Volunteering

Volunteering

 

The verb was first recorded in 1755. It was derived from the noun volunteer, in C.1600, "one who offers himself for military service," from the Middle Frenchvoluntaire. In the non-military sense, the word was first recorded during the 1630s. The word volunteering has more recent usage—still predominantly military—coinciding with the phrase community service.

Volunteering as utilized by service learning programs

 

Many schools on all education levels offer service-learning, which allow the student to serve a group through volunteering while earning educational credit.

Volunteering is a powerful means of preparing students to become more caring and responsible parents and citizens and of helping colleges and universities to make good on their pledge to 'serve society. Volunteering in service learning seems to have the result of engaging both mind and heart, thus providing a more powerful learning experience.

Skills-based volunteering

Skills-based volunteering is leveraging the specialized skills and the talents of individuals to strengthen the infrastructure of nonprofits, helping them build and sustain their capacity to successfully achieve their missions.

Volunteering In INDIA.

 

An increasingly popular form of volunteering among young people, particularly gap year students and graduates, is to travel to communities in the developing world to work on projects with local organisations. Activities include teaching English, working in orphanages, conservation, assisting non-governmental organisations and medical work. International volunteering often aims to give participants valuable skills and knowledge in addition to benefits to the host community and organization.

Online volunteering

Online volunteering, virtual volunteering is a term that describes a volunteer who completes tasks, in whole or in part, offsite from the organization being assisted. Heeals have large number of overseas coordinator who are helping in mission of the organization .

Environmental volunteering

 

Environmental volunteering refers to the volunteers who contribute towards environmental management or conservation. Volunteers conduct a range of activities including environmental monitoring, ecological restoration such as re-vegetation and weed removal, protecting endangered animals, and educating others about the natural environment.Heeals Green Earth Project Promote and Protect Environment is striving to achieve SDG’s .

Volunteering in an emergency

 

Volunteering often plays a pivotal role in the recovery effort following natural disasters, such as tsunamis, floods, droughts, hurricanes, and earthquakes.

 

 

Volunteering in schools

 

Resource poor schools around the world rely on government support or on efforts from volunteers and private donations, in order to run effectively. In some countries, whenever the economy is down, the need for volunteers and resources increases greatly. There are many opportunities available in school systems for volunteers

Community voluntary work

Community volunteering refers globally to those who work to improve their local community. This activity commonly occurs through not for profit organizations

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Source :Wikipedia