Overseas volunteering has exploded in numbers and interest in the last couple of decades. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people travel from wealthier to poorer countries to participate in short-term volunteer programs focused on health services. Churches, universities, nonprofit service organizations, profit-making "voluntourism" companies, hospitals, and large corporations all sponsor brief missions. Hoping to Help is the first book to offer a comprehensive assessment of global health volunteering, based on research into how it currently operates, its benefits and drawbacks, and how it might be organized to contribute most effectively. Given the enormous human and economic investment in these activities, it is essential to know more about them and to understand the advantages and disadvantages for host communities.
Most people assume that poor communities benefit from the goodwill and skills of the volunteers. Volunteer trips are widely advertised as a means to "give back" and "make a difference." In contrast, some claim that health volunteering is a new form of colonialism, designed to benefit the volunteers more than the host communities. Others focus on unethical practices and potential harm to the presumed "beneficiaries." Judith N. Lasker evaluates these opposing positions and relies on extensive research—interviews with host country staff members, sponsor organization leaders, and volunteers, a national survey of sponsors, and participant observation—to identify best and worst practices. She adds to the debate a focus on the benefits to the sponsoring organizations, benefits that can contribute to practices that are inconsistent with what host country staff identify as most likely to be useful for them and even with what may enhance the experience for volunteers. Hoping to Help illuminates the activities and goals of sponsoring organizations and compares dominant practices to the preferences of host country staff and to nine principles for most effective volunteer trips.
Overseas volunteering has exploded in numbers and interest in the last couple of decades. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people travel from wealthier to poorer countries to participate in short-term volunteer programs focused on health services. Churches, universities, nonprofit service organizations, profit-making "voluntourism" companies, hospitals, and large corporations all sponsor brief missions. Hoping to Help is the first book to offer a comprehensive assessment of global health volunteering, based on research into how it currently operates, its benefits and drawbacks, and how it might be organized to contribute most effectively. Given the enormous human and economic investment in these activities, it is essential to know more about them and to understand the advantages and disadvantages for host communities.
Most people assume that poor communities benefit from the goodwill and skills of the volunteers. Volunteer trips are widely advertised as a means to "give back" and "make a difference." In contrast, some claim that health volunteering is a new form of colonialism, designed to benefit the volunteers more than the host communities. Others focus on unethical practices and potential harm to the presumed "beneficiaries." Judith N. Lasker evaluates these opposing positions and relies on extensive research—interviews with host country staff members, sponsor organization leaders, and volunteers, a national survey of sponsors, and participant observation—to identify best and worst practices. She adds to the debate a focus on the benefits to the sponsoring organizations, benefits that can contribute to practices that are inconsistent with what host country staff identify as most likely to be useful for them and even with what may enhance the experience for volunteers. Hoping to Help illuminates the activities and goals of sponsoring organizations and compares dominant practices to the preferences of host country staff and to nine principles for most effective volunteer trips.
Название: Global health and volunteering beyond borders ISBN: 3319986597 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319986593 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 46570.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Global Health and Volunteering: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals is designed to educate volunteers to be effective partners in delivering medical services locally and globally.
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Автор: Besso Ellen Название: An Indian Sojourn: One Woman`s Spiritual Experience of Travel & Volunteering ISBN: 0981238122 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780981238128 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 13250.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Holistic MidLife Coach Ellen Besso had always wanted to travel to India. As a coach and author who helps women uncover their passions, find new directions in life, and put spirituality into practice in their daily lives, for as long as she could remember, she had a preoccupation with India and its people, feeling drawn to go there. An Indian Sojourn: One woman's spiritual experience of travel & volunteering is a wonderful book describing Ellen Besso's travel in India. Ellen writes: "India's draw is complex; we can't understand it within the frame of reference of our Western minds, and that is part of what pulls us in. Once our constant internal analysis abates, we're more open to flowing with what is unfolding around us. To say that the environment there is over stimulating would be an understatement. People, vehicles, cows, even the colours are de trop, but my approach has been, "bring it on". I was thirsty for India after waiting for her so long and I wanted to soak in every tiny little detail." Ellen and her partner Don have now made three journeys visiting India, in 2007, 2009 and again very recently. During their travel to India, they made lifelong friends, volunteering and tutoring Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala, India. Ellen looks forward to returning to India again in the future. Ellen writes: "I invite you to join me on my journey, through the ups and downs of travel and volunteering, meet the people we developed strong friendships with, and enjoy the fascination and wild rides that are India. This book is also about the heartfelt stories of refugees, fellow travellers and the Indian people themselves and the effort of trying to understand cultures very different from ours. Ultimately though it is the moments when we are not so far apart that defines An Indian Sojourn." An Indian Sojourn - One woman's spiritual experience of travel and volunteering is the second book in Ellen Besso's MidLife Maze Series.
