why and when do they volunteer

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Adults in Scouting 

• why and when do they volunteer ?

Grazina Kacergyte Adult Resources Core group
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Volunteering - Definitions

• Volunteers are men and women who give up their
  normal work, without regard to financial benefits
  their knowledge and abilities, within the
  framework of common efforts, to the people in
  regions of social and economic need.

(The universal Charter of Volunteer Service,
Paris, 1968)
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Volunteering - Definitions

• Volunteering implies a wish to offer ones time,
  effort, skills and goodwill for the accomplisment
  of different tasks such as helping young children
  with their homework, collecting garbage in the
  park..

(T-Kit on Internacional Voluntary Service,
Council of Europe, 2002)
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Volunteering - Definitions

• Volunteering is an activity undertaken in a
  community context without pay and of the
  volunteers free will for the benefit of the
  community

(Volunteering Australia, 2001)
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Volunteering - Definitions

• Volunteering is about the volunteer offering a
  needed service by personal commitment without
  equivalent financial compensation

(WOSM, 2002)
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Volunteering - Definitions

• Arab region self motivated action/service
• Cambodia charitable action by a group of people
  doing charity work without profit
• Germany free will
• India self sufficiency
• Japan mutual aid systems/activities of social
  contributions performed in land based societies
• New Zealand bringing people together and working
  like a family
• Philippines desire to help each other
• Singapore service without remuneration
• United States participation in community service
  activities

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Volunteering - Elements

• Free Will motivation to volunteer will perhaps
  always include mix of reasons, but FREE WILL must
  be present
• No Reward volunteering should NOT be taken
  primarily for finanial gain
• Third Party benefits from the actions of the
  volunteers (..the volunteers, family, friends..)
• Values

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Volunteer??
Sister Maria Grabi, founder of school for
children of garbage collectors and recycler,
Egypt

• Usually poor people in Egypt grow up in garbage
  collectors. Sister Maria feels that God asked
  her to give them her help. She is a nun.

I love my garbage people so much, and love is
eternal
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Volunteer??

• This anonymous person had a cancer at the age of
  30. After knowing that was not curable, he
  decided to present his body to science of
  anatomy.

Anonymous Plastination volunteer, Germany
I consider my body to be a miracle of nature.
My overwhelming motive for volunteering my body
is my gratitude for that
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Volunteer??

• Marianna is in charge of spend naked her day at
  the beach. She lies down in the sun or talk with
  guests.

Marianna Handler, volunteer head of nudist beach,
USA
My biggest task is to educate people that nude
is not lewd
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Volunteer??

• Appointed by the Movie Censor Board, filmwatchers
  make sure that the film being shown in cinemas is
  the approved version

Quark Henares, deputy filmwatcher, Philippines
Being a deputy volunteer you get to watch movies
for free and you can bring along with you one
person, also for free
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Volunteer??
One of 1,5 milion adults in scout movment

• He/she works with young people, support other
  adults and/or contribute to committes, giving
  his/her time and talents for helping young people
  to grow

The true happiness we can only achieve by
serving others B-P