Why Should the Poor Volunteer? It's Time To Re-Think the Answer
07:47, 25 January 2006
.. Posted in Volunteerism and Volunteer Management.. Link
When volunteering is so often presented just one way -- as a state-sanctioned free labor activity -- reluctance and even hostility by the unemployed, the cash-strapped and the disenfranchised are completely justified. If governments and donors want volunteerism campaigns in poor communities to lead to more volunteering, they must radically update their message. Read the full editorial by Jayne Cravens.
