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"Kay Bromley hadn’t done any volunteering since she worked in her local thrift
store after high school. But when the IT specialist, now 34 and with two
children, came across an opportunity to work remotely from Robinson Crusoe
Island, 672 kilometers west of San Antonio, Chile, while also volunteering in
the local community of 900 residents, her instincts urged her to go for it.
“I’m so used to working my office role and staying in my little career box,
that I was really shocked with just how transferable my skills really are,
especially when it came to improving some of the islanders’ knowledge,”
reflects Bromley, who is based in Hastings, UK.
Along with 15 others, Bromley was selected by tech company Lenovo for its Work
for Humankind initiative on Robinson Crusoe. The volunteers hailed from
different countries and workplaces; they included sustainability analysts and
strategists from Brazil and Germany, an animal welfare lecturer from Mexico,
and a research scientist from the US.
For eight weeks, the newly minted change-makers left behind their lawn mowers,
shopping lists and Amazon deliveries to identify endangered seabirds and help
local school kids connect to the internet, all while continuing to do their
jobs — and collect their salaries — from back home. Bromley says she was “blown
away” to get an opportunity to explore disconnectedness on a small island with
minimal technology."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
