hOurworld

hOurworld is a free online banking platform and time bank trainings and consulting, B2c location: Portland, Maine, United States.

What is hOurworld.org? hOurworld is a unified network of service exchanges (sometimes called time banks) where members earn and spend time dollars providing and receiving a wide array of services to and from each other. Membership is Free! We are Social Architects who believe that community currency is the true wealth of the world, flowing gracefully within and among all people. We are grounded in the principles of simplicity and abundance, the joy of giving and receiving. It is our desire to help in the reclamation of community prosperity by providing our gifts of time, training and tools within the service exchange networks of hour world. Social Networking with a Purpose hour world exists to welcome and connect all the varieties of local exchanges under one roof, literally inside one cloud database. This allows interaction between member exchanges everywhere, as their interests and needs arise. The hour world training program teaches the fundamentals for organizing, building and enriching new and existing Exchanges. This model provides a recipe for program sustainability, based on reciprocity. As each new Exchange grows, it will seed another through the sharing of resources. And that Exchange will seed another…

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hOurworld is an international network of neighbors helping neighbors. With 33,578 members and 381 communities, they have received 2,670,266 hours of service. The network works by sharing talents and services, recording hours, and spending them later on services others provide. Members provide friendly neighborly favors to strengthen the fabric of local communities