Volunteering

In general terms, volunteering is the practice of people working on behalf of others or a particular cause without payment for their time and services. Volunteering is generally considered an altruistic activity, intended to promote good or improve human quality of life, but people also volunteer for their own skill development, to meet others, to make contacts for possible employment, to have fun, and a variety of other reasons that could be considered self-serving.

Volunteering takes many forms and is performed by a wide range of people. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work in, such asmedicine, education, or emergency rescue. Other volunteers serve on an as-needed basis, such as in response to a natural disaster or for a beach-cleanup.

In a military context, a volunteer army is an army whose soldiers chose to enter service, as opposed to having been conscripted. Such volunteers do not work for free and are given regular pay.

Since the popularization of the Internet, many volunteers (particularly with access to the Web) discover volunteer opportunities via online services.

Note:

I just give a definition of the meaning volunteering from Wikipedia. Really poor, I forgot to bring my notes during International Youth Exchange Programme Camp last year. I give a talk on this topic, in front of facilitator and officer from Ministry of Youth and Sport. However, in this blog, there a lot of activities that we (my teammates and me) done before. As Volunteer Aid Detachment, Malaysian Red Crescent Society.

p/s: Volunteer as country asset.