Welcome to Issue 56 of the Resource Alliance's e-newsletter 'Global Connections'. We hope you enjoy it and find it useful. Please forward it to anyone you feel would like to read it. You and your colleagues can subscribe for free - simply click here to do so.
	The gift of time: how volunteering changed my perspective Derek Humphries reports back from his time volunteering as an Emergency Project Manager for Borneo Orangutan Survival. and offers six tips and six potential pitfalls for organisations and volunteers. Click here to read more     Making the world a better place New CEO Hans Wolters explains his priorities, thoughts for the future of the Resource Alliance and how it can help make the world a better place   News from the Resource Alliance Around the world with Resource Alliance in 210 days Most internationally diverse IFC to date European charities 'optimistic' for 2010, SONI survey finds Fred Hollows Foundation wins International DRTV award Gill Astarita Fund raises further £21.5K Fundraisers more positive than ever, session told SOFII celebrates second birthday What's happening in your part of the world? American Philanthropy and the Third Sector – a guide to fundraising in the United States	More of the world's finest fundraising campaigns listed on SOFII Read more at SOFII    Upcoming Activities 5th Hemispheric Congress on Fundraising, Latin America Sao Paolo, Brazil 6-8 November 2009 South Asia Regional Conference on Resource Mobilisation Wadduwa, Sri Lanka 11-13 November 2009 Certificate course in Resource Mobilisation and Communications Kampala, Uganda 16-27 November 16th Eastern Africa Resource Mobilisation Workshop Mombasa, Kenya 30 November - 4 December 2009