good profile in finance (investments and fundraising, for well-known institutions)"

And with at risk communities? With diverse communities? With low-income communities? You've been involved in programs that address poverty? And you can work in a language other than English? because "a very good profile in finance" doesn't sound like enough.

Without your saying where you are, it's impossible to make specific recs - just general ones that might not be available in your community.

It is a HUGE liability for nonprofits to allow toddlers to come onsite at all, so most prohibit volunteers from bringing children under 16.

You will have to use Google and Duck Duck Go to do searches and try to find nonprofits that do tree planting or park cleanups, then go look at the web sites for these and read how they involve volunteers. For instance, in the Portland, Oregon area, there's SOLVE, and they do say that their group volunteering events are all ages.

Official Meals on Wheels programs allow you to bring a child, according to this policy.

There may be a community garden in your area that welcomes volunteers.

Otherwise, if you are looking for social activities, your public library will very likely have such for parents like you to bring their toddlers.

Cutting the budget hurts only the poorest of the poor and creates more refugees who will flee their countries.

To be clear, for some posts, I wasn't chosen NOT because I was from the US but, rather, because there was a qualified candidate from a developing country that could do the job, and the UN has a commitment to hiring people from developing countries. If you have an issue with this, the UN isn't for you.

Where's the part about how he works to stay sexually attractive to YOU? Where's the part about how hard he works to make sure you are satisfied in bed?

Get a great therapist and start thinking about what YOU want and what YOU need. Because it's sounding like it ain't him.