Автор: Anderson Leith, Fox Jill Название: Volunteering: A Guide to Serving in the Body of Christ ISBN: 0310519179 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780310519171 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 15630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Jesus is looking for a few good men and women who will lay down their priorities and volunteer themselves for the sake of others. Will you respond, join up, and accept his call? In Volunteering, Pastor Leith Anderson and Jill Fox unpack the basics of volunteering and equip you for the work that God is calling you to do.
Автор: Butcher Jacqueline, Einolf Christopher J. Название: Perspectives on Volunteering: Voices from the South ISBN: 3319819933 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319819938 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 93160.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This volume overlooks the distinct expressions and awareness of volunteering in the lived reality of people from different regions of the world. This book focuses on developing countries and countries in transition in order to provide a fresh set of experiences and perspectives on volunteering.
Автор: Theo Wehner; Gian-Claudio Gentile Название: Corporate Volunteering ISBN: 383491813X ISBN-13(EAN): 9783834918130 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 52240.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Kayikci Merve Reyhan Название: Islamic Ethics and Female Volunteering: Committing to Society, Committing to God ISBN: 3030506665 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030506667 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 93160.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: As volunteering and interacting (caring) with the society requires careful deliberation of their society and their position as Muslims, and as women in that society, this research unpacks how multiple belongings of Muslim women in Belgium are negotiated, balanced, and influenced.
Автор: Geoff Nichols Название: Volunteering in Community Sports Associations: A Literature Review ISBN: 9004346287 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789004346284 Издательство: Brill Цена: 92980.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This review paper focuses on volunteers in community sports associations (CSAs). Such associations are a major context of sports volunteering across Europe, Canada and Australia—the countries in which a multitude of sports clubs are represented by governing bodies of sport. Their importance is not only in the large numbers of volunteers involved but also in the benefits of such associations to society. The clearest of these is the provision of opportunities to take part in sport, at a cost subsidized by the efforts of volunteers and thus contributing to physical health. However, the benefits extend more broadly to the quality of life and the rewards the volunteers themselves receive from association. Many community sports associations have a significant number of members who, while they do not actually play sport themselves, provide opportunities for others and also enjoy the social rewards of membership. The aim of this broad-ranging review is to introduce the reader to community sports associations as an example of small, volunteer-led associations, and to make links between academic theory in this area and the more general study of volunteering. The breadth of the review allows readers to follow-up supporting references on individual topics. The author’s extensive experience, primarily of England and Europe, has inevitably led to more examples being drawn from these areas; however, broader international work is also incorporated. It is hoped this review will stimulate readers’ thinking about volunteering in their own country.
Автор: Graciela Iglesias Rogers Название: British Liberators in the Age of Napoleon: Volunteering under the Spanish Flag in the Peninsular War ISBN: 1472575334 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472575333 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 40120.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book unveils the role of a hitherto unrecognized group of men who, long before the International Brigades made its name in the Spanish Civil War, also found reasons to fight under the Spanish flag. Their enemy was not fascism, but what could be at times an equally overbearing ideology: Napoleon's imperialism. Although small in number, British volunteers played a surprisingly influential role in the conduct of war operations, in politics, gender and social equality, in cultural life both in Britain and Spain and even in relation to emancipation movements in Latin America. Some became prisoners of war while a few served with guerrilla forces. Many of the works published about the Peninsular War in the last two decades have adopted an Anglocentric narrative, writing the Spanish forces out of victories, or have tended to present the war, not as much won by the allies, but lost by the French. This book takes a radically different approach by drawing on previously untapped archival sources to argue that victory was the outcome of a truly transnational effort.
Автор: Rawitt Jean Название: Volunteering: Insights and Tips for Teenagers ISBN: 1538129752 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781538129753 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 35200.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: While many young adults want to help their community in some way, many are unsure of where to start. This book empowers teenagers to take action by providing information on how to get started, be successful, and make a difference. First-hand accounts from teenagers provide additional insight from those who have gone through the process themselves.
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