Its founder, Siegfried Woldhek, is a former director of the Dutch branch of the World Wildlife Fund.
Communities in all parts of the world can register in Nabuur's website [1] and state the issues they face.
Such issues might be Aids epidemics, low literacy rates, the construction of water wells, gender inequalities among others.
Then a facilitator (a volunteer worker trained by Nabuur) is appointed for this village's web page.
If project funding or expert involvement is to be sought, that is for the local community to do—with support from the virtual neighbors.