International #Volunteer Day 2015 – A Universal Introspective Approach
- Autores: Akke M. Draijer de Jong
- Localización: Global Education Magazine, ISSN-e 2255-033X, Nº. 13, 2015
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The concept thought was officially established by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly through resolution 40/212 on 17th December 1985. By giving attention to the extraordinary efforts of an incredible large community of people, motivated by idealism, positivism, commitment and determination some of the most well-known institutions like Unicef[1], Foster Parents[2] and the International Red Cross[3], have been able to realise the majority of their goals by the sheer cooperation of a substantial voluntary workforce. The initial focus for volunteers to be recruited is primarily governed by an acute crisis management action and there is no time like the present to realise that the call for volunteers is ongoing for the current global support for war ridden countries[4] throughout the world and the need for various professional fields urges us to act vigilantly. This article direct its focus on what drives people to register as a volunteer, what motivates others to be contented to give donations, and how does society evaluates the extensive and sometimes risky activities that volunteers expose themselves to? When does altruism become a purely economic community feature[5] at risk to be exploited by society at large, how can we sustain the one character trait that is governed by a projection of the basic human attribute: the need to help another human being.
